The headstone for Josephine Richey records Mar 1869 as her birth; the 1900 census states that she was born Jul 1868.
Josephine's father (Jesse Richey) was a Private, Co. C (Assumption Creoles), 26th Louisiana Infantry. Her mother was Mary Zoe Rachal.
The Richey Family goes back a long way in Louisiana and Mississippi. They were present in the Natchez and Woodville area during Spanish rule before coming over to the Opelousas District where Jesse Richey was born and baptized. The Rachals go back even further. Corp. Pierre Rachal dit St. Denis came over to La Mobile, Capitol of Louisiana around about 1716. He is behind both lines of Rachals that Mary Zoe (Rachal) Richey is descended from.
Wilton Hudgens
Sources:
-US Federal Census Records
-C.S.A. Records
-Spanish Colonial Records
-French Colonial Records
-Sacramental Records from St. François des Natchitoches
-The Cammie Archive at NSU at Natchitoches
-Family Stories
-Father Hebert's Series of Blue Books
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Father: Jesse Richey b: 11 JUL 1823 in Lincoln, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Mother: Mary Zoah Rachal b: JUL 1828 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Marriage:
Edmond "Tobe" Edwards [b: 12 MAY 1856 in Mora, Rapides Parish, Louisiana] (Jun 1867 according to 1900 census)
Children:
1. Edmond Edwards b: 18 MAY 1880
2. Viola Edwards b: 2 MAY 1892
3. Beulah Edwards b: 11 AUG 1894
4. Clarence John Edwards b: 31 JUL 1897
5. Simon David Edwards b: 9 JAN 1899
Josephine's father (Jesse Richey) was a Private, Co. C (Assumption Creoles), 26th Louisiana Infantry. Her mother was Mary Zoe Rachal.
The Richey Family goes back a long way in Louisiana and Mississippi. They were present in the Natchez and Woodville area during Spanish rule before coming over to the Opelousas District where Jesse Richey was born and baptized. The Rachals go back even further. Corp. Pierre Rachal dit St. Denis came over to La Mobile, Capitol of Louisiana around about 1716. He is behind both lines of Rachals that Mary Zoe (Rachal) Richey is descended from.
Wilton Hudgens
Sources:
-US Federal Census Records
-C.S.A. Records
-Spanish Colonial Records
-French Colonial Records
-Sacramental Records from St. François des Natchitoches
-The Cammie Archive at NSU at Natchitoches
-Family Stories
-Father Hebert's Series of Blue Books
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Father: Jesse Richey b: 11 JUL 1823 in Lincoln, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Mother: Mary Zoah Rachal b: JUL 1828 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Marriage:
Edmond "Tobe" Edwards [b: 12 MAY 1856 in Mora, Rapides Parish, Louisiana] (Jun 1867 according to 1900 census)
Children:
1. Edmond Edwards b: 18 MAY 1880
2. Viola Edwards b: 2 MAY 1892
3. Beulah Edwards b: 11 AUG 1894
4. Clarence John Edwards b: 31 JUL 1897
5. Simon David Edwards b: 9 JAN 1899
The headstone for Josephine Richey records Mar 1869 as her birth; the 1900 census states that she was born Jul 1868.
Josephine's father (Jesse Richey) was a Private, Co. C (Assumption Creoles), 26th Louisiana Infantry. Her mother was Mary Zoe Rachal.
The Richey Family goes back a long way in Louisiana and Mississippi. They were present in the Natchez and Woodville area during Spanish rule before coming over to the Opelousas District where Jesse Richey was born and baptized. The Rachals go back even further. Corp. Pierre Rachal dit St. Denis came over to La Mobile, Capitol of Louisiana around about 1716. He is behind both lines of Rachals that Mary Zoe (Rachal) Richey is descended from.
Wilton Hudgens
Sources:
-US Federal Census Records
-C.S.A. Records
-Spanish Colonial Records
-French Colonial Records
-Sacramental Records from St. François des Natchitoches
-The Cammie Archive at NSU at Natchitoches
-Family Stories
-Father Hebert's Series of Blue Books
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Father: Jesse Richey b: 11 JUL 1823 in Lincoln, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Mother: Mary Zoah Rachal b: JUL 1828 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Marriage:
Edmond "Tobe" Edwards [b: 12 MAY 1856 in Mora, Rapides Parish, Louisiana] (Jun 1867 according to 1900 census)
Children:
1. Edmond Edwards b: 18 MAY 1880
2. Viola Edwards b: 2 MAY 1892
3. Beulah Edwards b: 11 AUG 1894
4. Clarence John Edwards b: 31 JUL 1897
5. Simon David Edwards b: 9 JAN 1899
Josephine's father (Jesse Richey) was a Private, Co. C (Assumption Creoles), 26th Louisiana Infantry. Her mother was Mary Zoe Rachal.
The Richey Family goes back a long way in Louisiana and Mississippi. They were present in the Natchez and Woodville area during Spanish rule before coming over to the Opelousas District where Jesse Richey was born and baptized. The Rachals go back even further. Corp. Pierre Rachal dit St. Denis came over to La Mobile, Capitol of Louisiana around about 1716. He is behind both lines of Rachals that Mary Zoe (Rachal) Richey is descended from.
Wilton Hudgens
Sources:
-US Federal Census Records
-C.S.A. Records
-Spanish Colonial Records
-French Colonial Records
-Sacramental Records from St. François des Natchitoches
-The Cammie Archive at NSU at Natchitoches
-Family Stories
-Father Hebert's Series of Blue Books
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Father: Jesse Richey b: 11 JUL 1823 in Lincoln, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Mother: Mary Zoah Rachal b: JUL 1828 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Marriage:
Edmond "Tobe" Edwards [b: 12 MAY 1856 in Mora, Rapides Parish, Louisiana] (Jun 1867 according to 1900 census)
Children:
1. Edmond Edwards b: 18 MAY 1880
2. Viola Edwards b: 2 MAY 1892
3. Beulah Edwards b: 11 AUG 1894
4. Clarence John Edwards b: 31 JUL 1897
5. Simon David Edwards b: 9 JAN 1899
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