It seems very likely that David was a slave, but I have no proof. After the Civil War David and Mary Rickman and their children are on the 1870 census in Clermont County, Bethel, Ohio. In 1871 they came to Kansas to homestead. David died in April 1871 while preparing a place for the family to live on their homestead. He is buried on the homestead until 1910 when Mary sells the farm. At that time all the graves are dug up and moved to Greenwood cemetery in Newton.
Info: provided by Karen Wall
It seems very likely that David was a slave, but I have no proof. After the Civil War David and Mary Rickman and their children are on the 1870 census in Clermont County, Bethel, Ohio. In 1871 they came to Kansas to homestead. David died in April 1871 while preparing a place for the family to live on their homestead. He is buried on the homestead until 1910 when Mary sells the farm. At that time all the graves are dug up and moved to Greenwood cemetery in Newton.
Info: provided by Karen Wall
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