page 1012 - Biographical Sketches
" THOMAS RICH; farmer; P.O. Harveysburg; born in Guilford Co., N. C., May 10, 1810; is a son of Samuel and Judith (Moon) Rich, he a native of Virginia, and she of North Carolina. The paternal grandfather was Samuel Rich, born Sept. 9, 1747; was probably a native of Ireland, and was a son of Joseph and Sarah Rich; he was born in Ireland Jan 9, 1721; Sarah was born June 6, 1725; they lived and died in their native country; he died July 17, 1777. Samuel Rich, the grandfather of Thomas, emigrated from Ireland to America and located in Virginia, where it is probably he was married, and where he resided many years; thence he removed to North Carolina, where he lived and died. Samuel Rich, the father of Thomas, was born Sept. 2, 1776, and emigrated with his father and family to North Carolina, where he married Judith Moon, who was born April 30, 1784; there he reside till 1816, when they emigrated to Warren Co., Ohio, and located on the place where Thomas now lives; here they opened out right in the woods, and endured all the hardships of pioneer life; and to add to Mr. Rich's trials, about two years after their settling here in the woods, on July 4, 1818, his wife died, leaving him with a family of small children, with a new home and few conveniences for comfort; but after a few years he took to himself another companion, in the person of Lydia Thomas. By his first wife he had ten children, eight sons and two daughters, three now survive - Thomas, Isaac and Nancy (now Widow Dakin). Mr. Rich died Aug. 12, 1852, aged 76 years. Our subject was but 6 years of age when brought to this country by his parents, and then in two years after was bereft of a mother, and then was raised by his father as best he could, brought up amid all the trials of a new country, right in the woods, having but a limited opportunity for schooling, but he grew to manhood with a good physical schooling and constitution; was married Dec. 22, 1832, to Christina, daughter of Robert and Christina (Heilman) Carr, natives of Virginia, and the father of Robert was Richard Carr, of Irish birth, and a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and who died in that sanguinary conflict. Christina Carr was born in Warren Co., March 23, 1815. Thomas Rich and wife have had eight children - Mary Ann, born Dec. 21, 1833; Lewis W., June 14, 1835; Susan J., Nov. 8, 1836; Judith Ann, May 16, 1838; Margaret C., May 22, 1840; Elizabeth C., Jan 27, 1842; Thomas W. D., Dec. 2, 1843; and Nathan B., born June 8, 1846;
all now married and settled in life. Mr. Rich is now residing upon the old home place, where he has spent all his married life but fourteen years, during which he lived on an adjoining farm. This place has now been in the possession of the Rich family for sixty-five years, and now show quite a contrast in its fine improvements and fields of waving grain, instead of the log cabin and unbroken forests threescore years ago; much labor and industry have brought about this change, and these worthy pioneers deserve the kind remembrance of the present and future generations for the great work they have accomplished, the fruits of which they are now reaping, and may continue to enjoy while time lasts."
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohwarren/Beers/IV/frt/0518franklin.htm#523
Portrait sketch of Thomas Rich.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohwarren/Cemetery/Miami/ric.htm#ThomasRich
Photo of tombstone for Thomas and Christina Carr Rich. The Miami Cemetery is a large active cemetery located on 77 acres east of Waynesville in the small village of Corwin on the east side of the Little Miami River. (Photo by Vivian Combs Moon)
" THOMAS RICH; farmer; P.O. Harveysburg; born in Guilford Co., N. C., May 10, 1810; is a son of Samuel and Judith (Moon) Rich, he a native of Virginia, and she of North Carolina. The paternal grandfather was Samuel Rich, born Sept. 9, 1747; was probably a native of Ireland, and was a son of Joseph and Sarah Rich; he was born in Ireland Jan 9, 1721; Sarah was born June 6, 1725; they lived and died in their native country; he died July 17, 1777. Samuel Rich, the grandfather of Thomas, emigrated from Ireland to America and located in Virginia, where it is probably he was married, and where he resided many years; thence he removed to North Carolina, where he lived and died. Samuel Rich, the father of Thomas, was born Sept. 2, 1776, and emigrated with his father and family to North Carolina, where he married Judith Moon, who was born April 30, 1784; there he reside till 1816, when they emigrated to Warren Co., Ohio, and located on the place where Thomas now lives; here they opened out right in the woods, and endured all the hardships of pioneer life; and to add to Mr. Rich's trials, about two years after their settling here in the woods, on July 4, 1818, his wife died, leaving him with a family of small children, with a new home and few conveniences for comfort; but after a few years he took to himself another companion, in the person of Lydia Thomas. By his first wife he had ten children, eight sons and two daughters, three now survive - Thomas, Isaac and Nancy (now Widow Dakin). Mr. Rich died Aug. 12, 1852, aged 76 years. Our subject was but 6 years of age when brought to this country by his parents, and then in two years after was bereft of a mother, and then was raised by his father as best he could, brought up amid all the trials of a new country, right in the woods, having but a limited opportunity for schooling, but he grew to manhood with a good physical schooling and constitution; was married Dec. 22, 1832, to Christina, daughter of Robert and Christina (Heilman) Carr, natives of Virginia, and the father of Robert was Richard Carr, of Irish birth, and a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and who died in that sanguinary conflict. Christina Carr was born in Warren Co., March 23, 1815. Thomas Rich and wife have had eight children - Mary Ann, born Dec. 21, 1833; Lewis W., June 14, 1835; Susan J., Nov. 8, 1836; Judith Ann, May 16, 1838; Margaret C., May 22, 1840; Elizabeth C., Jan 27, 1842; Thomas W. D., Dec. 2, 1843; and Nathan B., born June 8, 1846;
all now married and settled in life. Mr. Rich is now residing upon the old home place, where he has spent all his married life but fourteen years, during which he lived on an adjoining farm. This place has now been in the possession of the Rich family for sixty-five years, and now show quite a contrast in its fine improvements and fields of waving grain, instead of the log cabin and unbroken forests threescore years ago; much labor and industry have brought about this change, and these worthy pioneers deserve the kind remembrance of the present and future generations for the great work they have accomplished, the fruits of which they are now reaping, and may continue to enjoy while time lasts."
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohwarren/Beers/IV/frt/0518franklin.htm#523
Portrait sketch of Thomas Rich.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohwarren/Cemetery/Miami/ric.htm#ThomasRich
Photo of tombstone for Thomas and Christina Carr Rich. The Miami Cemetery is a large active cemetery located on 77 acres east of Waynesville in the small village of Corwin on the east side of the Little Miami River. (Photo by Vivian Combs Moon)
page 1012 - Biographical Sketches
" THOMAS RICH; farmer; P.O. Harveysburg; born in Guilford Co., N. C., May 10, 1810; is a son of Samuel and Judith (Moon) Rich, he a native of Virginia, and she of North Carolina. The paternal grandfather was Samuel Rich, born Sept. 9, 1747; was probably a native of Ireland, and was a son of Joseph and Sarah Rich; he was born in Ireland Jan 9, 1721; Sarah was born June 6, 1725; they lived and died in their native country; he died July 17, 1777. Samuel Rich, the grandfather of Thomas, emigrated from Ireland to America and located in Virginia, where it is probably he was married, and where he resided many years; thence he removed to North Carolina, where he lived and died. Samuel Rich, the father of Thomas, was born Sept. 2, 1776, and emigrated with his father and family to North Carolina, where he married Judith Moon, who was born April 30, 1784; there he reside till 1816, when they emigrated to Warren Co., Ohio, and located on the place where Thomas now lives; here they opened out right in the woods, and endured all the hardships of pioneer life; and to add to Mr. Rich's trials, about two years after their settling here in the woods, on July 4, 1818, his wife died, leaving him with a family of small children, with a new home and few conveniences for comfort; but after a few years he took to himself another companion, in the person of Lydia Thomas. By his first wife he had ten children, eight sons and two daughters, three now survive - Thomas, Isaac and Nancy (now Widow Dakin). Mr. Rich died Aug. 12, 1852, aged 76 years. Our subject was but 6 years of age when brought to this country by his parents, and then in two years after was bereft of a mother, and then was raised by his father as best he could, brought up amid all the trials of a new country, right in the woods, having but a limited opportunity for schooling, but he grew to manhood with a good physical schooling and constitution; was married Dec. 22, 1832, to Christina, daughter of Robert and Christina (Heilman) Carr, natives of Virginia, and the father of Robert was Richard Carr, of Irish birth, and a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and who died in that sanguinary conflict. Christina Carr was born in Warren Co., March 23, 1815. Thomas Rich and wife have had eight children - Mary Ann, born Dec. 21, 1833; Lewis W., June 14, 1835; Susan J., Nov. 8, 1836; Judith Ann, May 16, 1838; Margaret C., May 22, 1840; Elizabeth C., Jan 27, 1842; Thomas W. D., Dec. 2, 1843; and Nathan B., born June 8, 1846;
all now married and settled in life. Mr. Rich is now residing upon the old home place, where he has spent all his married life but fourteen years, during which he lived on an adjoining farm. This place has now been in the possession of the Rich family for sixty-five years, and now show quite a contrast in its fine improvements and fields of waving grain, instead of the log cabin and unbroken forests threescore years ago; much labor and industry have brought about this change, and these worthy pioneers deserve the kind remembrance of the present and future generations for the great work they have accomplished, the fruits of which they are now reaping, and may continue to enjoy while time lasts."
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohwarren/Beers/IV/frt/0518franklin.htm#523
Portrait sketch of Thomas Rich.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohwarren/Cemetery/Miami/ric.htm#ThomasRich
Photo of tombstone for Thomas and Christina Carr Rich. The Miami Cemetery is a large active cemetery located on 77 acres east of Waynesville in the small village of Corwin on the east side of the Little Miami River. (Photo by Vivian Combs Moon)
" THOMAS RICH; farmer; P.O. Harveysburg; born in Guilford Co., N. C., May 10, 1810; is a son of Samuel and Judith (Moon) Rich, he a native of Virginia, and she of North Carolina. The paternal grandfather was Samuel Rich, born Sept. 9, 1747; was probably a native of Ireland, and was a son of Joseph and Sarah Rich; he was born in Ireland Jan 9, 1721; Sarah was born June 6, 1725; they lived and died in their native country; he died July 17, 1777. Samuel Rich, the grandfather of Thomas, emigrated from Ireland to America and located in Virginia, where it is probably he was married, and where he resided many years; thence he removed to North Carolina, where he lived and died. Samuel Rich, the father of Thomas, was born Sept. 2, 1776, and emigrated with his father and family to North Carolina, where he married Judith Moon, who was born April 30, 1784; there he reside till 1816, when they emigrated to Warren Co., Ohio, and located on the place where Thomas now lives; here they opened out right in the woods, and endured all the hardships of pioneer life; and to add to Mr. Rich's trials, about two years after their settling here in the woods, on July 4, 1818, his wife died, leaving him with a family of small children, with a new home and few conveniences for comfort; but after a few years he took to himself another companion, in the person of Lydia Thomas. By his first wife he had ten children, eight sons and two daughters, three now survive - Thomas, Isaac and Nancy (now Widow Dakin). Mr. Rich died Aug. 12, 1852, aged 76 years. Our subject was but 6 years of age when brought to this country by his parents, and then in two years after was bereft of a mother, and then was raised by his father as best he could, brought up amid all the trials of a new country, right in the woods, having but a limited opportunity for schooling, but he grew to manhood with a good physical schooling and constitution; was married Dec. 22, 1832, to Christina, daughter of Robert and Christina (Heilman) Carr, natives of Virginia, and the father of Robert was Richard Carr, of Irish birth, and a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and who died in that sanguinary conflict. Christina Carr was born in Warren Co., March 23, 1815. Thomas Rich and wife have had eight children - Mary Ann, born Dec. 21, 1833; Lewis W., June 14, 1835; Susan J., Nov. 8, 1836; Judith Ann, May 16, 1838; Margaret C., May 22, 1840; Elizabeth C., Jan 27, 1842; Thomas W. D., Dec. 2, 1843; and Nathan B., born June 8, 1846;
all now married and settled in life. Mr. Rich is now residing upon the old home place, where he has spent all his married life but fourteen years, during which he lived on an adjoining farm. This place has now been in the possession of the Rich family for sixty-five years, and now show quite a contrast in its fine improvements and fields of waving grain, instead of the log cabin and unbroken forests threescore years ago; much labor and industry have brought about this change, and these worthy pioneers deserve the kind remembrance of the present and future generations for the great work they have accomplished, the fruits of which they are now reaping, and may continue to enjoy while time lasts."
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohwarren/Beers/IV/frt/0518franklin.htm#523
Portrait sketch of Thomas Rich.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohwarren/Cemetery/Miami/ric.htm#ThomasRich
Photo of tombstone for Thomas and Christina Carr Rich. The Miami Cemetery is a large active cemetery located on 77 acres east of Waynesville in the small village of Corwin on the east side of the Little Miami River. (Photo by Vivian Combs Moon)
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