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Col Richmond Yancy Statham Sr.

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Col Richmond Yancy Statham Sr.

Birth
Washington Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
30 Nov 1892 (aged 73)
Magnolia, Pike County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Pike County, Mississippi, USA GPS-Latitude: 31.15379, Longitude: -90.33287
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Born to Barksdale Yancey Statham (1790–1819) & Lucy Brumfield Statham (1792–1866), both of South Carolina, who married on August 29, 1815, in St Tammany Parish, LA.

Richmond married 1) Ann Marie Sparkman (1828–1872) about 1848.

Nine children:
• Lucy K Statham Coumbe (1849–1889)
• Nancy Elizabeth Statham Hathorn (1852–1932)
• James B Statham (1855–1924)
• Richmond Yancy Statham Jr. (1858–1930)
• Jesse Ford Statham (1861–1903)
• William T. Statham (1865–1865)
• John Barksdale Statham (1866–1931)
• George T. Statham (1868-1911)
• Mary Statham Hathorn Mitchell (1871–1945)

Richmond married 2) Mrs. Martha Edith Sparkman Richmond Johnson (1831–1913) between 1872 and 1880. Martha was Ann's sister. No children.
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From The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, La.), Friday, December 2, 1892, p. 3, col. 2:

MAGNOLIA. Death of Colonel R.Y. Statham. Magnolia, Miss., Dec. 1. - [Special.] - Colonel R.Y. Statham, one of the most prominent citizens of this county, died at the residence of his son, R.Y. Statham, Jr., twelve miles east of this place, at 2 o'clock this afternoon. He was about 73 years of age.

[According to another Find A Grave member, a family bible record indicates Richmond died on November 30th and was buried on December 1st]
Born to Barksdale Yancey Statham (1790–1819) & Lucy Brumfield Statham (1792–1866), both of South Carolina, who married on August 29, 1815, in St Tammany Parish, LA.

Richmond married 1) Ann Marie Sparkman (1828–1872) about 1848.

Nine children:
• Lucy K Statham Coumbe (1849–1889)
• Nancy Elizabeth Statham Hathorn (1852–1932)
• James B Statham (1855–1924)
• Richmond Yancy Statham Jr. (1858–1930)
• Jesse Ford Statham (1861–1903)
• William T. Statham (1865–1865)
• John Barksdale Statham (1866–1931)
• George T. Statham (1868-1911)
• Mary Statham Hathorn Mitchell (1871–1945)

Richmond married 2) Mrs. Martha Edith Sparkman Richmond Johnson (1831–1913) between 1872 and 1880. Martha was Ann's sister. No children.
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From The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, La.), Friday, December 2, 1892, p. 3, col. 2:

MAGNOLIA. Death of Colonel R.Y. Statham. Magnolia, Miss., Dec. 1. - [Special.] - Colonel R.Y. Statham, one of the most prominent citizens of this county, died at the residence of his son, R.Y. Statham, Jr., twelve miles east of this place, at 2 o'clock this afternoon. He was about 73 years of age.

[According to another Find A Grave member, a family bible record indicates Richmond died on November 30th and was buried on December 1st]


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