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Maj Richard Watson “Watts” York

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Maj Richard Watson “Watts” York

Birth
Trinity, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
Death
21 Nov 1893 (aged 54)
Chatham County, North Carolina, USA
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Richard Watson York was the second of eleven children born to Rev. R. Brantley York and his second wife Mary Wells Lineberry. Some sources give his birth date as 1839, some as 1840.

Richard married Louisa Farrar Foushee (c.1838-?) in Wake County, NC on 19 March 1857. He founded the Cedar Fork Academy in Wake Co. in 1859. In January of 1860, he was instrumental in organizing the Wake Riflemen, a local militia troop, which was mainly composed of his students, whom he prepared successfully for the coming War. In May of 1861, this unit was officially accepted as Co. I, the Cedar Fork Rifles, of the 6th North Carolina Regiment, Confederate States Army. Richard York was promoted to Major during the course of the War, in which he fought in many battles including first Manassas, Sharpsburg, Seven Pines and Gettysburg. An excellent series of articles on Richard York and the Cedar Fork Rifles can be found at: http://www.mindspring.com/~nixnox/CFR1.html

After the War, Major York studied law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill under W. H. Battle in 1865-6, and was admitted to the NC Bar. He was an active Mason, founding several Masonic lodges. He organized several reunions of the Cedar Fork Rifles, the last one not too long before he died. He also wrote several articles about the company.

Richard York and Louisa Foushee had at least five children: Tullia L. York (1859-1908, Mrs. Frank P. Williams), Lilly York (c. 1860), Victor Watson York (1866-1910), Frederick York (c. 1868), Edgar York (c. 1872).

In 1892, Major Richard York was living at his home San Marino, in Chatham County. He probably died there. His burial place is unknown to me.


Richard Watson York was the second of eleven children born to Rev. R. Brantley York and his second wife Mary Wells Lineberry. Some sources give his birth date as 1839, some as 1840.

Richard married Louisa Farrar Foushee (c.1838-?) in Wake County, NC on 19 March 1857. He founded the Cedar Fork Academy in Wake Co. in 1859. In January of 1860, he was instrumental in organizing the Wake Riflemen, a local militia troop, which was mainly composed of his students, whom he prepared successfully for the coming War. In May of 1861, this unit was officially accepted as Co. I, the Cedar Fork Rifles, of the 6th North Carolina Regiment, Confederate States Army. Richard York was promoted to Major during the course of the War, in which he fought in many battles including first Manassas, Sharpsburg, Seven Pines and Gettysburg. An excellent series of articles on Richard York and the Cedar Fork Rifles can be found at: http://www.mindspring.com/~nixnox/CFR1.html

After the War, Major York studied law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill under W. H. Battle in 1865-6, and was admitted to the NC Bar. He was an active Mason, founding several Masonic lodges. He organized several reunions of the Cedar Fork Rifles, the last one not too long before he died. He also wrote several articles about the company.

Richard York and Louisa Foushee had at least five children: Tullia L. York (1859-1908, Mrs. Frank P. Williams), Lilly York (c. 1860), Victor Watson York (1866-1910), Frederick York (c. 1868), Edgar York (c. 1872).

In 1892, Major Richard York was living at his home San Marino, in Chatham County. He probably died there. His burial place is unknown to me.


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