Husband John Fleming Rich 1
Born: 11 Oct 1826 1
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Died: 17 Mar 1889 2
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Father: John Rich (1786-1870) 1
Mother: [Unk] McCloskey ( -1876) 1
Marriage: 25 Jan 1848 - near Jersey Shore, Lycoming Co, PA 2
Wife Catherine A. Ohl 2
Born: 28 Mar 1828 - Block House, Lycoming Co, PA 2
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Died: Aft 1898
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Father: Michael Ohl ( - ) 2
Mother: Sarah Young ( - ) 2
Children
1 F Rachel H. Rich 2
Born: 16 May 1849 2
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Died: in infancy
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Status: Twin
Spouse: Did Not Marry
2 F Sarah I. Rich 2
Born: 16 May 1849 2
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Died: in infancy
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Status: Twin
Spouse: Did Not Marry
3 F Lydia E. Rich 2
Born: 1 Jul 1851 2
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Died: Bef 1898
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Spouse: John Stephenson ( - ) 2
4 M John B. Rich 2
Born: 19 Mar 1854 - Woolrich, Clinton Co, PA 2
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Died: 27 Sep 1895 2
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Spouse: Jennie Ferguson ( - ) 3
Marr: 16 Jul 1891 2
5 M Michael B. Rich 4
Born: 30 Apr 1855 - Woolrich, Clinton Co, PA 2
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Spouse: Ida B. Shaw (1856- ) 5 6
Marr: 1880 - Pine Creek Twp, Clinton Co, PA 2
6 F Anna B. Rich 2
Born: 3 Jan 1857 2
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Died: in childhood
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
7 M Stiles Edward Rich 7
Born: 3 Dec 1859 - Woolrich, Clinton Co, PA 7
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Spouse: Minnie H. Hesser ( - ) 7
Marr: 1883 7
8 M Charles H. Rich 8
Born: 31 Dec 1860 - Pine Creek Twp, Clinton Co, PA 9
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Spouse: Kate A. Quiggle (1868- ) 10
Marr: 1884 - Pine Station, Clinton Co, PA 11
9 M William Fleming Rich 2
Born: 22 Feb 1862 - Woolrich, Clinton Co, PA 2
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Spouse: Mary Stevenson ( -1889) 2
Marr: 1888 - Pine Creek Twp, Clinton Co, PA 2
Spouse: Clara B. Baird ( - ) 2
Marr: 1891 - Dunstable Twp, Clinton Co, PA 2
General Notes: Husband - John Fleming Rich
In the subscription schools of Pine Creek township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, he obtained his primary education, which was supplemented with an attendance of several terms at Allegheny College. In early boyhood he began work in his father's woolen-factory, and soon mastered all branches of the business. In 1868 he and his brother, Charles B., were admitted to the firm, and the business was conducted under the style of John Rich & Sons, later J. F. & C. B. Rich. After the death of C. B. Rich, the sons of J. F. Rich (John and M. B.) became in-terested in the business and made many improvements in the factory, putting in new machinery at a cost of $5,000. Erecting a fine brick store building at a cost of $2,500, they became the first merchants of Woolrich. To John Fleming Rich is due in a great degree the prosperity and development of that thriving village. There he made his home, having erected an elegant residence at a cost of $3,000, and, in connection with his other business interests, he also superintended the management of his farm of 300 acres. He was a man of scholarly tastes and broad general information, and at the age of fifty years mastered the Greek, Latin and German languages, later in life taking the study of Hebrew. In the pressure of his business cares he never forgot the holier duties of life, was a close Bible student, and for a number of years served as local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal community at Woolrich. Politically he was a Randall Democrat, served as county auditor, school director, and in other local positions.