Abraham B. Richey and Amanda Christley

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Husband Abraham B. Richey ¹

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           Born: 9 Jan 1842 - Summit Twp, Butler Co, PA 1
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         Father: William Richey (1811-1892) 2
         Mother: Amy M. Brinker (1822-1854/1857) 3 4

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       Marriage: 7 May 1866 1

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Wife Amanda Christley ¹

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         Father: George Christley (      -      ) 1
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Children

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1 M Harry L. Richey ^{1 6}

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            AKA: Harvey L. Richey 5
           Born: 28 Feb 1867 - Slippery Rock, Butler Co, PA 6
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         Spouse: Cora B. Patterson (1869-1938) 5 7
           Marr: 10 Dec 1890 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 6

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2 F Clara Richey ¹

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3 F Leah Richey ¹

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4 M William Richey ¹

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5 F Amie Richey ¹

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6 M Orrie Richey ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Abraham B. Richey

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He was born in Summit township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, where he was reared and received a common school education. He learned the shoemaker's trade, at which he worked until his enlistment in Company H, Seventy-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers. His company went into camp at Kittanning, where he was mustered into the service, thence to Pittsburg, and down the Ohio to Kentucky. He served in the Greene river campaign under General Buell, thence to Alabama, and Tennessee, where he participated in the siege of Nashville. He next took part in the battle of Stone River, under General Rosecranz, where the Seventy-eighth made one of the grandest charges during the war. The regiment here became a part of the Fourteenth Army Corps, and Mr. Richey participated in the following battles in which that corps served: Dug Gap, Chickamauga, Buzzard's Roost, Dalton, New Hope Church, Pumpkin Vine Creek, Atlanta and Jonesboro. In the fall of 1863, at Decker Station, he served as provost guard of General Negley's head­quarters, and was in charge of the ambulance corps in the Fourteenth Army Corps. Under General Rosecranz order, dated at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Feb­ruary 14, 1863, establishing a roll of honor for the promotion of courage and efficiency in the army, Mr. Richey was chosen by his company for that honor. He never missed a roll call, march or battle in which his regiment was engaged during his term of service. When his term had expired he was sent back to Nashville, and volunteered to serve in a raid on General Forrest. Returning to Kittanning, he was honorably discharged, November 4, 1864, whence he came to Butler. He worked at his trade after the war, but in 1880 he went into the coal business. Politically, he was a Republican, served as assistant burgess of Butler, and was postmaster at Centerville from 1866 to 1868. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and has been a trustee in that organization. He was connected with the E. A. U., and was a charter member of A. G. Reed Post, G. A. R., of which organization he became commandant. Mr. Richey was elected three times a delegate to the State encampment, and in 1893 was a national delegate to the G. A. R. convention at Indianapolis.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 759.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 758.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 172.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 758, 841.

5 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 85.

6 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 146.

7 Alexander Turner, A History of the Turner Family and Their Connections (Sheakleyville, PA: Press of W. R. English, 1890), Pg 64.