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Jehu Tapley “John” Richards

1824 – 29 May 1893

Birth1824
Death29 May 1893
CemeteryRocky Mount Cemetery
Reid , Calhoun County , Mississippi , USA
Added byNanette Claunch Jaco on 26 Mar 2016
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81117076

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Jehu Richards came into Calhoun County on horseback. It is told that Jehu had a fight with a man in NC and believed that he had killed him. Fearing retribution from the man's family, Jehu left the area. Later one of Jehu's grandsons determined that the man who Jehu shot did not die. Jehu married Mary Frances Stribling and they were the parents of eleven children: 1. Daniel M. Richards 2. Thomas O. Richards 3. Mariah Richards 4. Mary Jane Richards 5. Jehu T. Richards 6. Jefferson Davis Richards 7. Sarah Elizabeth Richards 8. Lucy Richards 9. Martha A Richards Clark 10. John F. Richards 11. George Lee Richards 1850 Census, Chickasaw, Chickasaw County, MS Household Gender Age John T Richards M 26y Mary F Richards F 23y Daniel M Richards M 5y Thomas A Richards M 1y Richards M 1m The Jehu Richards family lived in the Cherry Hill-Poplar Spring area for about twenty years. They were members of the Poplar Springs church, withdrawing their letter in 1867. Thereafter Jehu lived in the Thorn-George Chapel area of Chickasaw County. Jehu was a farmer, farm overseer and a stave maker. Jehu Richards enlisted at Columbus, MS on Sept. 22, 1863 with Capt Herring Cavalry. He transferred to Co. C, 31st Ms Infantry on April 1, 1864. His son Daniel had enlisted with Co. D, 31st MS Infantry on Feb. 15, 1864. After Mary Frances's death, Jehu married Mrs. Arthena C. Ryan; they had three children. Jehu died in Thorn, and is buried beside his first wife in the Rocky Mount Cemetery. They never had grave markers other than a small unmarked stone.

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