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_Squire RICHARDSON __|
| (1805 - 1893) |
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_Lewis M. RICHARDSON _|
| (1829 - 1862) m 1853 |
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| |_Syntha WALKER ______|
| (1810 - 1898) |
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|--Mary Elizabeth RICHARDSON
| (1858 - 1943)
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|_Annie TIDWELL _______|
(1836 - 1901) m 1853 |
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In 1860 census, appears as 'Nancy E.'. Have picture of her grave stone.
From "Historical Sketches of Dickson Co, Tennessee" by Jill Knight Garrett, pp. 48 - 49
Dickson County Herald 27 May 1938
"...I was born on April 7, 1858, on the very farm where we are living now, the daughter of Lewis and Annie Tidwell Richardson, both Dickson countians. I had three sisters and one brother. Two of my sisters, Mrs. Lucinda Thompson, of near Fort Smith, Ark., and Mrs. Jane Brown, who lives just across the creek from me, and myself are the only ones living.
My husband was born on February 24, 1856, on a farm in Rutherford county, the son of Presley Ward and Mary Fitchu Oliphant, both of Tennessee. He had seven brothers, five sisters, and three half-sisters. A brother four years younger than he is, Silas Oliphant of Burns, is still living. When Ben was fourteen years old, his family moved to another farm in Williamson county.
He was living and working on the farm in Williamson county when we met each other. I think the first time I ever saw him was at Old Turnbull Church on the second Sunday in May. I could think back and remember exactly, but I have had so many ups and downs since then. We didn't court long, about two years, and were married by a Methodist preacher, Parson White. We were married sixty-one years ago on the 16th of February.
After our marriage we lived on this farm. We had twelve children, the first on dying in infancy. Wesley, a twin to Presley, died when the flu was so bad here, and Turner was working on an L&N bridge and got knocked off and killed. Our other children are Tommy Oliphant, Nashville; Ernest, Dickson; Presley, Burns; Alfred, Nashville; Herschel, Burns; Mrs. Era Chandler, Mrs. Thurman Brown, Mrs. W. O. Brown, and Mrs. Wallace Baker, all of Nashville. There are thirty-four grand-children and five great grandchildren in the family.
We can remember the Civil War, I recall when the Yankees were foraging everybody's places and took all they had. Ben can even remember when they were getting up volunteers when the war broke out.
Neither of us went to school very much. There was only about three months of school each year then and during the war there was hardly any.
We both belong to the Church of Christ. I obeyed the gospel a year after my husband did. I reckon he has belonged to the church for forty-four years and I for forty-three.
We have never taken any long trips-not any further than to Nashville, where we have spent the past three winters. Last winter we had rooms at Tommy's house. We had a heap rather live in the country, but are willing to do what's right about it. They can all see how to look after us better during the winter-time if we're up there.
We are about "tucked out" of late, but have been tolerable stout to wait on ourselves this long. We lived pretty good until our house burned down and we lost everything. That was in 1926. We had a big two-story house. That's a pretty sad feeling you get when you see your house burning up. No one knows until it happens to them. I can tell you that, to see everything burn to ashes. It just broke us down and then I had a nervous breakdown, but we are still here and don't know for how long-you never can tell...
MARY RICHARDSON OLIPHANT
BENJAMIN MILERD OLIPHANT
Route 1, Burns, Tenn."
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Married by a Methodist preacher, Parson White.
Per the historical sketch with Mary, the marriage date is 16 Feb, though TM Oliphant had it listed as 15 Feb.
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Oliphant Family History
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U.S. Census - 1860
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U.S. Census - 1880
[970]
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U.S. Census - 1900
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U.S. Census - 1910
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Historical Sketches of Dickson Co, Tennessee
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Mrs. Mary R. Oliphant Obituary
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[S31]
Oliphant Family History
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[S12]
Historical Sketches of Dickson Co, Tennessee
"We didn't court long, about two years, and were married by a Methodist preacher, Parson White. We were married sixty-one years ago on the 16th of February" - 5/27/1938
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FTM Marriage Index: Tennessee 1851-1900
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