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Charles Anthony RICHISON, Sr.

Charles Anthony RICHISON, Sr.[1, 2]

Male 1869 - 1944  (74 years)

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  • Name Charles Anthony RICHISON  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 8 Oct 1869  New Carlisle, Clark, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14] 
    Gender Male 
    Alt. Birth Abt May 1870  , , Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 22 Jul 1870  Pike Twp., Clark, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    John W. Richeson household 
    • Richeson, Charles A., age 1, male, white, at home, born Ohio.
    1870 U.S. Census - Richison    		 1870 U.S. Census - Richison
    Ohio. Clark Co. - John W. Richeson
    Census 1880  Jackson Twp., Jay, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    U.S.  
    • Richison, Charles A., white male, age 11, son, single, works farm, attended school within year, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio
    1880 US Census - Richison     		1880 US Census - Richison
    Indiana. Jay Co. - John W. Richison
    Census 1900  Jackson Twp., Jay, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    U.S. 
    Occupation 1901  Jackson Twp., Jay, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    as a farmer 
    Residence 1905-1906  , Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    RFD 8 with 20 acres 
    Resided 4 Jun 1906  Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1907-1908  , Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [18] 
    RFD 11 
    Residence 1909-1910  Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [19] 
    Jobbing Co., 1516 W. Jackson, N C 
    Census 19 Apr 1910  Normal City, Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    Charles H. Richison household 
    • Living at 1516 W. Jackson Street, Muncie, Indiana

      Richison, Charles H., head, male, white, age 41, married 13 years, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, speaks English, laborer, wire factory [?], out of work 3 weeks in 1909, able to read and write, rents.
    1910 U.S. Census - Richison    		 1910 U.S. Census - Richison
    Indiana. Delaware Co. - Charles H. Richison
    Resided 1914  Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    at time of Ardie's death, 1724 W. Jackson 
    Resided 1917  Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [21] 
    When brother Silas died 
    Census 8 Jan 1920  Muncie Ward 9, Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Charles A. Richison household 
    • Richison, Charles A., living at 1424 W. Jackson, head, owns home free of mortgage, male, white, age 50, married, can read and write, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, speaks English, drives team Doal Co.
    1920 US Census - Richison    		 1920 US Census - Richison
    Indiana. Delaware Co. - Charles A. Richison
    Census 19 Apr 1930  Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [22] 
    Charles Richison household 
    • Richison, Charles, head, owns home valued at $6500, does not live on a farm, male, white, age 60, married, able to read and write, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, speaks English, occupation none, living at 1724 W. Jackson
    1930 U.S. Census - Richison    		 1930 U.S. Census - Richison
    Indiana. Delaware Co. - Charles Richison
    Land Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [23] 
    Owned real estate, both for sale and for rent 
    Obituary 1944  Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [24] 

    • MUNCIE CONTRACTOR DIES: RITES SATURDAY

      Charles A. Richison, 74, Muncie contractor and builder, died Thursday night at his home, 2008 N. Euclid Ave., after an illness of eight months.
      Funeral services will be conducted at 4 p.m. Saturday, at the Meeks mortuary by the Reverend A. W. McDavitt, with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the residence or at the mortuary after noon, Saturday.
      Born in New Carlisle, Ohio, Mr. Richison had lived in Muncie 47 years. He is survived by the widow, Emma; a son, Charles; two daughters, Mrs. Opal Keeley, of Muncie and Miss Jane Richison, at home; a sister, Mrs. E. S. Secrest, of Muncie, and two grandchildren.
    Owned Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [23] 
    Court Supply Company, building supplies and coal; Muncie Pattern Works, building large wood patterns for foundry casting 
    Occupation Bef 1944  Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [24] 
    as a general contractor until his death 
    Resided 2 Apr 1944  Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [25, 26] 
    at death of his brother, Frank Albert Richison 
    Death 18 May 1944  Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 11, 27, 28] 
    Obituary - Richison    		 Obituary - Richison
    Charles Anthony Richison, Sr., 1944
    Mortuary Records - Richison    		 Mortuary Records - Richison
    Charles Anthony Richison Sr, 1944
    Death certificate - Richison    		 Death certificate - Richison
    Charles Anthony Richison, Sr., 1944
    Burial 20 May 1944  Beech Grove Cemetery, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 11, 24, 29] 
    • Interment 256, burial section B, lot 97
    Grave marker - Richison     		Grave marker - Richison
    Charles Anthony Richison, Sr., 1868-1944
    Interment - Richison    		 Interment - Richison
    Charles Anthony Richison Sr, 1944
    Deaths - Richison    		 Deaths - Richison
    John Webster and Sarah Jane (Ayres) Richison Family Plot

    Beech Grove Cemetery, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA
    Person ID I38  richison
    Last Modified 6 May 2023 

    Father John Webster RICHISON,   b. 24 Nov 1837, , Darke, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 1908, Center Twp., Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Sarah Jane AYARS,   b. 21 Aug 1840, , , Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jun 1906, , Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F44  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ardie Ellen MILES,   b. 16 Mar 1879, , , Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1914, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Marriage 1 Oct 1896  , Jay, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [30] 
    Marriage register 1 - Richison    		 Marriage register 1 - Richison
    Charles Anthony Richison, Sr. and Ardie Ellen Miles, 1896
    Marriage register 2 - Richison    		 Marriage register 2 - Richison
    Charles Anthony Richison, Sr. and Ardie Ellen Miles, 1896
    Marriage register 3 - Richison    		 Marriage register 3 - Richison
    Charles Anthony Richison, Sr. and Ardie Ellen Miles, 1896
    Notes 
    • The marriage register for this couple is in three different images but all from the same record in a bound book. The record is two pages with an insert in the middles of the two pages but the insert is only a half page wide. There is different information on each of the three images with a few things repeated on more than one of the images.
    Children 
    +1. Opal Irene RICHISON,   b. 29 Sep 1899, , Jay, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1978, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F51  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Jun 2012 

    Family 2 Emma Carolyn GREEN,   b. 12 Apr 1890, Emporia, Volusia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1956, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 1913  Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [31, 32] 
    • Emma C. Green and Charles A. Richison Sr. were married in Muncie in 1913, she was a happy homemaker and an excellent seeamstress. During the depression of the 30s Emma baked bread and sold it to neighbors to get a few dimes. In spite of cancer (ten years), she was happy outwardly. Emma died in Muncie on February 26, 1956.
    Children 
     1. Annie Jane RICHISON,   b. 29 Oct 1916, , Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1975, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Charles Anthony RICHISON, Jr.,   b. 26 Nov 1918, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1995, Ormond Beach, Volusia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F52  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 8 Oct 1869 - New Carlisle, Clark, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAlt. Birth - Abt May 1870 - , , Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - John W. Richeson household - 22 Jul 1870 - Pike Twp., Clark, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Oct 1896 - , Jay, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - RFD 8 with 20 acres - 1905-1906 - , Delaware, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResided - 4 Jun 1906 - Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - RFD 11 - 1907-1908 - , Delaware, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Jobbing Co., 1516 W. Jackson, N C - 1909-1910 - Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1913 - Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResided - at time of Ardie's death, 1724 W. Jackson - 1914 - Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResided - When brother Silas died - 1917 - Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Charles Richison household - 19 Apr 1930 - Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - Owned real estate, both for sale and for rent - - Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsObituary - 1944 - Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOwned - Court Supply Company, building supplies and coal; Muncie Pattern Works, building large wood patterns for foundry casting - - Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - as a general contractor until his death - Bef 1944 - Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResided - at death of his brother, Frank Albert Richison - 2 Apr 1944 - Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 18 May 1944 - Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    John Webster Richison and sons    		John Webster Richison and sons
    George Andrew, Frank Albert, Silas Alva, William Allen, and Charles Anthony, Richison, Sr.

    [not in any particular order and not in order for the picture]
    Emma Carolyn (Green) Richison & Charles Anthony Richison Sr.    		Emma Carolyn (Green) Richison & Charles Anthony Richison Sr.
    Charles Anthony Richison, Sr.    		Charles Anthony Richison, Sr.

    Documents
    Birth certificate - Richison    		Birth certificate - Richison
    Annie Jane Richison, 29 October 1916
    Death certificate - Richison    		Death certificate - Richison
    Annie Jane Richison (1975)
    Birth certificate - Richison    		Birth certificate - Richison
    Charles A. Richison, 1918
    Richison, Charles Anthony, Sr - Obituary
    (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
    Obituary - Richison
    Charles Anthony Richison, Jr. (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)

  • Notes 
    • 05/07/05
      Submitted to "Once A Hoosier"

  • Sources 
    1. [S1865] Cemetery.
      Charles A. Richison
      b New Carlisle, Ohio
      d 18 May 1944, Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana
      bur 20 May 1944, Section B, Lot 97, Beech Grove Cemetery, Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana
      Died at age 74 yr 7 mo 10 days of carcinoma - stomach
      Grave fee $40
      Funeral: M.L. Meeks
      Relative: Emma Richison.

    2. [S772] Interview: Wilkerson, Zella Beatrice, (by Shirley Richison Fields, 1969 through 1991. Information directly entered into genealogy software for later verification. Mrs. Rosenbarger, the mother of Shirley Richison Fields, is now deceased.), 10 Jun 1970, Charles Anthony Richison, Jr. (Reliability: 3).
      Charles Anthony Richison, Sr.
      s/o John W. Richison and Sarah J. Ayres
      b 1869, d 1944, Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana
      bur Section B, Lot 97, Beech Grove Cem.,Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana

      M/1 Ardie E (b 1879, d 1914, Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana)

      ch: Opal Richison md Forest Keeley, lives S. Walnut St., Muncie, Indiana.

      M/2 Emma C. Green (b 1890, d 1956, bur Section B, Lot 97, Beech Grove Cem., Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana)

      ch: Charles A. Richison, Jr. and Anna Jane Richison.

    3. [S238] 1920 U.S. Census, 29 Aug 2021.
      1920 U.S. census, Delaware County, Indiana, pop. sch., Muncie Ward 9, ED 44, sheet 7B, dwell. 172, fam. 178, Charles A. Richison; image, Ancestry (https://ancestry.com : 25 July 2018); NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 427.
      R2967

    4. [S1214] Indiana. Jay Co. - History, 2 Nov 2007 (Reliability: 2).
      Biographical Memoirs of Jay County, Indiana. "George A. Richison." Chicago: B. F. Bowen Company, 1901; pp 663-665.

    5. [S1208] Indiana, Delaware Co. - Local History & Genealogy Center, (Local History & Genealogy Center), 2 Nov 2007, Ardie E. Richison, digital image, «i»Muncie/Delaware County Digital Resource Library,«/i» (http://www.munpl.org, accessed 19 Oct 2007); citing Meeks Mortuary Book 18, 27 Dec 1914 (Reliability: 3).
      Meeks Book 18
      Oct. 18, 1914 to Dec. 30, 1914

      Date Dec 27
      Name: Ardie E. Richison
      Date of burial: Dec 29, 1914
      To whom charged: Chas A. Richison
      Address: 1724 W. Jackson

      Total charges of $143.50

    6. [S1421] Richison Family Record, 25 May 2008 (Reliability: 2).
      Richison Family Record (MS, 1793-1968), photocopy privately held by Shirley Richison Fields, [address for private use,] Avon, Indiana, 2007. A carbon copy of this record was supplied to Fields in 1970 by Charles Anthony Richison, Jr. The record creator appears to have been Margaret Ann (Richison) Secrest, born 1878 in Jay County, Indiana, daughter of John Webster and Elizabeth (Cory) Richison.


    7. [S827] Treman, Tremaine, Truman Family, 16 Jun 2008 (Reliability: 1).
      Treman, Ebenezer Mack and Murray E. Poole. The History of the Treman, Tremaine, Truman Family in America: with the Related Families of Mack, Dey, Board and Ayers. Ithaca, NY: Press of the Ithaca Democrat, 1901, 2: 1820ab.



    8. [S1869] Deaths, 24 Apr 2013.
      "Funeral Home Records," database, Muncie Public Library (http://www.munciepubliclibrary.org : accessed 9 April 2013); entry for Annie Richison, 1975; citing Meeks Mortuary Book 284, Muncie, Indiana.

    9. [S1865] Cemetery, 1 May 2013.
      "Beech Grove Cemetery Listing," database, Muncie Public Library (http://www.munciepubliclibrary.org : accessed 9 April 2013); interment for Charles A. Richison, 1944; citing Interment Records, Beech Grove Cemetery, Muncie, Indiana.

    10. [S13] Family History, 18 Jan 2016.
      "Family History: Leonie Marie Francoeur Richison, Charles Anthony Richison," scanned image privately held by Shirley Richison Fields [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Indianapolis, Indiana, 2016. Image supplied to Fields by Monique Marie (Richison) Sackett [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Mount Dora, Florida. Sackett's father, Charles Anthony Richison, Jr. typed the history, 20 May 1990 and Sackett inherited it after her father's death in 1995.

    11. [S1869] Deaths, 17 Nov 2016.
      "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 July 2016); Charles A. Richison (18 May 1944), Certificate of Death no. 14731, Delaware County; citing Death Certificates, 1900-2011, microfilm, Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis.

    12. [S1901] Marriage, 18 Sep 2017.
      "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-2007," digital image, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 18 September 2017), license application and return for Forest Vernon Keeley and Opal Irene Richison, (28 December 1918); citing Delaware County, Marriage Records, 1918-1919, Vol. 26: 457.

    13. [S47] Tombstone - Richison, Sr., Charles Anthony, (Tombstone at Beech Grove Cem., Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana), P.1820ab (Reliability: 3).
      Charles A. Richison, Sr.

      1869-1944

    14. [S827] Treman, Tremaine, Truman Family, 16 Jun 2008 (Reliability: 1).
      Treman, Ebenezer Mack and Murray E. Poole. The History of the Treman, Tremaine, Truman Family in America: with the Related Families of Mack, Dey, Board and Ayers. Ithaca, NY: Press of the Ithaca Democrat, 1901, 2: 1820 ab.


    15. [S1835] 1870 U.S. Census, 15 Dec 2007 (Reliability: 2).
      1870 U.S. census, Clark County, Ohio, population schedule, Pike township, post office Tremont Station, page 6, dwelling 41, family 41, John W. Richeson, digital image, Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com, accessed 15 December 2007); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1180.


    16. [S1834] 1880 U.S. Census, 31 Jul 2011 (Reliability: 2).
      1880 U.S. census, Jay County, Indiana, population schedule, Jackson Township, page 24 (handwritten), enumeration district (ED) 151, dwelling 228, family 230, John W. Richison household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 17 Jul 2011), citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 287.

    17. [S1886] City/County Directories, 26 Sep 2012 (Reliability: 2).
      Emerson, Charles. Emerson?s Muncie Directory, 1905-1906. Muncie, Indiana: Central Printing Co.; microfilm, Emerson?s Muncie Directory, 1905 thru 1910, Carnegie Library, Muncie, Indiana.

    18. [S1886] City/County Directories, 26 Sep 2012 (Reliability: 2).
      Emerson, Charles. Emerson's Muncie Directory, 1907-1908. Muncie, Indiana: Central Printing Co.; microfilm, Emerson's Muncie Directory, 1905 thru 1910, Carnegie Library, Muncie, Indiana.

    19. [S1886] City/County Directories, 26 Sep 2012 (Reliability: 2).
      Emerson, Charles. Emerson?s Muncie Directory, 1909-1910. Muncie, Indiana: Central Printing Co.; microfilm, Emerson?s Muncie Directory, 1905 thru 1910, Carnegie Library, Muncie, Indiana.

    20. [S45] 1910 U.S. Census, 17 Apr 2008.
      1910 U.S. Census, Delaware County, Indiana, pop. sch., Center Township, Muncie, enumeration district (ED) 19, sheet 4A, dwelling 79, family 80, Charles H. Richison household, digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 Apr 2008); NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 346.

    21. [S694] Obit: Richison, Silas Alva, («i»The Muncie Morning Star,«/i» Muncie, Indiana, 11 July 1917, page 12, column 1), 11 Jul 1917 (Reliability: 4).

    22. [S1831] 1930 U.S. Census, 20 Mar 2011 (Reliability: 2).
      1930 U.S. census, Delaware County, Indiana, population schedule, Center Township, city of Muncie, enumeration district (ED) 18-21, sheet 28A, dwelling 699, family 765, Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com, accessed 6 Mar 2004); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 583.

    23. [S65] Land, 18 Jan 2016.
      "Family History: Leonie Marie Francoeur Richison, Charles Anthony Richison," scanned image privately held by Shirley Richison Fields [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Indianapolis, Indiana, 2016. Image supplied to Fields by Monique Marie (Richison) Sackett [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Mount Dora, Florida. Sackett's father, Charles Anthony Richison, Jr. typed the history, 20 May 1990 and Sackett inherited it after her father's death in 1995.

    24. [S1208] Indiana, Delaware Co. - Local History & Genealogy Center, (Local History & Genealogy Center), 2 Nov 2007, Charles A. Richison, digital image, «i»Muncie/Delaware County Digital Resource Library,«/i» (http://www.munpl.org, accessed 19 Oct 2007); citing Meeks Mortuary Book 151, 18 May 1944 (Reliability: 4).
      Meeks Book 151
      Apr. 15, 1944 to Aug. 19, 1944

      T4957 [have no clue what this is]
      Date: May 18, 1944
      Name: Charles A. Richison
      Date of burial: May 20, 1944
      To whom charged: Emma (wife)
      Address: 2018 Euclid Ave.

      MUNCIE CONTRACTOR DIES: RITES SATURDAY

      Charles A. Richison, 74, Muncie contractor and builder, died Thursday night at his home, 2008 N. Euclid Ave., after an illness of eight months.
      Funeral services will be conducted at 4 p.m. Saturday, at the Meeks mortuary by the Reverend A. W. McDavitt, with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the residence or at the mortuary after noon, Saturday.
      Born in New Carlisle, Ohio, Mr. Richison had lived in Muncie 47 years. He is survived by the widow, Emma; a son, Charles; two daughters, Mrs. Opal Keeley, of Muncie and Miss Jane Richison, at home; a sister, Mrs. E. S. Secrest, of Muncie, and two grandchildren.
      Amounts on this have all been blacked out so are totally unreadable.

      Two different addresses are given; 2018 and 2008 Euclid but don't know which is correct.

    25. [S135] Tombstone - Richison, Frank Albert, (Gravel Hill Cemetery, Bryant, Jay, Indiana).
      [Bryant, Indiana is seven or eight miles north of Portland, Indiana on State Road 27. Once you reach Bryant, turn west on Main Street. and go about a mile or so and you will run right into the cemetery.

      Frank Albert and Sarah Jane's graves are located in the first northeast most section to the north of the gazebo type structure in the cemetery.

      In addition to Frank Albert's grave, George A. and Cenith M. Richison are buried here. Also William A. and Carrie Alice Richison Beard. There is a grave for Baby Wesley Hough that seems to belong to one of these families but have not been able to place him.]

      [Two scanned images in ByGones file, a map to the graves, and a picture of the tombstone]
      RICHISON, Frank Albert: 13

    26. [S1854] Obituary, 5 Aug 1994.
      "F. A. Richison Dies Sunday," The Commercial Review, Portland, IN, Tuesday, 4 April 1944, Vol. 73, No. 273, page 3, column 4; Recorder?s Office, Portland.

    27. [S47] Tombstone - Richison, Sr., Charles Anthony, (Tombstone at Beech Grove Cem., Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana), p.1 (Reliability: 3).

    28. [S1869] Deaths, 1 May 2013.
      "Funeral Home Records," database, Muncie Public Library (http://www.munciepubliclibrary.org : accessed 9 April 2013); entry for Charles A. Richison, 1944; citing Meeks Mortuary Book 151, Apr. 15, 1944to Aug. 19, 1944.

    29. [S344] Richison Family Plot, (Beech Grove Cemetery, Muncie, Indiana).
      The headstones in the Richison family plot in Section B Lot 97 of Beech Grove Cemetery are layed out as follows:

      *Sopy WELLS William A. RICHISON Charles A. *Ardie E. *Emma C.
      RICHISON RICHISON RICHISON RICHISON


      Gladdas RICHISON Micajah Arthur


      John W. RICHISON *Sarah J. RICHISON Silas A. Margaret A. Annie Jane RICHISON RICHISON SECREST RICHISON


      The headstones in the two rows of five graves on either side of the large family marker in the middle are identical in type of stone, color, and size. The engraving is almost identical but Emma C.'s marker does not have a small diamond in the middle of a double line across the top and all the other do.
      The one marked with an * are in-laws.
      RICHISON - Deaths: 19

    30. [S1901] Marriage, 10 Jun 2012.
      "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959," database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.com : accessed 10 Jun 2012), entry for Chas. A. Richison and Ardie Miles, 1896, Portland, [Jay] County; citing FHL microfilm 1,750,174.

    31. [S1854] Obituary, 18 Jan 2016.
      "Mrs. Emma Richison Dies at Residence," undated clipping, ca. 1956, from "Funeral Home Records," database, Muncie Public Library (http://www.munciepubliclibrary.org : accessed 9 April 2013); entry for Emma C. Richison, 1956; citing Meeks Mortuary Book 191, Muncie, Indiana.

    32. [S13] Family History, 18 Jan 2016.
      "Family History: Leonie Marie Francoeur Richison & Charles Anthony Richison Sr, image privately held by Shirley Richison Fields, Indianapolis, 2015. Image given to Fields by Monique Marie (Richison( Sackett, Mount Dora, Floria, adopted daughter of Charles Anthony Richison Jr. Charles created it in 1990 and Sacett inherited it after her father's death in 1995.
      R2966


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