Note: The headstone for Elizabeth HILL RICHESON is a replacement. An older one was photographed by a descendant in 2001, but its location or disposal was unknown to the caretaker by 2009. The base appears to be original. None of the local monument companies have a record of making the stone now standing, nor is it known who placed it or exactly when.


Elizabeth HILL was the daughter of Elizabeth TUCKER and Dabney HILL of VA. Sorting out her ancestors has proven difficult, since several generations of TUCKERS and HILLS intermarried in VA. Her father owned slaves, but apparently Elizabeth and her husband John did not.

She was the second wife of John RICHESON (after Susan RUCKER). Although both Elizabeth and John were born in VA, they moved to Missouri around 1857 where they farmed with most of their children near Bogard (now Bogart) in Carroll county.

It is possible some of the earliest born children listed remained in VA. It is unclear just how many of John's children were by his first wife, Susan RUCKER.

Their known children:

1) J. B. Richeson (a daughter or other female relative) b. 1830

2) William J. Richeson b: 29 June 1837 D: 16 Nov 1921
Wife: Mary Richeson b: 30 July 1841 d: 10 July 1938
Wife: Adeline Shinn
(informant given as Mrs. W.J. Richeson) Buried in Trotter Cemetery.

3) Matthew Richeson b. 1839 d. 1864

4) Martha J. Richeson b. 1839

5) John Henry Richeson b. 1841 d. 1921

6) James Richeson b. abt. 1845
Wife: Parthenia Jane Barnett? b. 15 Dec 1846 d. 2 March 1933

7) Sarah Richeson b. abt. 1846

8) Levega Richeson b. 1848 (a son) d. 8 March 1923
Wife: Elizabeth Richeson
Informant: Mrs. P. W. Davis. Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery

9) Elizabeth Richeson b. abt. 1850

10) FRANKLIN EDWARD RICHESON b. April 1852 d. 1926 [my g-grandfather.] Buried in Lincoln Memorial Park cemetery, Portland, OR.
Wife: Mary Bresnen

11) Charles Raglan Richeson b. 1 Oct 1854 D: 20 Dec 1935 (burial Mt. Zion)
Death certificate informant: Mrs. Ruth Harris
Wife: Mary Alice Sturgis b. 19 March 1873 d. 31 Jan 1938

12) Thomas Richeson b. 1856 d. 1859

13) Allison (Alison) Richeson b. 5 April 1857 (in VA) d. 3 Sept 1911
Wife: Ella Richeson (informant)
Buried in Coloma Cemetery.

14) Virginia Richeson b. abt. 1859 (in MO) d. 1860


Sources: Missouri Digital Heritage: http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/results.asp?type=basic&tLName=ric-
eson&tFName=&sCounty=Carroll&tYear=#null

Federal census, Missouri GenWeb Archives (death records) online: http://carroll.mogenweb.org/vitals/deaths.htm