Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Richey, H C 1841 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

H. C. Richey, clerk coal company, Braceville, was born January 7, 1841, in La 
Salle County, Ill., and is a son of W. W. and Maria (Thompson) Richey, 
natives, the father of Ohio and the mother of Norway. The father settled in La 
Salle County in 1829, and the mother in 1838. The parents had but one child - 
H. C. The father was married a second time to Eliza HORTON, the result being 
two children - William F. and Cora A. Our subject attended school in the 
pioneer cabins, with slab seats, slab writing-desks, etc. When fifteen, he 
began clerking in a store for his father at Marseilles, and in 1862 he 
enlisted in Company C, Seventy-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was 
out until the close. Was in the Quartermaster's Department. Was captured at La 
Grange, Tenn., and taken to St. Louis, and was afterward exchanged. On his 
return from the war, he was with his father for two years, and then built 
bridges with Alex Bruce, of Marseilles, for four years. Came to Braceville in 
1871, and kept books for the Braceville Coal Company; thence to Henry, 
Marshall County, engaging with Nicholson & Bruce for three and one-half years; 
from there to Florida for two years, to recruit his health. In 1878, he 
returned to Braceville, where he engaged as Superintendent of the Braceville 
Coal Mines until the company sold out, when he was retained as clerk for the 
present Superintendent. Was married in 1861 to S. A. Day, the result being 
three children - F. L., A. D. and Gertie. His wife died in 1868, and he was 
again married in 1871, to M. R. Tremaine, the result being two children - 
Hattie and Belle. Is a member of Marseilles Lodge, No. 418, A., F. & A. M. 
Votes the Republican ticket.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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