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From: "Richard Quigley" <>
Subject: Re: [KYHOPKIN-L] Alexander And Pearison Families
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 09:22:48 -0400


Hi!.....I'm getting all sorts of messages that are mis-directed......so I
just thought I'd send them back......hopefully, this will help to straighten
them out......Regards., Liz
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From: Emma Gene Gentry <>
To: <>
Date: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: [KYHOPKIN-L] Alexander And Pearison Families

>-- I am looking for any information on the Richard(s) family of Hopkins
>Co., KY. My husband's maternal grandfather was William Richard. He
>never used a final "s" on his name. The family tradition says that he
>and a younger brother, James, were "bound out". Their parents had died
>when the boys were small, then a grandmother took them, but she died
>soon afterwards. It was then that they were bound out. This was all we
>knew for many years, but since have learned that the "binding out"
>procedure took place in Hopkins Co. Because the court proceedings gave
>the birthdate of the 2 boys, we knew we had the right William Richard.
>However, in the court record, it was stated that the deceased parents
>were named William and Mary Richards. William was 7 and James was 4
>when Temperance Tapp took the boys in. Yhey were bound to her until age
>21, and she was to teach them farming. We don't know what happened to
>James, but William felt he was being ill-treated and so he ran away. He
>went to Williamson Co., IL and it was while he was working on a farm and
>fruit orchard belonging to William Henshaw that he met and married Emma
>Whipple. This couple, William and Emma, were both orphans. Emma was
>related to the Henshaw family. If anyone can shed any further light on
>the Richards family of Hopkins Co. we will be eternally in your debt.
>My late mother-in-law told me one time that she never knew the love of
>grandparents, because both of her parents were orphans. I determined to
>give her some grandparents if only on paper. I did make some progress
>on the family of Emma Whipple, but the Richards family is my brick
>wall. Please help if you can. Thanks. Emma Gene Gentry
>
> Emma Gene (Seale) Gentry
> <>
> Austin, Texas
>
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