James Monroe Rickman (1843 - 1918)

Born 7 Apr 1843 in Tennessee, United States

Husband of Amanda Ann (Winn) Rickman — married 30 Mar 1899 in Darke, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Feb 1918 at age 74 in Greenville, Darke, Ohio, United States

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Biography

James Rickman is a part of US Black heritage.

Private James Rickman served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 5 May 1863
Mustered out: 20 August 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 54th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Colored)

James Monroe Rickman was born in1843 in Tennessee. He was the child of Telitha Elam. He served with the famous 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War.

He stood about 5 feet and 5 inches (1.65m) tall with a light complexion, brown eyes and black hair when he enlisted with the 54th in 1863.

Occupations

• 1863: Laborer
• Farmer

Residences

• 1900-1910: 700 E Water Street, Greenville, Ohio with his second wife Amanda, stepchildren and children
• 1880: Washington, Ohio, widowed, with his mother and children
• 1870: Washington, Ohio with his first wife Matilda and children
• 1863: Greenville, Ohio (military enlistment)
• 1860: German, Ohio with his mother and siblings

Military Service

During the Civil War, he served as a Private in Company K of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the second^[1] regiment in the United States made up entirely of enlisted men of color. He was about 19 years old, single and working as a laborer when he enlisted on 5 May 1863 from Greensville[sic], Ohio. He mustered into service on 13 May 1863 in Readville, Massachusetts and mustered out 20 August 1865 with his regiment.^[2]

Census Race

• 1860, 1870, 1880, 1910: Mulatto
• 1900: Black

Death

He passed away February 23, 1918, in Greenville, Darke, Ohio. He is buried at Clemens Cemetery in Long, Ohio.^[3]

Projects

• 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

Sources

1. ↑ and the first with federal recognition; the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry regiment was against the wishes of the Secretary of War and filled only six companies, but did see action a full year before the 54th
2. ↑ Emilio, McKay Roster
3. ↑ headstone application

• "1850 United States Federal Census Census," FamilySearch - account required: accessed 12 April 2016, Monroe Rickman in household of Phillace Elam, Warren county, Warren, Tennessee, United States; citing family 485, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• 1860 United States Federal Census Year: 1860; Census Place: German, Darke, Ohio; Roll: M653_956; Page: 207; Family History Library Film: 803956
• "1870 United States Census," FamilySearch - account required: accessed 12 April 2016, James Rickman, Ohio, United States; citing p. 7, family 50, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,693.
• 1880 United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Washington, Darke, Ohio; Roll: 1011; Page: 363A; Enumeration District: 073; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8M7-Q8X.
• 1900 United States Federal Census Year: 1900; Census Place: Greenville, Darke, Ohio; Page: 31; Enumeration District: 0057
• 1910 United States Federal Census Year: 1910; Census Place: Greenville Ward 4, Darke, Ohio; Roll: T624_1163; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0088; FHL microfilm: 1375176
• Emilio, Luis Fenollosa. History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865, Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Book Co., 1891 (1st ed.) and 1894 (2nd ed.)
• Find A Grave: Memorial #9303668
• "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007," database, FamilySearch - account required: accessed 8 December 2014, James M Rickman, 25 Feb 1918; from "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing vol. , certificate number , Ohio Historical Society, Columbus; Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus.
• "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," FamilySearch - account required: accessed 9 March 2018, James Monre Rickman, 23 Feb 1918; citing Greenville, Darke, Ohio, reference fn 9067; FHL microfilm 1,984,229.
• "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949", FamilySearch - account required: accessed 12 March 2018, James M Rickman.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9303668/james-monroe-rickman), memorial page for PVT James Monroe Rickman (7 Apr 1843–25 Feb 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9303668, citing Clemens Cemetery, Long, Darke County, Ohio, USA