Richard Wright Monroe (1851 - 1932)

Ancestors Descendants

Biography

Richard was born in 1851. He was the son of Peter Monroe and Martha Cole. He passed away in 1932.

The 1870 census shows Martha and husband Peter Duncan Monroe residing in Adamsville, South Carolina, with children Mary, Richard, John, Thomas, Sallie, Jane, and Joseph. His brother Neil Monroe was also in the home.^[1]

Spouse

Christian Ann Connor Monroe 1852–1897

Children

1. Ida Jane Monroe Porter 1878–1960
2. John Mack Monroe 1880–1959
3. Peter Evans Monroe 1882–1972
4. Nancy Jane Monroe Carmichael 1885–1973
5. Infant Daughter Monroe 1887–1887
6. Christain Ann Monroe Porter 1888–1965
7. Richard Ferguson Monroe 1891–1953
8. Infant Son Monroe 1897–1897

BURIAL in Smyrna Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Johns, Scotland County, North Carolina, USA

MEMORIAL ID 38231012

Sources

1. ↑ 1870 United States Federal Census. - https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/23777858/person/362193197475/facts

   Martha Monroe, age in 1870, 45.

   Adamsville, Marlboro, South Carolina.

   Post office: Bennettsville.

   Occupation: Keeping House.,

   Inferred Spouse: P D Monroe.

   Household Members:

   P D Monroe, 60;

   Neil Monroe, 50 (born about 1820, so probably not his son Neill);

   Martha Monroe, 45;

   Mary Monroe,17;

   Richard Monroe,15;

   John Monroe, 14;

   Thomas Monroe, 11;

   Sallie Monroe, 8;

   Jane Monroe, 6;

   Joseph Monroe, 4.

Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/38231012/richard-wright-monroe : accessed 03 August 2021), memorial page for Richard Wright Monroe (9 Aug 1851–3 Mar 1932), Find a Grave Memorial ID 38231012, citing Smyrna Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Johns, Scotland County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Family Tracker (contributor 47136052) . Geographical note: Richmond county was formed in 1779 from Anson County. It was named for Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox who was an Englishman and a member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom who sided with the colonists in America during the American Revolution. Kader Keaton, a colonial American officer in the American Revolutionary War, was a founder of Anglo-American settlement in Richmond County. During the 19th century, it became developed for plantation culture. In 1899 the southeastern part of Richmond County was organized as Scotland County, which was divided to reduced the travel time for residents to the county seat of Rockingham. The county name documents the strong historic and cultural influence from the early settlers from Scotland.