Sex: Male.
Birth: Mar 1831 in Witchwick, Somerset, England
Death: AFT 1920 in Augusta, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Family: Wife: Emily Fear 1831 - 1887.
Children: Henry E Rich 1864 - . Christina Rich 1860 - 1930. Joanna E Rich 1862 - . Nellie B Rich 1863 - . Clarance E Rich 1877 - .
Parents: Husband: Henry Rich 1799 - 1861.
Wife: Elizabeth 1800 - 1855.
In 1841 census living with his father, a butcher, in Whitchurch, Somerset, England.
In 1851 census living with his father, now a farmer with 126 acres and two laborers, in Stowey, Somerset, England.
In 1856 he emigrated to the United States and became a naturalized citizen in 1863.
In 1860 census a farmer in Lisbon, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, with $1300 in real estate and $300 in personal assets.
In 1870 census a farmer in Otter Creek, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, with $1500 in real estate and $200 in personal assets.
In 1880 census still in Otter Creek.
By 1900 he was a boarder, living alone, a widower in Otter Creek as a boarder with Charles Metz, two doors down from his son Clarence. He reported he had not worked for 12 months. His birth year is given as 1834, although in all previous censuses it was about 1830.
He was living alone in Augusta, Eau Claire, in 1910, age 79, listed as having own income.
He is living alone in Augusta, Eau Claire, in 1920, age given as 91, living with his son Henry's family.
Change: 16 Jul 2006 Time: 01:00:00.