Margaret Adair was born 7 February 1804 Laurens County , South Carolina to Thomas Adair (1774-1858) and Rebecca Brown (1776-1846) and died 10 February 1852 Manti , Sanpete County , Utah of unspecified causes. She married William Richey (1796-1879) 10 February 1820 in Pickens , Pickens County , Alabama .
Biogrpahy In Noxubee County, Mississippi their family joined the Buttahatchie 1845 LDS Branch of the young LDS Church.
In April 18, 1845, she appeared before John Smith (1781-1854) , 4th presiding patriarch of the church for her patriarchal blessing in Nauvoo, Illinois .
1848, part of the Willard Richards Wagon Train to Salt Lake City . By now she had some reputation for skill with medicine. The following entry appears in the diary of Caroline Crosby Barnes:
"Yesterday I invited sister Riettchie [Richey] a doctry women to come in and see me. She thought she co[uld] help me if she could find the roots she wanted but ap[peared] she could not."
Children
Offspring of William Richey (1796-1879) and Margaret Adair
Name
Birth
Death
Joined with
James Richey (1821-1890) 13 August 1821 Pickensville , Pickens County , Alabama , United States 7 August 1890 Fort Wingate , McKinley County , New Mexico , United States Lucinda Mangum (1826-1903)
Benjamin Richey (1823-1849) 10 August 1823 Pickens County , Alabama , United States 1849 California , United States
Joseph Richey (1825-1827) 10 November 1825 Pickensville , Pickens County , Alabama January 1827 Pickens County , Alabama
Rebecca Sarah Richey (1828-1845) 7 December 1828 Pickensville , Pickens County , Alabama 16 April 1845 Nauvoo , Hancock County , Illinois
Emily Melissa Richey (1830-1857) 12 March 1830 Pickensville , Pickens County , Alabama 26 April 1857 Salt Lake City , Salt Lake County , Utah Territory Solomon Cowles Case (1825-1874) Levi Ward Hancock (1803-1882)
John Belton Richey (1833-1851) 17 February 1833 Noxubee County , Mississippi , United States 30 July 1851 Payson , Utah County , Utah , United States
Martha Richey (1837-1845) 30 December 1837 Noxubee County , Mississippi February 1845 Nauvoo , Hancock County , Illinois
Eliza Jane Richey (1837-1908) 30 December 1837 Noxubee County , Mississippi 13 May 1908 Barclay , Lincoln County , Nevada John Milton Adair (1833-1899)
William Belton Richey (1840-1911) 17 May 1840 Noxubee County , Mississippi 9 May 1911 Manti , Sanpete County , Utah Johanna Marie Rasmussen Hougaard (1846-1925)
Robert Richey (1842-1845) 5 October 1842 Noxubee County , Mississippi February 1845 Nauvoo , Hancock County , Illinois
Siblings
Offspring of Thomas Adair (1774-1858) and Rebecca Brown (1776-1846)
Name
Birth
Death
Joined with
Margaret Ann Adair (1804-1852) 7 February 1804 Laurens County , South Carolina 10 February 1852 Manti , Sanpete County , Utah William Richey (1796-1879)
Samuel Jefferson Adair (1806-1889) 28 March 1806 Laurens County , South Carolina 6 July 1889 Nutrioso , Apache County , Arizona Jemima Catherina Mangum (1809-1848) Nancy Fountain White (1811-1880) Ludinca Unknown Rachel Hunter (1810-1882) Roxanna M. (1794-1860) Anne Catherine Lauritsdatter (1815-1884)
Fairby Adair (1809-1836) 1809 Tennessee 1836 Pickens County , Alabama Daniel Clark (1800-1832)
Eliza Jane Adair (1811-1892) 11 November 1811 Nashville , Davidson County , Tennessee 16 August 1892 Washington , Washington County , Utah Samuel Carson (1805-1836) Moses Pearson (1810-) John Buren Price (1815-1893)
Sophia Adair (1812-1877) 1812 Tennessee Joseph Allison (1801-1852)
Thomas Jefferson Adair (1814-1895) 31 May 1814 Indiana 19 September 1890 Show Low , Apache County , Arizona Frances Rogers (1818-1847) Mary Vance (1820-1918)
Sarah Ada Adair (1815-1852) 27 December 1815 Tennessee 3 July 1852 Loup Fork , Platte County , Nebraska William Mangum (1811-1888)
George Washington Adair (1818-1897) 18 March 1818 West Carthage , Smith County , Tennessee , United States 26 August 1897 Orderville , Kane County , Utah , United States Miriam Jane Billingsley (1829-1912) Johanna Freestone (1849-1903)
John Wesley Adair (1820-1903) 18 February 1820 Greene County , Alabama 5 May 1903 Nutrioso , Apache County , Arizona Rebecca Frances Mangum (1814-1890) Harriett Cordelia Williams (1829-1907)
Mary Ann Adair (1822-1892) 5 July 1822 Pickens County , Alabama , United States 9 May 1892 Georgetown , Kane County , Utah , United States John Mangum (1817-1881)
Laney Ann Adair (1824-1881) 2 July 1824 Tuscaloosa , Alabama , United States 29 June 1881 Johnson County , Texas , United States John Ellis Ewing (1822-1905)
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