Greene County PA Archives Biographies.....Rich, Daniel April 25, 1830 - ????
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Source: Biographical History of Greene County, Nelson, Rishforth, and Co, Chicago, 1888
Author: Samuel P. Bates
Daniel Rich, farmer and stock grower, Khedive, Penna,
was born in Cumberland Township, Greene County, April 25,
1830, and is a son of David Rich and Margaret Morrison Rich.
His parents were also natives of Greene County, and of
German and English ancestry. His father and grandfather were
both farmers and among the early settlers of the county.
Daniel Rich is the ninth in a family of thirteen children,
twelve of whom grew to maturity. He was reared on the farm,
attending school in the township, and also graded school in
Virginia. He chose farming as his occupation and is now the
owner of 360 acres of valuable land in Cumberland Township
where he resides and is regarded as one of the leading men
of Greene County. He lived four years in Monroe County,
Ohio, where he was united in marriage October 8, 1858, with
Miss Lany Stephens, daughter of Levi Stephens, a native of
Greene County, Penna, and of German origin. They have two
children: A L Rich, born in Monroe County, Ohio, August 13,
1859; and Phoebe C Rich, who is the wife of Columbus Scott.
Their son A L Rich was reared on their present farm in
Cumberland Township, to which his parents returned soon
after his birth. He was married October 8, 1882, to Miss
Kate Harry, daughter of C C Harry, and they have one child,
Stephen Harry Rich, an interesting boy of five years.
In politics Mr Daniel Rich is a Republican and was
elected justice of the peace in 1880, also in 1885. He is
energetic and successful in his business and has always held
the confidence of his neighbors. He has settled up fifteen
estates for heirs in the neighborhood, to the entire
satisfaction of the parties concerned. His family are all
members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, in which he
has served as trustee and superintendent of the Sabbath
school.
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