Gaines, Richard

Item

Title

Gaines, Richard

Alias

Gaines, Rich
Gaines, Richard C.
Gaines, Richard R.

Gender

Male

Biography

Richard Gaines was born 29 Oct 1789 in Virginia. He was living in District 2, Boone, Kentucky in the 1850 census. The 1860 census shows Ricahrd and wife Catharine living in Burlington, Boone, Kentucky. He is listed as a farmer. Richard died February 14, 1870 and is buried in the Gaines-Graves Cemetery in Boone County, Kentucky.

Member

Birth date

29 Oct 1789

Place of birth

Father

Mother

Life event(s)

Marriage 1: 20 Jan 1816; Campbell County (Ky.)
Marriage 2: 18 Jan 1838; Boone County (Ky.)

Spouse(s)

Bruce, Catherine

Child(ren)

Smith, Mary "Polly" Gaines
Gaines, Absalom Graves
Gaines, Susan Ann
Gaines, Eliza Jane
Gaines, Gabriel T.
Gaines, Melvina
Gaines, Josephine
Gaines, Catharine
Gaines, Galenie

Death date

14 Feb 1870

Place of death

Death and burial information

Participant in

Neighbor of

Neighbors in the 1850 Census: Smith, William; Cason, Alfred

Relationship

Known enslaved: Gaines, Melvin; Gaines, William; unknown, Hannah [8]; unknown, Hiram [4]; unknown, Mary [17]; unknown, Thomas [1]

Description

Enslaved held in 1850: Female, 45 years old, black; Male, 40 years old, black; Male, 30 years old, black; Male, 7 years old, black; Male, 5 years old, black; Male, 3 years old, black; Female, 3 months old, black
Enslaved held in 1860: Male, 15 years old, black; Male, 1 year old, black; Male, 13 years old, mulatto; Male, 5 years old, black; Female, 7 years old, black; Female, 50 years old, mulatto

Bibliographic citation(s)

FindAGrave.com, memorial #8974184

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Participant
Title Alternate label Class
1847--Mary Enslaved by Gaines is Excluded from Bullittsburg Baptist Church Event
1847--Thomas Excluded from Bullittsburg Baptist Church Event
child
Title Alternate label Class
Gaines, George Child(ren) Person
Graves, Susannah Child(ren) Person
father
Title Alternate label Class
Gaines, John [1] Father Person
Gaines, Benjamin R. Father Person
Gaines, Elizabeth [2] Father Person
Gaines, Edward Father Person
Relationship
Title Alternate label Class
unknown, Hiram [4] Person
unknown, Mary [17] Person
Gaines, Melvin [1] Person
unknown, Thomas [1] Person
unknown, Hannah [8] Person
Early, William James Person
spouse
Title Alternate label Class
Rice, Judith Spouse(s) Person