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J. L. RICHEY, farmer, P. O. Feesburg, is a son of William Richey, who was born in Ireland, in 1780, and when six years old, with his parents, emigrated to America, locating in Pennsylvania. In 1794, they pressed on to what, in 1800, became Clermont County, Ohio, locating near the mouth of Bullskin, where the parents died, aged respectively, he sixty-five, and she seventy-six. William matured in that vicinity, and married, in 1806, Miss Sophia Miller, a native of Pennsylvania, but in early life came to Ohio, settling in Clermont County, where her parents died. William and wife settled in Clermont County, where their life ever after was spent; he died at the age of sixty-sine, and she eighty-three. Their family consisted of twelve children, eight of whom are now living. Our subject, the eldest, was born in 1825, in Clermont County, where he was raised and received his common school education. He has ever devoted his time to farming in Clermont and Brown Counties, living in the latter since 1846, when he bought 63 acres of land. In 1862, he bought his present farm of 178 acres, which is under fair cultivation. He and wife are the parents of twelve children, of whom eight are now living.