My Genealogy Hound

JESSE RICHWINE, one of the well known and highly esteemed farmers and stockraisers of North Middleton township, Cumberland county, was born April 12, 1859, on a farm in the vicinity of Boiling Springs, son of William and Mary Catherine (Bolden) Richwine.

William Richwine was of German extraction and he was born in 1816, and lived on a farm below Boiling Springs. He married Mary Catherine Bolden, born in Penn township, Cumberland county, and she still survives, aged more than eighty years. Mr. and Mrs. Richwine were early members of the U. B. Church in this locality. The grandfather of our subject was born in Germany about 1775, and came to America and settled in the neighborhood of Boiling Springs about 1800.

Jesse Richwine obtained his education in the local district schools and through boyhood and early youth, made himself useful on his father’s farm. His business has always been agriculture, and he is one of the practical and successful farmers of this section of the county. He has not been too deeply interested in his own pursuits, however, to forget his duties as a citizen. A stanch Democrat, he has been an active party worker, and has belonged to its standing committee for years. He has served for years as school director and in the fall of 1899 was elected director for the poor, an office for which he is eminently qualified, being a man of reliability and excellent judgment.

Mr. Richwine married Sarah A. Kennedy, born in Frankford township, one of a family of children born to Andrew and Susan (Minnich) Kennedy, her brothers and sisters being: William K., Eliza Jane, Amanda, Rosanna, Alice, Ida, Andrew Jefferson, Elmer Newton and Eber James.

William Kennedy, the grandfather of Mrs. Richwine, was born in Ireland and emigrated to America, settling in Perry county, Pa. He is recalled by the oldest residents as a man of such unusual strength that upon one occasion when, as he was crossing the mountains, he was attacked by an angry bear, he after a struggle rolled the bear down the mountain side into the river, where it drowned.

The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Richwine include: A. Florence, born Nov. 1, 1881, wife of Frank Frey; Myrtle May, born March 6, 1885; Milton Cleveland, born Oct. 18, 1888; Alice Amelia, born Feb. 6, 1892; Jessie Stuart, born July 18, 1893; Millie Grace, born July 9, 1895; May Ellen, born Sept. 12, 1897; and Mabel Eva, born Oct. 15, 1899. Mr. Richwine and family enjoy the acquaintance and respect of the best social circles of the township. They are leading members of the U. B. Church.