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MAJ Richard A. Oldham

Birth
Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
Death
6 Aug 1842 (aged 55)
Habersham, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA
Burial
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Major Richard A. Oldham (1787-1842) was for many years an officer in the U.S. Army. He married Eliza Martin, a daughter of Major Thomas Martin, the first Commandant of Newport Barracks, Ky. Their eight children were Jane (1814-83) who married Moses Willard Wetmore (1814-71), of New York; William Henry; Thomas M.; Catherine who married John W. Edgerton, of Ohio; Worden P.; Penelope Abigail (1825-1908); Mary who married Dr. A. S. Robertson, of Nashville; and George L. Oldham who may have died during the Civil War. The latter married Harriett Josephine Miller (1835-1902), daughter of John Adam Miller. Their son, Alfred Violett Oldham (1869-1932), was clerk of the city court in Louisville.

See !870-80, 1900 Census, Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. (Alfred Oldham and his mother who was married to William J. McGonigale by 1870 Census); James Houston Barr III, Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope, c1610-1660, of Virginia, Ancestor of Washington, Governors and Legislators, History of His Descendants (Louisville, Ky. 2018), 307.
Major Richard A. Oldham (1787-1842) was for many years an officer in the U.S. Army. He married Eliza Martin, a daughter of Major Thomas Martin, the first Commandant of Newport Barracks, Ky. Their eight children were Jane (1814-83) who married Moses Willard Wetmore (1814-71), of New York; William Henry; Thomas M.; Catherine who married John W. Edgerton, of Ohio; Worden P.; Penelope Abigail (1825-1908); Mary who married Dr. A. S. Robertson, of Nashville; and George L. Oldham who may have died during the Civil War. The latter married Harriett Josephine Miller (1835-1902), daughter of John Adam Miller. Their son, Alfred Violett Oldham (1869-1932), was clerk of the city court in Louisville.

See !870-80, 1900 Census, Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. (Alfred Oldham and his mother who was married to William J. McGonigale by 1870 Census); James Houston Barr III, Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope, c1610-1660, of Virginia, Ancestor of Washington, Governors and Legislators, History of His Descendants (Louisville, Ky. 2018), 307.


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