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Zachariah Riney

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Zachariah Riney

Birth
St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA
Death
15 Feb 1859 (aged 95–96)
Gethsemane, Nelson County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Gethsemane, Nelson County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Father, Thomas Edward Riney
Mother, Eleanor Maraman

Zachariah married Margaret about 1794 most likely in Kentucky. They are believed to have had 6 children before Margaret died sometime before 1824. Zachariah then married Sarah Bickett on February 24, 1824 in Washington Co, KY.

Zachariah is credited with being one of Abraham Lincoln's first teachers. He owned a farm on the Rolling Fork near the mouth of Knob Creek near the Lincolns. (Abe Lincoln Grows Up, Carl Sandburg).
Father, Thomas Edward Riney
Mother, Eleanor Maraman

Zachariah married Margaret about 1794 most likely in Kentucky. They are believed to have had 6 children before Margaret died sometime before 1824. Zachariah then married Sarah Bickett on February 24, 1824 in Washington Co, KY.

Zachariah is credited with being one of Abraham Lincoln's first teachers. He owned a farm on the Rolling Fork near the mouth of Knob Creek near the Lincolns. (Abe Lincoln Grows Up, Carl Sandburg).


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