Individual Details

Richard Biswell

(22 Feb 1802 - 13 May 1877)



Richard Biswell was in Macon Co MO for the 1840 Census, Independence Township.
1m -5, 1m 5-10, 2m 10-15 [William & James], 1m 30-40 [Richard]
1f under 5 [Manda], 1f 30-40 [Sarah]

1850 Census. Prec 1, Lamar Co, TX, Hh 11
Richard Biswell, 49, Farmer, b. KY
Sarah, 41, b. NC
Susan A. 13, Jeremiah 11. Milissa A. 7. Mary J. 6 - b. MO
Martha J., age 1, b. TX
Minter H. Parker, 22, Farmer, b. MO

OBITUARIES, DEATH NOTICES AND NEWS ITEMS EXTRACTED FROM THE VAN BUREN PRESS, 1879, by Fran Alverson Warren, 2001
p.18; 22 Mar 1879 NOTICE is hereby given at the January Term of the Probate Court of Crawford Co AR, the following administrators filed annual accounts for settlement to wit: J. P. Bullock, admin of estate of Richard Biswell, dec'd. [Bullock was a son-in-law]

Pickler Memorial Library at Truman State University, Kirksville, MO has a collection of 130 Biswell family letters and papers. They are catalogued as BISWELL FAMILY PAPERS, 1795-1912: Musdp Collection B1
2:4 Richard Biswell, Belmont, Crawford County, AR, to John Biswell, Huntsville, Randolph County, MO, 1852, 1854 » 4 Jan 1852: just moved to AR after 2 yrs in TX; MH Parker still there, his wife died & he remarried; discusses area around Van Buren, new property & livestock; wrote to Captain Godin about possibilities of getting some land for service in Black Hawk War; mentions Hancock Jackson, Norvel Beale, death of Cousin Harvey, Cousin Jeremiah
» 13 Aug 1854 (two letters on one sheet of paper mailed to John): ? from Richard to brother John; discusses prices received for crops; offer of $1000 for his land at the big bend in the river between Fayetteville to Van Buren; ? from James A Biswell to Cousins Jonathan & Norville; mentions their return from CA, Jonathan’s marriage, his own single status; mentions Minter H Parker
http://library.truman.edu/manuscripts/biswell_family_papers.htm



Buried in Dripping Springs Cemetery, Crawford Co. AR Age 75 years, 2 months, 21 days.




Events

Birth22 Feb 1802Washington County, Kentucky
Marriage17 Jan 1833Randolph County, Missouri - Sarah Parker
Death13 May 1877Crawford County, Arkansas

Families

SpouseSarah Parker (1810 - 1875)
ChildWilliam Biswell ( - )
ChildJames Ashley Biswell (1834 - 1916)
ChildMelissa Biswell (1836 - )
ChildSusan Amanda "Manda" Biswell (1838 - 1900)
ChildJeremiah Biswell (1839 - )
ChildMary J. Biswell (1844 - )
ChildMartha J. Biswell (1849 - )
FatherJeremiah Biswell (1767 - 1849)
MotherMary Huff ( - )
SiblingJohn Biswell (1803 - 1859)

Endnotes

1. Delmar Asbill, Family Records sent to Vontrece Miller. Family Records & Annotated Census Sent to me. , Footnote to Census Annotation 1840 Macon Co. MO.

2. Grave Marker.

3. Twila Dunsmore. Email correspondence 12 May 1999 [Descendant of brother of Susan Manda Biswell, William M. Wood's second wife.].

4. Delmar Asbill, Family Records sent to Vontrece Miller. Family Records & Annotated Census Sent to me. , Footnote to Census Annotation 1840 Macon Co. MO.

5. Twila Dunsmore. Email correspondence 12 May 1999 [Descendant of brother of Susan Manda Biswell, William M. Wood's second wife.].

6. Delmar Asbill, Family Records sent to Vontrece Miller. Family Records & Annotated Census Sent to me. , Footnote to Census Annotation 1840 Macon Co. MO.