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Richard Edwin Tatum 1896–1979 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Oct 1896

Birth Location: Logan County, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: Aug 1979

Death Location: Liberal, Seward, Kansas, USA

Father: Theodore Tatum

Mother: Susan Brasher

Spouse(s): Virginia Salter

Children(s): William Tatum

The story of Richard Edwin Tatum began in 1896 in Logan County, Kentucky, USA. Richard Edwin Tatum married Virginia Sayer Salter, and had children including William Richard Tatum. Richard Edwin Tatum passed away in 1979 in Liberal, Seward, Kansas, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Richard Edwin Tatum began in 1896 in Logan County, Kentucky, USA.
  • Richard Edwin Tatum married Virginia Sayer Salter, and had children including William Richard Tatum.
  • Richard Edwin Tatum passed away in 1979 in Liberal, Seward, Kansas, USA.

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Richard Tatum's Ancestors

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Richard Tatum
1896–1979
Birth Place: Logan County, Kentucky, USA
Parents
Theodore Pendleton Tatum
1857–1901
Logan County, Kentucky, USA
Susan (Eva) Brasher
1875–1960
Logan County, Kentucky, USA
Grandparents
Francis (Marion) Brasher
1851–1916
Tennessee, USA
Mary (Francis) Bledsoe
1856–1952
Kentucky
Great-Grandparents
Richard Bledsoe
1817–1903
Nancy Baily
1819–1896
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Bledsoe
1784–1838
Nancy Gillespie
1781–1850

Richard Tatum's Descendants

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Richard (Edwin) Tatum (16 Oct 1896–Aug 1979) m. Virginia (Sayer) Salter (16 Oct 1901–9 Jan 1998)
  1. 1. William (Richard) Tatum 1928–2002 m. Jo'An (Gidney) Yearwood 1931–2006

Richard Tatum's Timeline

2 Records

1896
16 Oct 1896
Birth of Richard Edwin Tatum in Logan County, Kentucky, USA
Logan County, Kentucky, USA
1979
Aug 1979
Age 83
Death of Richard Edwin Tatum in Liberal, Seward, Kansas, USA
Liberal, Seward, Kansas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Oct 1896
    Event Place: Logan County, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aug 1979
    Event Place: Liberal, Seward, Kansas, USA

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