Zachariah Riney

http://www.three-systems.com/gen/direct/d0002/g0000201.html#I572 Zachariah RINEY [681] 1763 - 15 FEB 1859

BIRTH: 1763, St. Mary's Co., MD DEATH: 15 FEB 1859, Nelson Co., KY BURIAL: Washington Co., KY at the Gethsemani Monastery

Father: Thomas Edward, Sr. RINEY Mother: Eleanor MERRIMAN

Family 1 : Margaret __??__

MARRIAGE: ABT 1795

Margaret RINEY Eleanor RINEY Susanna RINEY Sylvester RINEY John Baptist RINEY Thomas RINEY

Family 2 : Sarah BICKETT

MARRIAGE: 12 FEB 1824

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Birth: 1763 St. Mary's County Maryland, USA Death: Feb. 15, 1859 Gethsemane Nelson County Kentucky, USA

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).

Family links: Children: Sylvester Riney (1805 - 1870)*

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Burial: Abbey of Gethsemani Trappist Cemetery Gethsemane Nelson County Kentucky, USA

Listed in Maryland in 1794, arrived in KY 1795

3/24/1835: appointed son-in-law, Joseph Yeager, power of attorney

Abraham Lincoln's first school teacher (RFHB 18)

Came down Ohio on barge w/father and one unknown brother in 1795

1856 joined the Abbey of Gethsemani (near Bardstown, KY) "and lived to a great age".

Wife lived in seperate house "built for her by a brother who found her disposition too much to bear"

Washington County, Ky 1799 Tax list: had 100 acres third class-Cartwright's Creek

Washington Co, KY 1810 tax list, he was listed under St. Rose Covenant

Washington Co KY records: 24 Mar 1835, appointed his son in law, Joseph Yaeger, power of atty

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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