1838 On 9 January, R. O. Pickett and F. S. Boggs were married at Lauderdale, Alabama. [1] [2]
1861-1865 Richard O Pickett served in the 35th Confederate Regiment, Alabama Infantry. [3]
1870 R. O. Pickett (age 50) and F L Pickett (age 46) lived at Lauderdale, Alabama with Eliby (age 19), Lucy (age 14), and Stepto (age 9). [4]
1880 R. O. Pickett (age 61) and Fannie Pickett (age 58) lived at Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama with Lute (age 24) and Stelphie (age 19). [5]
1886 R. O. Pickett, of Lauderdale [6], was a representative from District 8 [7] in the Alabama state House of Representatives. [8]
1892 Richard O Pickett, Quarter Master Sgt in the French County, Alabama Infantry (Creek War) was on the pension list for the Indian Wars. [9]
1898 On 23 November, R. O. Pickett, died and was buried at Florence Cemetery, Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama. The inscription reads "Erected to the memory of my beloved husband R.O. Pickett born in Facquier Co. Va and died in Leighton, Ala, Asleep" [10]
1899 Fannie L. Pickett received a pension for the service of Richard O. Pickett in the Indian Wars. [11]
1907 On 18 September, Fannie L, wife of R. O. Pickett, died and was buried at Florence Cemetery, Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama. [12]
1929 On 1 February, Steppie L. King, daughter of Richard O. Pickett and Fannie Bogs and spouse of Mr. Paul S, King, died at Leighton, Colbert, Alabama. She was buried at King Cemetery. [13]
1938 On 10 February, Emily Irving Rice, daughter of R. C. Pickett and Fannie L Boggs and spouse of Stephen E Rice, died at Appalachicola, Franklin, Florida. [14]
A biosketch reports [15]:
Richard Orrick Pickett, a prominent citizen of this county, is a native of Fauquier county, Virginia, and was born in 1819. He was the son of Col. Steptoe Pickett; the maiden name of his mother was Chilton. When he was quite young his parents came to this State and settled in Limestone county. The son grew to manhood, received a good education, and became a merchant. Not succeeding in this, he read law under the late Hon. James Irvine, one of the ablest lawyers the bar of Florence has boasted, and came to the bar in 1847. Locating in Moulton, he entered on the practice. He first represented Lawrence in the legislature m 1849, and twice subsequently. He was a captain in the 35th Alabama Infantry, and was captured at Corinth. He subsequently entered the cavalry, and became colonel of a regiment in Roddy's command. Since the war he has pursued his profession in Florence. Col. Pickett is tall and slender, with intellectual features, and a grave demeanor. As a speaker he is sensible and earnest, while his mental, moral, and social standing is high. He married Miss Baggs of this county.
Research Notes:
1853, 1861 R O Pickett was representative for Lawrence County, Alabama in the state legislature.
Richard Pickett was the son of Stephen. Richard was the author of the lineage reported by this source. [16]
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[4] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[5] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[6] Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Alabama Session of 1886-87, 4, [HathiTrust].
[7] Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Alabama Session of 1886-87, 6, [HathiTrust].
[8] Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Alabama Session of 1886-87, 1011, [HathiTrust].
[9] FamilySearch.org, [FamilySearchRecord].
[10] Find A Grave Memorial 36476083, [FindAGrave].
[11] FamilySearch.org, [FamilySearchRecord].
[12] Find A Grave Memorial 36476020, [FindAGrave].
[13] FamilySearch.org, [FamilySearchRecord].
[14] Florida Deaths, 1877-1939, [FamilySearchRecord].
[15] Willis Brewer, Alabama Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men From 1540 to 1872 (Montgomery, Alabama: Barret & Brown, 1872), 303, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[16] Louis Alexander Burgess, Virginia Soldiers of 1776: Compiled from Documents on File in the Virginia Land Office (1973), 622, [GoogleBooks], [AncestryImage].