City: McKenzie
RICHEY, Robert Calvin, educator; born Guntown, Miss., Feb. 21, 1876; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Wilson Marion and Sarah Rebecca (Whitten) RICHEY; father’s occupation merchant, planter; paternal grandparents Robert Caldwell and Nancy Elizabeth (Hill) RICHEY; maternal grandparents Calvin Thomas and Malinda Catharine (Kinzey) WHITTEN; educated in the public and preparatory schools in Elkton, Ky., Little Rock, Ark., and McTyeire School, McKenzie, Tenn., and Vanderbilt University; in early life worked on a farm; began teaching in 1901 at Smyrna, Tenn.; in 1902 moved to McKenzie where he has been connected with the McTyeire School for past eight years; married Elizabeth M. FARROW, Nov. 3, 1904; member of Gamma Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity at Vanderbilt University; Democrat; member of Presbyterian church.
