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There are two more pioneers who
have a place in the history of the Lopp family.
They are W. Sim Richey and his wife Nancy J. They came from the small mining town of Monett, Missouri and are
believed to have been in this area of Texas
as early as the 1850’s. She was a sister
to William M. Lopp. Having no children
of her own, it became a pleasure and privilege to help in the upbringing of her
brother’s children when their mother, Eliza, died in 1862.
The Richeys were farmers. Their home was a story and a half house at
the north east corner of what in now the intersection of Main
and Price Streets. Descendants of the
Lopp family, many of whom are in their eighties, have pleasant memories of
times spent in the home on Uncle Sim and Aunt Nancy.
A tall weather worn grave stone in Bourland Cemetery bears the following
inscription:
W.S. Richey born August 26, 1824
died
August 26, 1910
N.J. wife of W.S. Richey
born
August 4, 1830
died
April 18, 1904
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