This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ncB.2ACE/1454.3 Message Board Post: On Sept. 16, 1856, Sarah O. Appleby married Richard "Junius" Risher, Jr. Born April 10, 1827, he was the son of Richard Risher and Mary Ruth A. Huff. Sarah was the daughter of David Clinton Appleby and Amelia Ann Stokes. They had four children: Preston Augustus Risher Julius Rhett Risher Richard Franklin Risher Janie Cornelia Risher These children are buried in the Spell-Risher Cemetery. Richard "Junius" Risher, Jr. died of battle wounds suffered in the Civil War on Oct. 20, 1864. He is said to be buried in Wilson, North Carolina. Eight years later, Sarah Appleby married John Albert Stokes. Gail Appleby Cannon