Joshua Richmond & Elizabeth Penn

Joshua Richmond's parents were Loring & Charlotte (Stearns) Richmond. He married Elizabeth Penn, daughter of Joel Penn, in Campbell County, Kentucky, on 3 July 1839. Elizabeth possibly had a brother, Stacy Penn, whose bio is located here.


Joshua Richmond's name was among those who had letters waiting for them in the Post Office as listed in the Quincy Daily Whig, Tuesday, April 22, 1851. [Quincy, Illinois, newspapers online here).

1860 Census IL, Adams, Quincy
Richmond, Josiah, 43, blacksmith, b. NY
", Elizabeth, 40, b. OH
", Sophia, 13, b. IL [m. James Rigney]
", Sophronia, 11. b. IL
", Henrietta, 9, b. IL
", Josiah, Jr., 6, b. IL
", Emma, 3, b. IL [m. Frank Patten]

1870 Census IA Lee, Keokuk
Richmond, J., 53, foundry, b. NY
", Elizh, 49, b. KY
", Sophrona, 21, b. IL
", Henrietta, 18, b. IL
", Loren, 16, b. IL
", Emma, 12, b. IL

1880 IA Lee Co., Keokuk
Joshua RICHMOND Self M W 63 NY In Foundry MA MA
Elizabeth RICHMOND Wife M W 59 OH NJ NJ
Henrietta RICHMOND Dau S W 28 IL NY OH
Loring RICHMOND Son S W 26 IL NY OH
Emma RICHMOND Dau S W 22 IL NY OH

Loring Richmond was a prisoner involved in a jail break (from the Quincy Daily Journal, 27 July 1893 as first reported by the Keokuk Democrat). [Warning - the article linked in "jail break" has some disturbing contents]

Loring Richmond's brother-in-law, James Rigney, was mentioned in the "jail break" as the father of the victim of Loring Richmond's crime.

1880 IA Lee, Keokuk
James RIGNEY Self M W 35 KY In Foundry KY KY
Sophia RIGNEY Wife M W 33 IL NY OH
Jennie RIGNEY Dau S W 14 IL KY IL
Ellen RIGNEY Dau S W 5 IA KY IL
Annie RIGNEY Dau S W 2 IA KY IL
Emma RIGNEY Dau S W 4M IA KY IL

The Rigney family was in Kansas in 1870.