Obituary Of James K. Richmond

Grand Rapids Press

1914-6-5, Page 24

Funeral services for James K. Richmond, who died at the Soldiers' Home Thursday, will be held at the residence of Mrs. Robert Wells, 656 Kellogg Street, S.E., Saturday afternoon 2:00 o'clock.  Doric Lodge, No. 342, F and A. M., will have charge of the services.

His death record identified his father as Ward Richmond [identified as Alexander Patterson Ward Richmond here].

United States Census, 1850

Freedom, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States

Household Gender Age Birthplace

Ward Richmond M 41 Rhode Island

Elizabeth Richmond F 42 New Jersey [NS]

Susan Richmond F 18 Michigan

Elizabeth Richmond F 13 Michigan

Richard Butler M 2 Michigan

George Richmond M 10 Michigan

James Richmond M 8 Michigan

Etham Richmond M 5 Michigan

United States Census, 1860
Township Of Brady, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Ward Richmond M 51 Rhode Island
Elizabeth Richmond F 51 Nova Scotia
George A Richmond M 20 Michigan
James K Richmond M 17 Michigan
Ethan A Richmond M 15 Michigan

United States Census, 1900

Grand Rapids city Ward 10, Kent, Michigan

Household Gender Age Birthplace

Head James K Richmond M 56 Michigan

Wife Jane Richmond F 49 New York

Son J K Richmond M 18 Michigan

James K. Richmond was a soldier in the 19th Michigan Regiment, Company K (source: Fold3).

Members of this Richmond family may not have been descendants of John Richmond....

Elsie Avaline (Richmond) Richardson & Family

5448.  ELSIE AVALINE RICHMOND 8 (Adam 7, Preserved 6, Adam 5, Stephen 4, John 3, Edward 2, John 1) was born November 13, 1820, and died at Paw Paw, Mich., March 7, 1894.  She married, January 21, 1839, Noble D., son of Marvin (or Marion) Richardson.  He was born in New York, and died at Paw Paw, Mich., January 6(7), 1893.  He removed to Michigan about 1850, and settled in Arlington, Van Buren County.  He served six months in Company C, Third Michigan Cavalry, and was discharged for disability.  He served two terms as Sheriff of Van Buren County.  They resided in Covington, N. Y., and Arlington, Mich.

CHILDREN (1896):

7563.  Milan U. Richardson 9, born Feb. 6, 1846; married, 1st, in 1869 ___*; 2d [July 1, 1885], Dora [Sutton], daughter of George and Frances (Hunt) Frey.  She was born in Ontario County, N. Y., in 1857.  (Her father was of French extraction.) [Dora Richardson died November 21, 1928, in Kalamazoo, MI]  He (Mr. Richardson**) removed to Michigan with his parents when six years of age.  He enlisted in 1863, when seventeen years old, in Co. C, 3d Michigan Cavalry, and served until the end of the Civil War; was mustered out at San Antonio, Tex., March 15, 1866, and returned to Paw Paw.  He was elected Registrar of Deeds of that County in 1872, and was in the real estate and abstract business.  He resided in Paw Paw, Mich., in 1895.  Children:  Fred. N. Richardson 10, born in 1870, died Sept. 16, 1895; Nellie Richardson 10, born in 1872, married Arthur Prentice.  Resided in Kalamazoo, Mich., in 1896.
*Elizabeth Hogmire

**Died on December 28, 1896

Name: M. U. Richardson

Death Date: 28 Dec 1896

Death Place: Paw Paw, Van Buren, Michigan

Death Age: 50 years 10 months 22 days

Father's Name: Noble D. Richardson

Mother's Name: Evaline Richardson

Occupation: Abstract Office

Collection: Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897

 More about Milan U. Richardson can be found here. 

7564.  Oscar N. Richardson 9, born Oct. 27, 1850; died Feb. 12, 1850???
7565.  Ida B. Richardson 9, born Sept. 2, 1854, in Arlington, Mich.
7566.  Inez Virginia Richardson 9, born March 10, 1856, in Arlington, Mich.

Name: Elsie A. Richardson
Residence: Paw Paw, Van Buren, Michigan
Birthdate: 1821
Birthplace: New York, United States
Relationship to Head: Wife
Spouse's Name: Noble D. Richardson
Spouse's Birthplace: New York, United States
Father's Birthplace: Rhode Island, United States
Mother's Birthplace: Vermont, United States
Martial Status: Married
Collection: United States Census, 1880

The family was living in Arlington Twp., Van Buren County, Michigan, in 1860 (and on the next page here).


Was the Noble D. Richardson family living in Knox County, Ohio, in 1850?  They were in Van Buren County, Michigan, in 1870.

IDA RICHARDSON & CHARLEY HUTCHINS FAMILY

Groom's Name: Charley E. Hutchins
Groom's Age: 21 years
Groom's Birth Date: 1852
Groom's Birthplace: Paw.Paw.
Bride's Name: Ida B. Richardson
Bride's Age: 19 years
Bride's Birth Date: 1854
Bride's Birthplace: Arlington
Marriage Date: 25 Sep 1873
Marriage Place: Paw Paw, Van Buren, Michigan


Ida Hutchins was living in Kalamazoo in 1900 as a patient in an asylum.  Was she Ida (Richardson) Hutchins?  Ida's husband, Charles, and their daughter, Estelle, were living in Van Buren County without Ida in 1900.

Name: Ida P. Hutchins
Residence: Paw Paw, Van Buren, Michigan
Birthdate: 1855
Birthplace: Michigan, United States
Relationship to Head: Wife
Spouse's Name: Charles E. Hutchins
Spouse's Birthplace: Michigan, United States

Father's Birthplace: New York, United States

Mother's Birthplace: New York, United States

Collection: United States Census, 1880

Estelle Hutchins, daughter of Charles & Ida (Richardson) Hutchins, married John R. Herman in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, on July 2, 1916.  Estella was a 42 year old musician, living in Chicago and had never been married.  John Herman was a merchant who was born in Syracuse, New York, and had one previous marriage.

Groom's Name: Charles E. Matthews
Groom's Birth Date: 1851
Groom's Age: 23
Bride's Name: Inez Richardson
Bride's Birth Date: 1856
Bride's Age: 18
Marriage Date: 04 Feb 1874
Marriage Place: Van Buren,Michigan
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M51883-2
System Origin: Michigan-ODM
Source Film Number: 1019198
Collection: Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995
[Note: Charles & Ida Hutchins were the witnesses]

INEZ RICHARDSON & JAMES MCCAHON FAMILY

Inez (Richardson) Matthews married 2nd James McCahon, a dentist, on May 20, 1886, in Paw Paw, Van Buren County, Michigan.  The McCahon family, including James' step-son, Charles Matthews, son Paul and daughter Pauline, were living in Newark, Licking County, Ohio, in 1900.  Inez died in Newark on August 2, 1930 and was buried in Paw Paw, Michigan.  Her obituary was in the Granville Times printed on August 7, 1930, page 3.

Paul McCahon married M. Kathleen Hawthorne, daughter of Lewis & Frances (Ralston) Hawthorne,  on October 18, 1915, in Licking Co., Ohio.

Milan U. Richardson, Son of Elsie Richmond

 Milan U. Richardson was the son of Noble & Elsie (Richmond) Richardson.  The Richardson were living in Arlington Twp.,Van Buren County, Michigan, in 1860 (and on the next page here).

7563 (J. B. Richmond book designation):  Milan U. Richardson 9, (Elsie 8, Adam 7, Preserved 6, Adam 5, Stephen 4, John 3, Edward 2, John 1) was born Feb. 6, 1846.

He married, 1st Elizabeth Jane Hogmire, daughter of Melvin (1819 - 1861) & Amy (1825 - 1898)].  Elizabeth Hogmire and Milan Richardson were divorced; Elizabeth (1848 - 1901) married 2nd Lorenzo D. Robertson (1840-1913) in 1888.  The Robertsons were living in Van Buren County in 1900. 

Groom's Name: Milan Richardson
Groom's Birth Date: 1846
Groom's Birthplace: Paw Paw
Groom's Age: 21
Bride's Name: E. J. Hogmire
Bride's Birth Date: 1848
Bride's Birthplace: Bloomington
Bride's Age: 19
Marriage Date: 02 Jun 1867
Marriage Place: Van Buren Co., Michigan
Collection: Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995
Milan Richardson married 2d [July 1, 1885], Dora [Sutton], daughter of George and Frances (Hunt) Frey.  She was born in Ontario County, N. Y., in 1857.  (Her father was of French extraction.) [Dora Richardson died November 21, 1928, in Kalamazoo, MI]

He (Mr. Richardson) removed to Michigan with his parents when six years of age.  He enlisted in 1863, when seventeen years old, in Co. C, 3rd Michigan Cavalry, and served until the end of the Civil War; was mustered out at San Antonio, Tex., March 15, 1866, and returned to Paw Paw.  He was elected Registrar of Deeds of that County in 1872, and was in the real estate and abstract business.  He resided in Paw Paw, Mich., in 1895.  

CHILDREN: 

Fred. N. Richardson 10, born in 1870, died Sept. 16, 1895

Nellie Richardson 10, born in 1872, married Arthur Prentice.  Resided in Kalamazoo, Mich., in 1896.

Name: M. U. Richardson

Death Date: 28 Dec 1896

Death Place: Paw Paw, Van Buren, Michigan

Gender: Male

Death Age: 50 years 10 months 22 days

Estimated Birth Date: 1846

Birthplace: New York

Marital Status: Married

Father's Name: Noble D. Richardson

Mother's Name: Evaline Richardson

Occupation: Abstract Office

Film Number: 2363836

Digital Folder Number: 4209102

Image Number: 102

Reference Number: p 238 rn 2805

Collection: Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897

Nellie married Arthur Prentice on October 18, 1892. The Prentice family (Arthur, Nellie and Ernestine) was living in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1900.

Milan & Elizabeth (Hogmire's) Richardson's daughter, Nellie Prentice, died May 20, 1947:

Name: Nellie J. Prentice
Gender: Female
Burial Date: 22 May 1947
Burial Place: Kalamazoo, Michigan
Death Date: 20 May 1947
Death Place: Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Age: 75
Birth Date: 15 Jun 1871
Birthplace: Paw Paw, Michigan
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name: Arthur S. Prentice
Father's Name: Milan Richardson
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Robertson
Mother's Birthplace: Decatur, Michigan
Collection: Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995

Arthur & Nellie (Richardson) Prentice's daughter, Ernestine, married Harry Engel:

Groom's Name: Harry C. Engel
Groom's Race:
Groom's Age: 30 years
Groom's Birth Date: 1893
Groom's Birthplace: Mich
Bride's Name: Ernestine Prentice
Bride's Race:
Bride's Age: 24 years
Bride's Birth Date: 1899
Bride's Birthplace: Mich
Marriage Date: 16 Oct 1923
Marriage Place: Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Groom's Father: John
Groom's Mother: Minnie Chapman
Bride's Father: Arthur
Bride's Mother: Nellie Richardson
Collection: Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925

Sarah (Richmond) Randall

#5449 SARAH MARIA RICHMOND (8) (Adam 7, Preserved 6, Adam 5, Stephen 4, John 3, Edward 2, John 1) was born in LeRoy, N.Y., October 20, 1822.  She married, December 30, 1841, James S. Randall, who was born August 10, 1816.  They moved from New York to Michigan.  He enlisted in the Thirteenth Michigan Infantry in the Civil War, and died in the hospital in Gallatin, Tenn., December 30, 1862.

CHILDREN:

7567. Frances Antoinette Randall, b. October 20, 1844; died Dec. 15, 1874
7568. Jay L. Randall, born in Breedsville, Mich., April 18, 1855; married Jan. 13, 1877 (or 30 March 1877), at Paw Paw, Mich., Josephine A., daughter of Russell Woodruff.  She was born in Michigan City, Ind., in 1863.  He was a merchant in Buchanan, Mich., 1896.  Children:  Charles L. Randall (10), born December 31, 1883; Nettie R. Randall (10), born 1889.

In addition to Charles and Nettie, Jay & Josephine had Bertie who died September 13, 1885 at age 4 months and also an unnamed infant who died on September 3, 1891 and its twin who died on May 20, 1891.

In 1850, James, Sarah and (Frances) Antoinette Randall were living in Sandstone, Jackson Co., Michigan.
Sarah, James, Frances and Jay were all living in Breedsville, Van Buren County, Michigan, in 1860.
In 1870 Sarah & J.L. Randall were living in Paw Paw, Van Buren County, Michigan.

Frances Antoinette Randall married Jerome Clark Warner in Paw Paw on October 20, 1868.
Groom's Name: Jerome Clark Warner
Groom's Birth Date: 1841
Groom's Birthplace: Almena Twp.
Groom's Age: 27
Bride's Name: Frances Antoinette Randall
Bride's Birth Date: 1844
Bride's Birthplace: Leroy, N.Y.
Bride's Age: 24
Marriage Date: 20 Oct 1868
Marriage Place: Paw Paw, Van Buren, Michigan
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00815-0
System Origin: Michigan-EASy
Source Film Number: 392703
Reference Number: p136 B2-18
Collection: Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995

After the death of his wife, Frances Antoinette, Jerome Clark Warner married 2nd Jennie Kelley on May 24, 1876.  He died on November 17, 1915.

 Charles L. Randall married Almira LaBar, daughter of John & Estelle (Willis) LaBar, on December 1, 1905, in Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan.

Nettie R. Randall married Ralph E. Morgan, son of James & Ella (Gonsolly) Morgan, in Van Buren County on July 5, 1910.

Jay L. Randall, son of James & Sarah (Richmond) Randall, died on October 4, 1912, in South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan.  Jay's wife, Josephine, died January 26, 1937, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

James S. Randall was enlisted in the 13th Michigan Infantry, Company G.  There was a widow's pension filed in James S. Randall's name on August 25, 1863.

Sarah (Richmond) Randall may have been the person who died July 6, 1888; that death record does not have her parents listed and the birthdate is 1832 rather than 1822, but the place of birth (New York) is correct.