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....

Ernest Hutchinson

St. Joseph River (Photo Was Not Taken In St. Joseph County)

Ernest Hutchinson 9 (Ruth Richmond 8, Morris 7, Sylvester 6, Edward 5, Benjamin 4, Edward 3, Edward 2, John 1), born 1844 in Michigan.

Census 1850

Scio, Washtenaw, Michigan

L M Hutchinson M 27 New York

Ruth Hutchinson F 25 New York

Earnest Hutchinson M 4 Michigan

Mary Hutchinson F 69 Connecticut

Esther Ann Doremus F 15 New York

Census 1860
Sturgis, St Joseph, Michigan, United States
Luther Hutchison M 38 Connecticut
Ruth Hutchison F 35 New York
Ernest Hutchison F 14 Michigan
Mary Glasby F 14 Indiana

Event Type: Census

Event Year: 1870

Event Place: Michigan [Sturgis, St. Joseph]

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Luther N Hutchinson M 52 New York

Ernest Hutchinson M 24 Michigan

Nellie Hutchinson F 20 New York

Ruth (Richmond) Hutchinson died 6 May 1870 according to Ancestry.  Her husband Luther died 5 November 1900.

Ernest Hutchinson married Nellie Thompson on 6 October 1869, in St. Joseph County, Michigan. They had a daughter, Blanche, born on February 10, 1878.

Census 1880

Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan

Earnest Hutchenson Self M 33 Michigan

Hellen Hutchenson Wife  F 30 New York

Earnest F Hutchenson Son M 9 Michigan

Luther L Hutchenson Son M 5 Michigan

Blanch E Hutchenson Daughter F 2 Michigan

Monroe Evins Other M 38 New York

Cad Wagner Other F 24 Michigan

Ernest married Mary McCluskey in 1890 in Wisconsin:

Name E. M. Hutchinson

Birthplace Syo, Michigan

Spouse's Name Mary E. Mccluskey

Spouse's Birthplace Valparaiso, Indiana

Event Date 21 Jun 1890

Event Place Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Father's Name Luther Hutchinson

Mother's Name Ruth Richmann

Spouse's Father's Name Edward Mccluskey

Spouse's Mother's Name Sarah Reed

Census 1900

Mendon village, St. Joseph, Michigan

Ernest M Hutchinson Head M 54 Michigan

Mary E Hutchinson Wife  F 32 Indiana

Ernest with his wife, Mary, in 1910.

Name Ernest Hutchinson

Death Date 10 Jan 1914

Death Place Mendon, St. Joseph, Michigan

Birth Date 1846

Birthplace Mich.

Occupation Dentist

Marital Status Married

Father's Name Luther Hutchinson

Mother's Name Ruth Richmond

Ernest's Death record from the Michigan Archives online database.

Name Wilfred B. Wilde
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 14 May 1896
[Jackson], Hanover, Michigan, United States
Birth Year (Estimated) 1857
Birthplace Adrian, Michigan
Father's Name William Wilde
Mother's Name Nichols
Spouse's Name Helen M. Thompson Hutchinson
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1851
Spouse's Birthplace Lyons, N.Y.

Ernest Hutchinson's former wife was married to Wilfred B. Wilde when the census was taken in 1900:

Census 1900

Battle Creek city Ward 3, Calhoun, Michigan

Wilfred B Wilde Head M 44 Michigan

Helen M Wilde Wife  F 50 New York

Grace E Wilde Daughter F 19 Michigan

Nina E Wilde Daughter F 17 Michigan

Arthur E Wilde Son M 16 Michigan

Cornealus? Wilde Son M 14 Michigan

Ralph W Wilde Son M 12 Michigan

Florence E Wilde Daughter F 10 Michigan

Maicus R Wilde Son M 8 Michigan

Morris Richmond In The Ann Arbor Area

The Ann Arbor Argus, May 15, 1896, online at the Old Newspapers website, featured a "Card Of Thanks" from the relatives of Morris Richmond (Andrew Richmond and sisters).

The obituary (as well as the same card of thanks) was published the same date (May 15, 1896) in the Ann Arbor Argus newspaper:

Death Of Morris W. Richmond

Ann Arbor Argus, May 15, 1896

Old News: Old News, Ann Arbor Argus

People: Morris Richmond

The obituary stated that Morris Richmond was buried in the Webster Cemetery.

From the Ann Arbor Observer Then And Now site:
A second Greek Revival in Scio Township was the home of farmer Morris Richmond*, who hailed from New York and built his house in 1847, taking more than two years to do it. The house was obviously built by someone who knew about architecture, since it features classic Greek Revival attributes: gable entrance, symmetrical windows, and even a raised area under the beams forming a frieze.  *Could have been the father of Morris Richmond (also named Morris) who died in 1896

Morris Winans Richmond was the son of Morris and Louisa Winans Richmond and the grandson of Sylvester and Harriet (Covill) Richmond.  Sylvester Richmond's lineage back to John, the original immigrant, is: Sylvester Richmond 6 (Edward 5, Benjamin 4, Edward 3, Edward 2, John 1).  Sylvester was closely related to my Richmond line.

Ann (Richmond) Welch

I received an e-mail asking if I could help with her Richmond ancestors.  Because the person who sent the e-mail already had the information from the J.B. Richmond book, I needed to go beyond that source if I could be of any assistance.  Below are excerpts from her e-mail:

...Ann Richmond of Muskego, Waukesha, Wi....daughter of Eleanah Elkananh (Gideon, Nathaniel, Edward. John, John).  Her lineage was through Ann's daughter, Samantha Welch... .

The Ancestors of FORREST EARL LADD family tree included Ann, so I used that site as an online template. 

     20. ELKANAH [6] RICHMOND, born Jan. 7, 1771 in Middleboro; died July 1852 in Madison, OH.
viii. ANN [7] RICHMOND, born March 16, 1806 in Washington, MA; married JOHN WALSH.

The Ann Wildern Martin Family site at Rootsweb was very helpful, especially the post-em note attached to Ann Richmond's entry.  The attached note stated that:

"Ann Richmond married John Welch... . They settled in Muskego, Waukesha, WI. Their experience is recounted in the 1880 History of Waukesha County at p. 910. Anne died in Muskego 6 Oct 1890 as recounted in Haight, Theron W. "Memoirs of Waukesha County, WI", pp 680-681 (Madison, 1907)."

From Theron Haight's "Memoirs of Waukesha County...":

From Henry Richmond Welch's biography, the family lived in Dexter (Washtenaw Co.), Michigan, when he was born.  John Welch, his father, died in 1872 and Ann (Richmond) Welch died on October 6, 1890.

The Welch family in the 1850 census:

United States Census, 1850

Muskego, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States

Household Gender Age Birthplace

John Walsh M 55 Ireland

Ann Walsh F 44 Massachusetts

Stephen Walsh M 19 Michigan

Wm Welsh M 19 Michigan

Chas Welsh M 16 Michigan

Samantha Welsh F 14 Michigan

Mary Welsh F 9 Michigan

Henry Welsh M 9 Michigan

Thos Welsh M 6 Wisconsin

J J Welsh M 4 Wisconsin

The information in this post does not have the exact information that the e-mailer hoped for (she stated that she could not "find a birth record for my Ann, or a marriage record, or even a death record." ); however, Haight's "Memoirs" book did provided Ann's date of death.  I did not search for a birth or marriage record for Ann Richmond Welch.

Florence (Richmond) Brownell

A descendant of Florence Brownell's contacted me with the following information:

The Descendant (living)
Her Father
Her Grandfather was Harold Wray Brownell, b. 1900
Her Great-grandfather was Wray Brownell, b. 1877
Her Great-great-grandfather was Reuben Brownell who married FLORENCE RICHMOND


Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925
name:  Reuben C. Brownell
birth year:  1846
birthplace:  Michigan
spouse's name: Florence C. Richmond
spouse's birth year:  1851
spouse's birthplace:  Michigan
event date:  04 Apr 1870
event place:  Manchester, Washtenaw, Michigan
[George Richmond and Antoinette Richmond were the witnesses]

Florence's Father was OTIS RICHMOND, b. 1812
Florence's Grandfather was ICHABOD LINCOLN RICHMOND, b. 1787
Florence's Great-Grandfather was JOHN RICHMOND

I believe that this is the Richmond lineage for Florence (8):  (Otis Richmond 7, Lincoln 6, John 5, John 4, John 3, John 2, John 1).  

United States Census, 1860

residence:  , Washtenaw, Michigan

ward:  Manchester

Otis Richmond, 58, farmer, b. NY 

Harriet Richmond, 45, b. NY

Truman, 21, b. MI

Francis, f, 14, b. MI

Charles, 11, b. MI

Herbert, 9, b. MI

Florence, 7, b. MI

Alice, 4, b. MI

Hannah, 72, b. Mass.

Thomas Jones, b. England

United States Census, 1870

Household Gender Age Birthplace

Arnald Groves M 40y  New York

Jane Groves F 28y  Michigan

Mattie Groves F 5y  Michigan

Charlie Groves M 2y  Michigan

Florance Brownell F 17y  Michigan

Ruben Brownell M 23y  Michigan

United States Census, 1880

event place: Manchester, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States

Household Gender Age Birthplace

self Reuben Brownill M 33 Michigan, United States

wife Florence Brownill F 28 Michigan, United States

daughter Flora Brownill F 9 Michigan, United States

daughter Adora Brownill F 7 Michigan, United States

daughter Edna Brownill F 5 Michigan, United States

son Ray Brownill M 2 Michigan, United States

Reuben Brownell as a child, living with his parents:

United States Census, 1850

 Bridgewater, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States

Household Gender Age Birthplace

Reuben Brownell M 42 Michigan

Hannah Brownell F 39 New York

Nancy Brownell F 17 New York

John Brownell M 14 New York

Reuben C Brownell M 3 Michigan

Emma Ann Brownell F 3 Michigan

Reuben Brownell living with his daughter:



United States Census, 1900
 ED 93 Dexter township, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Frederick G Valentine M 26  Michigan
wife Edna M Valentine F 25  Michigan
daughter Ehel F Valentine F 2  Michigan
father-in-law  Ruben C Brownell M 52  Michigan

Florence shares the first four Richmond ancestors (John, John, John, and John) with this family.

The Honorable Charles H. Richmond & Family

Also see the post about the Richmond house in Ann Arbor in my "In Deeds" blog.


(HON.) Charles H. Richmond (7) (Jonathan 6, Nathaniel 5, Sylvester 4, Silvester 3, Edward 2, John 1) was born at Grand Rapids, Mich., March 16, 1821 and died February 22, 1892. He married, June 3, 1856, in New Bedford, Mass., Amy W., daughter of Stephen Howland of Westport, Mass.; she was born in Westport May 28, 1836.

They settled in Ann Arbor, Mich., June --, 1858. He was subsequently engaged in the banking business in New York City. He returned to Ann Arbor in 1861, and organized the First National Bank of Ann Arbor, of which he was cashier and vice-president. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of the State held at Lansing in 1867, and served on the Committee of Education, Finance and Taxation. He was a delegate and president of the National Democratic Convention of 1889, held at Cincinnati. He was State Senator from the Fourth Senatorial District in 188?, and served in the most important committees, and was one of the oldest members of the Masonic Fraternity in the State. His active interest in public affairs brought him in contact with the leading men of the State and nation. He was Commissioner from Michigan at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

CHILDREN:

Charles Howland, born October 1, 1862; married Katherine Chapin
Mary Almy
Frederick Stephen [m. Marie Deveaux, b. 1870 in Australia]

The family in 1860.

United States Census, 1870

home in 1870: Michigan, United States

  Household Gender Age

  Chas H Richmond M 48y

Amy H Richmond F 34y

Chas H Richmond M 7y

Mary A Richmond F 5y

Fredrick S Richmond M 1y

Almy S Lund F 60y

Paulina Cook F 18y

Mary Myres F 12y

1880 MI Washtenaw, Ann Arbor

Charles RICHMOND Self M W 59 NYRetired Banker MA MA

Amy RICHMOND Wife M W 44 MA House Keeper MA MA

Charles H. RICHMOND Son S W 19 MI At School NY MA

Mary A. RICHMOND Dau S W 15 MI At School NY MA

Frederick S. RICHMOND Son S W 11 MI At School NY MA

Elizabeth MILLER Other S W 20 MI Servant WURT WURT

Clara B. LUMSDEN Other M W 49 CT Boarding CT CT

Clara E. LUMSDEN Other S W 15 NY At School SCOT CT

The widowed Amy Richmond and her daughter Mary were living in Ann Arbor in 1900.

Members of this Richmond family are Mayflower descendants through Silvester Richmond (3), son of Edward and grandson of John the original immigrant.  This site indicated that they are also descendants of John Howland, a Mayflower passenger.

Portrait of Mrs. Amy Howland Richmond here in a Grand Rapids, Michigan, site.  Charles Richmond's (b. 1821) oldest brother, William Almy Richmond,  was a prominent Grand Rapids resident.

Ancestry of Amy White Howland  (Stephen11, Isaac10, Phillip9, Zoeth8, Henry7, Zoeth6, Henry5, Henry4, John3, John2, John1) was born May 28, 1836. She married CHARLES H. RICHMOND June 03, 1856.  There is a daguerreotype of Amy White Howland, class of 1854 -- was it this Amy?  I do not know.

Charles Howland Richmond And Willa Harper Spillard Richmond

Charles Howland Richmond (1862-1923), son of Charles H. and Amy White Howland Richmond, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, married Katherine Champlin on October 2, 1890, in Boone County, Iowa.  He married, 2nd, Willa Harper Spillard.

Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992

groom's name: Charles Howland Richmond

groom's birth date: 1862

groom's birthplace: Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co., Mi

bride's name: Katherine Champlin

bride's birth date: 1864

bride's birthplace: Meadville, Crawford Co., Pa

marriage date: 02 Oct 1890

marriage place: Boone, Iowa

groom's father's name: Charles H. Richland

groom's mother's name: Amy White Howland

bride's father's name: Frank Champlin

bride's mother's name: Lavina E. York

They were divorced by 1900.

United States Census, 1900

name: Charles H Richmond

residence: Philadelphia city, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

birth date: Oct 1862

birthplace: Michigan

father's birthplace: New York

mother's birthplace: Massachusetts

marital status: Divorced

Household Gender Age

Amanda E Davis F

 Charles H Richmond M [Civil Engineer]

Et al

United States Census, 1910,

name: Charles H Richmond

birthplace: Michigan

relationship to head of household:

residence: Los Angeles Assembly District 75, Los Angeles, California

marital status: Divorced

father's birthplace: New York

mother's birthplace: Massachusetts

Household Gender Age

Leander G Dodge M 43y

Louise Dodge F 30y

Charles H Richmond M 47y

Et Al

Michigan, Marriages, 1822-1995

groom's name: Charles H. Richmond

groom's birth date: 1863

groom's birthplace: Ann Arbor

bride's name: Willa Harper Spillard

bride's birth date: 1869

bride's birthplace: Cinn., Ohio

marriage date: 29 Sep 1910

marriage place: Tecumseh, Washtenaw, Michigan

groom's father's name: Charles H.

groom's mother's name: Amy White Howland

bride's father's name: Morris H.

bride's mother's name: Willa Harper

United States Census, 1920

name: Charles H Richmond

residence: Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, California

estimated birth year: 1864

birthplace: Michigan

relationship to head of household: Self

marital status: Married

Household Gender Age

  Charles H Richmond M 56y

spouse Della S Richmond F 50y

Charles H. and Willa Richmond were buried in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

The Well-Traveled Edminston Family

What caught my attention with Adelia Richmond's family was the fact that her daughter, Estella Edminston, was born in Michigan.

Adelia Richmond and John A. Edminston were married November 10, 1850. Adelia was enumerated with her mother and siblings in Washtenaw Co., Michigan, in 1850:

1850 MI Washtenaw, Scio
Richmond, Louisa, 43, NY
", Andrew, 21, NY
", Adelia, 18, MI
", Morris, 16, MI
", Eliza, 15, MI
", Harris, 13, MI
", Lemuel, 9, MI
", Mary, 6, MI

John may have lived as a boarder with several other unrelated individuals in Wayne County, Michigan, in 1850. The John Edminston living there in 1850 was a 21 year old carpenter who was born in Ohio.

The J.B. Richmond book entry indicated that the family was in New York for Samuel Edminston's birth in 1852; in Michigan for Estella's birth in 1854, and in Indiana for Eliza's birth in 1862. Daughter Cora wasn't in the J.B. Richmond book; she was born in Michigan in 1864.

1860 MI Washtenaw, Scio Twp.
Edmiston, John, 30, carpenter, b. OH
", Adelia, 28, MI
", Samuel, 7, NY
", Estella, 5, MI

By 1870 the Edminston/Edmiston family was in Bushnell, McDonough, Illinois:

Edmiston, J. A., 47, photographer, b. OH
", Adelia, 39, MI
", Sam'l, 19, NY
", Estella, 16, MI
", Belle, 13, IN
", Cora, 6, MI

1880 Census IL Fulton, Canton
John A. EDMONDSON Self M W 51 OH Photographer OH OH
Adelia EDMONDSON Wife M W 48 MI Keeping House MA NY
Sammuel A. EDMONDSON Son S W 28 NY Photographer OH MI
Cora EDMONDSON Dau S 14 MI Attends School --- ---

Illinois Marriages online:
COYKENDALL, JOHN F EDMISTON, E BELLE 1879-09-30 FULTON
KEYES, CLARENCE E EDMISTON, CORA E 1893-10-24 COOK
WALKER, ARTHUR EDMISTON, ESTELLA MAY 1880-05-28 FULTON
EDMISTON, SAMUEL ANDERSON LANDAUER, CLARA JANETT 1883-10-31 FULTON

Adelia (Richmond) Edminston was living with her son, Samuel A. and his family in 1910 in Cook Co., Illinois. The census indicated that Adelia had 4 children; 2 of her children were still living in 1910. Samuel's children were born in Arkansas according to this census. A birth record online for Samuel's grandson (son of his daughter, Vera (Edmiston) Donaldson) listed Vera's birthplace as Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

This well-researched Rootsweb WorldConnect database for this Edminston family led me to Adelia (Richmond) Edmiston who was living with her daughter and son-in-law, Estella & Arthur Walker, in Cass Co., Iowa, when the 1900 census was taken. Adelia had 4 children with 3 children living in 1900. In 1910 Arthur Walker was a widower, so Estella was one of Adelia's children who had died prior to the 1910 census.

Adelia (Richmond) Edmiston's daughter, Eliza Belle, who married John F. Coykendall, was still living in 1910 in Illinois with her husband and daughters Edith (born ca 1890 in Nebraska) and Alice (born ca 1902 in Illinois). Son Charles Edmiston Coykendall was born 3 Aug 1884 in Cook Co., Illinois. Charles married Mable Rush and had a son b. 12 Feb 1911, who was named after his father.

Cora Edmiston, who married Clarence Keyes, must have been the child who died before the 1900 census was taken.

There is a death record extract, from Moberly, Randolph, MO, for Mr. J. A. Edmiston.
The above-mentioned Rootsweb site stated that an Adelia Edmiston died 19 April 1918, in Cook Co., Illinois.