Notes for John Lamb Clark RICHARDS

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Notes for John Lamb Clark RICHARDS

Civil War veteran[Jersey Genealogy 4246]
RICHARDS William P one of the substantial business men of Jerseyville is engaged in conducting a poultry egg and country produce establishment and has held a number of positions of responsibility and trust He was born at Jerseyville June 11 1865 a son
of John LC and Mary A Corbett Richards he born at Springfield NJ and she at Bristol RI The grandparents William and Elizabeth Clark Richards were born at Springfield NJ and Penuel and Charlotte Bourne Corbett he born at Milford Mass in 1789 died at
Jerseyville in May 1888 and she August 31 1795 died at Jerseyville September 1 1880 In 1855 John LC Richards came to Jerseyville where he carried on contracting and building and later embarked in a lumber business at Alton 111 Enlisting in Company C
One Hundred and Twenty fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry he served during the Civil War and was mustered out with the rank of captain In 1836 the Corbetts came to Jerseyville by boat on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to Alton 111 and thence by team
to Jerseyville Penuel Corbett was a schoolteacher and he taught the first school in Jerseyville Later on in life he engaged in farming The parents of AVilliam P Richards were married at Jerseyville in 1859 Following the close of the Civil War John LC
Richards continued his contracting business and was postmaster of Jerseyville from 1877 to 1882 He was the organizer of the GAR Post at Jerseyville and also served as captain of a militia company organized at Jerseyville In 1883 he moved to Missouri
and later to Colorado Springs Colo where he died October 12 1908 His wife died in Missouri October 12 1894 AVilliam P Richards attended the grammar and the high school of Jerseyville and after he was graduated from the latter he was a clerk and
assistant postmaster from 1883 to 1895 He then conducted a hardware and furniture business under the firm name of Richards Beaty & Company from 1898 to 1902 During this period he was state a gent for the Mutual Life Insurance Company of Kentucky In
1898 he established his present business with WM Manning as a partner and has continued it ever since In 1906 he was appointed postmaster of Jerseyville and served until 1914 In 1902 he bought a controlling interest in the Jerseyville Republican Avith
JW Becker In the winter of 1913 Mr Richards sold the Republican to Krug & Son and since 1914 has devoted his time to his poultry egg and country produce business which had assumed large proportions On November 6 1889 Mr Richards was married to Lora A
Cowen born in Jersey County 111 a daughter of Francis M and Mary Lan don Cowen born in Jersey County The grandparents William and Maria Cory Cowen were born in Vermont and in 1832 came to Jersey County entering land in Jersey Township which is still
owned and occupied by members of the Cowen family Mr Coweu died in 1869 and Mrs Cowen in 1867 Mr and Mrs Richards became the parents of two children namely Theodore Clark who is an attorney of New York City and Bernice who is Mrs Joseph II McCready of
Okmulge e Okla Mr Richards belongs to the First Presbyterian Church of Jerseyville of which he is an elder and he is superintendent of the Sunday school A Republican he has served two terms as a member of the city council A thirty second degree Mason
in good standing he has also attained to the Knight Templar degree and is also a Shriner and belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America As both of his great grandfathers were Revolutionary soldiers he is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution
[History of Jerseyville, Illinois by Hamilton]
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Rocky Mountain News 16 July 1904 mentions that a pension of $12 had been
granted to Mr.Richards, persumably for Civil War service.

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