CHARLES E. RICHARDS

RICHARDS

Posted By: Jake Tornholm (email)
Date: 4/23/2020 at 12:52:40

CHARLES E. RICHARDS, attorney at law, is the oldest member of the bar, having established himself here in May, 1867, continuously practicing law here since. He was born in the town of Riga, Monroe county, New York, December 9, 1835. His father was Ira Richards, who settled in the town of Riga in 1812. He was a native of Hillsdale, Massachusetts, born in 1791. He belonged to an early Massachusetts family of Puritan ancestry. He went to western New York from Massachusetts when the former was the far West. The site of the city of Rochester at that time was but a marsh. He opened a farm in the heavily timbered regions of Monroe county, his location being in the town of Riga. Returning to Massachusetts he married, but his first wife died in the town of Riga, leaving no children. He later married Ruth Turner, who was born in Portland, Maine, and removed with her parents to Riga.

Charles E. Richards was born in Monroe county and was reared on the farm where his father settled. He prepared for college at Riga Academy, and graduated at Rochester University in the class of 1860. He taught for two years and then read law three years and was admitted to the bar at Rochester. Later he followed surveying for a considerable time. In 1867 he came to Red Oak, and has [since] devoted his time to his profession. He is a Democrat in politics. Mr. and Mrs. Richards have two children, - Paul W. and Carl E.