John F. Richmond

RICHMOND, SHERMAN, MANN

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 7/29/2002 at 21:19:58

John F. Richmond resides on section 32. He was born in County Cavan, February 27, 1847. He came to this country in 1851, with his father, Francis Richmond. The family settled in Greene county, Wisconsin, where his father died.
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Mr. Richmond enlisted, in 1864, in the Sixteenth Wisconsin Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He enlisted as a recruit, joining the regiment at Atlanta. He accompanied Sherman in his famous march to the sea.
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Mr. Richmond came to this county about 1870, and settled on his present farm in 1872. Mr. Richmond has engaged considerably in teaching, and has taught eight winter terms in this county.
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His wife was formerly Miss Hattie Mann, daughter of D. E. Mann, an early settler of Grundy county. They have two children – Pearl, and Susie. His farm contains 160 acres.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 555