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Willard Richards 1804–1854 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 JUN 1804

Birth Location: Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 11 MAR 1854

Death Location: Great Salt Lake City Cemetery, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, USA

Father: Joseph Richards

Mother: Rhoda Howe

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In 1804, Willard Richards entered the world in Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA, born to Joseph Richards And Rhoda Howe. Willard Richards married Alice Longstroth, Amelia Elizabeth Peirson, Ann Elizabeth Fox, Jennetta Richards, Mary Thompson, Nanny Lynn Longstroth, Rhoda Harriet Foss, Sarah Longstroth, Susannah Baylis, Susannah Lee, and had children including Alice Ann Richards, Calvin Willard Richards, Jennetta Richards, John Heber Richards, Joseph Smith Richards, Mary Ann Richards, Pauline Richards, Phoebe Amelia Richards, Rhoda Ann Jennetta Richards, Sarah Ellen Richards, Stephen Longstroth Richards, Willard Brigham Richards. Willard Richards passed away in 1854 in Great Salt Lake City Cemetery, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1804, Willard Richards entered the world in Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA, born to Joseph Richards And Rhoda Howe.
  • Willard Richards married Alice Longstroth, Amelia Elizabeth Peirson, Ann Elizabeth Fox, Jennetta Richards, Mary Thompson, Nanny Lynn Longstroth, Rhoda Harriet Foss, Sarah Longstroth, Susannah Baylis, Susannah Lee, and had children including Alice Ann Richards, Calvin Willard Richards, Jennetta Richards, John Heber Richards, Joseph Smith Richards, Mary Ann Richards, Pauline Richards, Phoebe Amelia Richards, Rhoda Ann Jennetta Richards, Sarah Ellen Richards, Stephen Longstroth Richards, Willard Brigham Richards.
  • Willard Richards passed away in 1854 in Great Salt Lake City Cemetery, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, USA.

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Willard Richards's Ancestors

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Willard Richards
1804–1854
Birth Place: Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Joseph Richards
1762–1840
Southborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British North America
Rhoda Howe
1762–1838
Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British North America
Grandparents
Phineas Howe
1735–1807
Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British North America
Susannah Goddard
1742–1837
Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British North America
Great-Grandparents
Peter Howe
1695–1756
Thankful Howe
1703–1766
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Willard Richards's Timeline

2 Records

1804
24 JUN 1804
Birth of Willard Richards in Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA
Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA
1854
11 MAR 1854
Age 50
Death of Willard Richards in Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, USA
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 JUN 1804
    Event Place: Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 MAR 1854
    Event Place: Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Great Salt Lake City Cemetery, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, USA

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