General Notes

RW Richmond was born in Manson in Calhoun County, Iowa (birth date being August 15, 1869).  He lived in Dubuque, Iowa with his mother (Lucinda) after his parents separated. In 1906 RWR and family left Noble and homesteaded in North Dakota.  He proved up on the homestead in 1908.  Rolla W married Nancy Maglone, whose family lived very near Elias Jewett's farm.  They had two sons: Rolla Everett and Floyd.

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Aunt Beulah tells the story that RW, as a young man, shot a deer a day for $1 to feed the lumber camp near Everett, Washington.  This was before he was married.  Aunt Beulah believes that RW must have come west on his own as a young man, and then later gone back to Illinois to marry, then returned west again.  When he got to Everett, Washington, he had only $8 in his pocket.  He spent most of that money on a new suit.  He persuaded a local photographer to give him a job helping him, so he went around Everett and the logging camp taking pictures.  Later he supported himself (or in addition to the photography? not sure) by shooting a deer a day.

When he was 16, Beulah says, he left home and went in search of his father, Charles Hesikiah Richmond.  When he found his father (in some saloon or other), he didn't make himself known at once.  But later he did speak with his father.  Beulah had a vague idea that Lucinda Moore had divorced Charles Hesikiah because of his drinking, but she wasn't sure about that.  (Recollections, August 2004, kmh)

  Death Notes

12:45 pm at The Dalles Hospital; usual residence Maupin, Oregon. Age at death 66 years, 4 months, 10 days.

  Burial Notes

Kelly Cemetery, on Juniper Flat, near Maupin, Oregon (Block 26, Lot 4, Grave 1)

  Recorded Events in His Life

• He appeared on the 1870 US Federal Census on 18 July 1870 in Lincoln Township, Calhoun County, Iowa, USA. ⁶
  

1870 Census (18 July 1870) — Lincoln Township, Calhoun County, Iowa, USA

                                                          Real   Personal 
No.   Name                 Age  Sex Race  Occupation     Estate   Estate   Birthplace   Remarks
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48    Richmond   John       54   M   W    Farmer           --        --    New York     male US citizen >21 yrs
      --------   Lucretia   58   F   W    Keeping House    --        --    New York     --     
      --------   Henry J    26   M   W    Work on Farm     --        --    New York     male US citizen >21 yrs    
      --------   Ardon      18   M   W    --               --        --    New York     --     
      --------   Nancy      17   F   W    --               --        --    Illinois     --     

49    Vaughn     Tompkins   55   M   W    Farmer           --        --    New York     male US citizen >21 yrs
      Harrington Hannah     26   F   W    House Keeper     --        --    New York     --     
      Vaughn     Pheby      21   F   W    --               --        --    New York     --  
      ------     Daniel     16   M   W    --               --        --    New York     -- 
      Slamson    Moses      25   M   W    Work on Farm     --        --    New York     -- 

50    Richmond   Hezekiah   28   M   W    Farmer           --        --    New York     male US citizen >21 yrs
      --------   Lucinda    28   F   W    Keeping House    --        --    Australia*   --     
      --------   Charles     4   M   W    --               --        --    Iowa**       --
      --------   Jay         1   M   W    --               --        --    Iowa**       --    

      *both parents of foreign birth      **mother of foreign birth
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Source Citation:  Year: 1870; Census Place:  Lincoln, Calhoun, Iowa; Roll: M593_380; Page: 12; Image: 25.

• Disproven Birth: August 1870, Iowa, USA. ¹⁰

• He appeared on the 1880 US Federal Census on 14 June 1880 in Sherrills Mount, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA. ¹¹
  

1880 Census — Sherrills Mount, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA

                             Marital                                            Father's     Mother's
Name               Relation  Status  Gender  Race  Age  Birthplace  Occupation  Birthplace  Birthplace
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Lucinda MOORE        Self      D     Female   W    33   Australia   Seamstress     MA        Australia
William RICHMOND     Son       S     Male     W    12      IA       At Home        NY        Australia
Rolla RICHMOND       Son       S     Male     W    10      IA       At Home        NY        Australia
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• Before he got married on 17 October 1897, Rolla worked as a farmer in Noble, Richland County, Illinois, USA.

• He worked as a farm laborer on 7 June 1900 in Noble Township, Richland County, Illinois, USA. ¹⁰

• He appeared on the 1900 US Federal Census on 7 June 1900 in Noble Township, Richland County, Illinois, USA. ¹⁰
  

Census (07 June 1900) — Noble Township, Richland County, Illinois, USA

Dwelling Number; Family Number; Name; Relation; Race; Gender; Birth Month and Year; Age; Marital Status; Number of Years Married;
Mother of How Many Children; Number of Children Still Living; Birthplace; Father's Birthplace; Mother's Birthplace; Occupation;
Months Not Employed
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179 183 Jewett, Elias       Head*      W  M   Oct  1845   54  M  22      Pennsylvania        Pennsylvania   Pennsylvania           Farmer        0
        ------, Lucinda     Wife†      W  F   Dec  1846   53  M  22 3 2  Victoria Australia  Massachusetts  Van Demans Australia  
        ------, Fred E.     Son        W  M   Oct  1881   18  S          Iowa                Pennsylvania   Iowa                   Farm laborer  4
        Richmond, W. W.     S. Son     W  M   July 1867   32  W   3      Iowa                New York       Victoria Australia     Teamster      5  
        Cheek, Elizabeth    Ward       W  F   Un   1892    8  S          Illinois            unknown        unknown
        Moore, J.B.B.W.     F. in Law  W  M   Feb  1809   91  W          Massachusetts       England        Connecticut

180 184 Richmond, Rollie W. Head**     W  M   Aug  1870   29  M   3      Iowa                New York       Victoria Australia     Farm laborer  3
        --------, Nancy M.  Wife       W  F   Dec  1871   28  M   3 1 1  Illinois            Indiana        Pennsylvania
        --------, Everett   Son        W  M   July 1898    1  S          Illinois            Iowa           Illinois  

185 189 Wood, Malissa       Head***    W  F   July 1844   55  W  29 6 4  Illinois            Tennessee      Illinois
        ----, Alwilda       Daughter   W  F   Feb  1874   26  S          Illinois            Ohio           Illinois               Domestic      0
        ----, James M.      Son        W  M   June 1876   23  S          Illinois            Ohio           Illinois               Farm laborer  4
        ----, Wm. B.        Son        W  M   June 1882   18  S          Illinois            Ohio           Illinois               Farm laborer  4
        ----, Carrie B.     Daughter   W  F   Apr  1884   16  S          Illinois            Ohio           Illinois               Domestic      0

*owns farm free   **rents home   ***owns farm, mortgaged   †Number of years married originally written as 34, but crossed out and corrected to 22
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Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Noble, Richland, Illinois; Roll: T623 338; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 124.

• He worked as a farmer on 12 September 1918 in Plaza, Mountrail County, North Dakota, USA. ⁹

• He resided at R3 in Plaza, Mountrail County, North Dakota, USA on 12 September 1918. ⁹

• He appeared on the 1920 US Federal Census on 19 January 1920 in Wapinitia, Wasco County, Oregon, USA. ¹² Wapinitia, Wasco County, Oregon, USA (age 50)

• He appeared on the 1930 US Federal Census on 3 April 1930 in Maupin, Wasco County, Oregon, USA. ¹³ Maupin, Wasco County, Oregon, USA (age 60)

• Gallery: Death Certificate, on 25 December 1935, in The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon, USA.

• He was buried at the Kelly Cemetery in Juniper Flat, Wasco County, Oregon, USA on 29 December 1935.