Asa N. RICHMOND 1
- Born: 9 September 1833, Stockbridge, Madison County, New York, USA
- Marriage (1): Mary Virginia NELSON on 22 March 1859 in prob Stockbridge, Madison County, New York, USA 1
- Died: 1910, prob Stockbridge, Madison County, New York, USA at age 77
- Buried: 1910, Munnsville, Madison County, New York, USA
General Notes
From: Our Country and its People, Published 1899 by John E. Smith:
"Richmond, Asa N., son of Sylvester and Christina (Walter) Richmond, was born in Stockbridge , Sept. 8, 1836. His father, a lifelong farmer was a native of Franklin county, Mass., and r emoved from Deerfield in that state to Troy in early life. He settled in the town of Stockbr idge just south of the Five Chimneys in 1832, and cleared the farm where he lived and died . He was a man of importance in his time and was commissioned a captain in the old State mil itia by Governor Marcy. Of his union with Christina Walter two sons were born: Anthony Augu stus, who removed to the state of Missouri, where hed died, and Asa N., the subject of this n otice. Asa N. Richmond was reared on his father's farm and received the educational advantag es afforded by the district schools of the neighborhood. He has been engaged in farming all his life. From the home in Stockbridge he removed to a farm of 200 acres two miles west o f the village of Canastota, where he resided a period of sixteen years, and at the end of tha t time to his present farm four and one-half miles south of the village of Oneida, where he h as ever since resided. At his farm near Canastota Mr. Richmond was one of the first to engag e in hop growing. He is well known and universally respected in this region, and holds membership in Oneida Lodge No. 270, F,&A.M. Mr. Richmond married, March 22, 1859, Mary Virginia Nelson, a daughter of Elisha Nelson of Vernon. Of this union are two children: Gertrude Marion Richmond, and Leroy C. Richmond, who assists in the conduct of his father's farm."
JBR states born 9 Sep 1833 (probable that Anthony was the one born 1833)
burial Stockbridge Cemetery, Middle Road, Munnsville, Madison County, New York
Asa N. Richmond 1836-1910
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Burial Notes
Stockbridge Cemetery, Munnsville
Recorded Events in His Life
- He appeared on the 1850 US Federal Census on 11 September 1850 in Stockbridge, Madison County, New York, USA. 2 Stockbridge, Madison County, New York, USA (age 17)
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