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Biographical History of Northern Michigan
B. F. Bowen & Co., - 1905

        [55]

        HENRY RICHARDS

        Among the younger generation of representative farmers of Antrim
     county is MR. RICHARDS, who is the owner of a well improved place in
     Custer township, and who has reclaimed his land and placed it under
     cultivation through his own energetic and well directed efforts.
        MR. RICHARDS is a native of the state of Delaware, where he was
     born on the 1st of September, 1864, being a son of CLARK and LOUISA
     (WEBB) RICHARDS, who came to Michigan in 1860 and settled near the
     city of Niles, Berrien county, from whence the father moved to Antrim
     county in 1882 and where he and his wife reside.
        The subject was reared to maturity on the home farm, with whose
     work he early identified himself, while his educational training was
     secured in the common schools. He remained at the parental home until
     he had attained his legal majority, when he initiated his independent
     career, and that he has gained independence and unequivocal success in
     temporal affairs is due entirely to his own efforts and upright and
     honorable methods. He came to Antrim county in 1882 and here purchased
     a tract of wild land and set himself vigorously to the task of devel-
     oping a productive farm, wielding the ax in the forest and soon bring-
     ing about a radical change in the appearance of his land. His home-
     stead comprises one hundred and twenty acres, of which he has cleared
     and placed under cultivation eighty acres, the balance being still
     covered with the native timber, which is of excellent order and con-
     stantly appreciating in value. He has erected good buildings on his
     farm, and it should be noted that he has personally cut every stick of
     timber which has been felled upon the place, a fact which signifi-
     cantly bespeaks his energy and sturdy physical strength. MR. RICHARDS
     is held in high esteem in the community and is ever ready to lend his
     aid in the promotion of enterprises and undertakings advanced for the
     general good. In politics he is a stalwart Republican, and while never
     ambitious for office his eligibility has been recognized by his fellow
     citizens, who have called upon him to serve as pathmaster and also as
     a member of the school board of his district. In a fraternal way he is
     identified with the Knights of the Maccabees. In 1881 MR. RICHARDS
     went to the state of Oregon, where he remained about one year, at the
     expiration of which he returned to Michigan, whose attractions he
     considers far more alluring than those of the Pacific northwest.
        On the 10th of February, 1892, MR. RICHARDS was united in marriage
     to MISS FLORENCE BESAW, who was born in this state, her parents having
     come to Michigan from the state of New York and her father being a
     prosperous farmer. MR. and MRS. RICHARDS have three children, LILLIAN
     M., HARRY D. and JOHN H.

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