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RICHARDS, James W.
FAMILY
Group Sheet
Submitted by:
Laurel Campbell
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Arapahoe County Genealogy
FAMILY GROUP SHEET
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Surnames Include: RICHARDS, WIGHTMAN, BARKER, ANGER
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HUSBAND: RICHARDS, James W.
BORN: March 4, 1839, in Wayne Co., IL
MARRIAGE: November 30, 1866
OTHER MARRIAGES: N/A
MILITARY SERVICE: 100 day volunteer - Colorado 3rd Cavalry - 1864 (Sand Creek)
DIED: May 22, 1883
FATHER'S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Townsend RICHARDS, August 27, 1798 in PA or VA
MOTHER'S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Sarah MCNEELY, 1800 in PA
NOTES: James W. Richards was a '59er, coming from Wayne Co., IL to Central City with his brother, David M. Richards. He ran a fast freight from Central City to Denver in the late 1860s-70s. He pre-empted 160 acres on Sloan's Lake and built a mansion that still stands today. He was one of the first wheat and fruit farmers in Wheatridge. He was co-owner of the Brown Bros. Flour Mill. He had one of the first Fire Hose Companies in Denver. He financed many mining operations and helped finance and build the Mosquito Pass Wagon Road between Leadville and Fairplay.
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WIFE: Elizabeth W. WIGHTMAN
BORN: October 18, 1839, in Suffolk, England
OTHER MARRIAGES: N/A
DIED: January 4, 1903 in Denver, CO
FATHER'S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: John WIGHTMAN, April 3,1794 in Suffolk, England
MOTHER'S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: , 1797 in Suffolk, England
NOTES: Elizabeth's family came to Dane Co, WI in 1842. She and some of her siblings and uncle William WIGHTMAN migrated to Colorado in about 1861 from Dane Co., WI. Family friends were Alva and William Adams (both Governors of early Colorado) who were also from Black Earth, Dane Co, CO, and joined the Wightmans in Colorado in the 1870s.
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CHILD 1: Frankie M. RICHARDS in Arapahoe Co., CO
BORN: April 5, 1868
MARRIAGE: 
OTHER MARRIAGES: 
MILITARY SERVICE: 
DIED: July 4, 1868 in Arapahoe Co., CO
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CHILD 2: Lawrence Alva RICHARDS (Photo)
BORN: July 12, 1869, in Arapahoe Co., CO
MARRIAGE: Zaidee B. BARKER on January 19, 1896 in Arapahoe Co.. CO
OTHER MARRIAGES: N/A
MILITARY SERVICE: Colorado National Guard, circa 1895
DIED: June 22, 1937 in Pueblo, CO
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CHILD 3: Clarence M. RICHARDS
BORN: November 5, 1870 in Arapahoe Co., CO
MARRIAGE: Blanche M. KRANCHI, August 21, 1900 in Arapahoe Co., CO,
OTHER MARRIAGES: 
MILITARY SERVICE: Colorado National Guard, circa 1895
DIED: February 10, 1836 in Denver, CO
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CHILD 4: Effie Lucile RICHARDS
BORN: September 29, 1874, in Arapahoe Co., CO
MARRIAGE: Never married
OTHER MARRIAGES: 
MILITARY SERVICE: 
DIED: July 7, 1931 in Denver, CO
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CHILD 5: Charles W. RICHARDS
BORN: September 21, 1876 in Arapahoe Co., CO
MARRIAGE: Anna ANGER on May 20, 1903 in Denver, CO
OTHER MARRIAGES: N/A
MILITARY SERVICE: Unknown
DIED: February 14, 1931 in Denver, CO
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ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Other collateral families are Stenhouse, Stanbridge, Brothers, Tobias in Denver, Arapahoe and Jefferson Counties.

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