Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904,
pp 620-624 (portrait in document) [Hickman]

     WILLIAM WESLEY RICHMOND, M. D.  A prominent factor in the
affairs of Clinton, Kentucky, is the gentleman whose name graces
this sketch, Dr. William Wesley Richmond.  Dr. Richmond was born on
a farm in Hickman county, Kentucky, April 7, 1846, son of William
and Harriet T. (Woods) Richmond, both natives of Tennessee, the
former born near Nashville and the latter at Pulaski.  The Doctor's
paternal grandfather, Joseph Richmond, was born near Richmond,
Virginia, and in Tennessee became a wealthy planter and the owner of
a large number of slaves.  Grandfather Woods, also, was a Virginian
by birth.  From Virginia he went first to Tennessee and subsequently
to Kentucky.  In Hickman county, Kentucky, the Doctor's parents were
married, and his father was engaged in farming here at the time of
his death, which occurred at the age of thirty years.  He left two
children: Mrs. Annie E. Alsop, a widow, now residing in Clinton,
Kentucky; and William Wesley.  The mother subsequently became the
wife of Rev. Willis White, a Baptist minister, by whom she had three
children.  She died at the age of fifty-six years.
     In his native county Dr. Richmond grew to manhood, his
education being received in Clinton Seminary.  Previous to his
taking up the study of medicine he farmed a few years, and for one
year taught school.  In the office of the late Dr. George Beeler, of
Clinton, he prepared himself for entering a medical college, and in
March, 1874, he graduated in the medical department of the
University of Louisville.  In July following his graduation, he
began the practice of his profession at Crutchfield, Kentucky, where
he remained eight and a half years, and from there came to Clinton. 
Here he has since resided.  In addition to his medical course at
Louisville, he took a post-graduate course at Chicago in the College
of Physicians and Surgeons, in 1893.  Dr. Richmond has a well
equipped office, is a constant student, and is up-to-date in
everything respecting his profession.
     He is a member of the Southwestern Kentucky Medical Society, of
which he was president in 1886; Hickman County Medical Society;
Kentucky State Medical Association, of which he was elected first
vice president in 1898, and president in May, 1902; and American
Medical Association.  In 1890 Dr. Richmond read a valuable paper on
"Progress of Surgery" before the Southwestern Kentucky Medical
Society; in 1894 he read a paper on "Remittent Fever" before the
Kentucky State Medical Association, and he is also the author of
numerous other valuable articles on medical subjects, one being
"Advancement of Materia Medica."  He served one term as a member of
the medical examining board of the first district of Kentucky, to
which office he was elected in 1886.  At this writing he is chairman
of the Hickman county board of health, and referee to the state
board of health for the county.  While Dr. Richmond is
enthusiastically devoted to his profession, he is broad-minded and
public-spirited, and has not confined his influence and activities
to it.  He was one of the founders of the Clinton Bank, and is one
of its directors; and since 1882 he has been a trustee of Clinton
College.  He is a worshiper at the Baptist church, of which he is a
consistent member, and he maintains fraternal relations with the
Masonic order and the Knights of Pythias.
     Dr. Richmond was married in 1879 to Miss Lucy F., daughter of
Judge Charles S. Marshall, of Paducah, Kentucky; and they have had
three children, namely: Fannie Dudley, Hallie Ezell and William
Marshall.  The last named is deceased.  Mrs. Richmond is also a
member of the Baptist church.

Richmond Woods Alsop White Beeler Marshall
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