Individual Details
William Hall Richmond Jr.
(1790 - 30 Mar 1871)
William Hall Richmond (Jr.)
(Wm6,Adam5,Stephen4,John3,Edward2John1)born in Providence, Rhode Island to William Hall Richmond and Rachel Matteson in 1790. He married Rhoda Allen Cooper in Cuyahoga, Ohio on 18 Sep 1817 (some sources, 1816).
(Internet source: Rhoda died 3 Jun 1841, Lagrange, Lorain, Ohio.)
William Richmond seems to have lived in several places in Ohio. He is listed as living in Lorain County, Cuyahoga, Dover, LaGrange, He is in the 1824 Lorain County (Ohio) tax records. According to the 1870 Census, At age 80, he was living with the Orlando Nash family. Orlando Nash was married to William Hall's granddaughter (Rhoda "Lutie" Ruth Ellsworth Nash).
From: HISTORY OF LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO
PIONEER FAMILIES CROWD INTO SHEFFIELD
Freeman Richmond* and family took up their abode on Lot 2. This was first settlement of the town by a family. Next and soon came Oliver Moon, Milton Garfield, John B. Garfield, A. R. Dimmick, William Richmond and Willis Porter
First marriage : This highly interesting event occurred in the fall of 1816. The parties most interested were William Richmond and Miss Rhoda, adopted daughter of Reuben Cooper; Joel Terrell, Esq., of Ridgeville township, made the twain one flesh. This couple are both deceased. The marriage license gives the date of September 18, 1817, and says that both William and Rhoda are "of Dover". Justice of the Peace, "Joel Terril" was a veteran of the Revolutionary War.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The first class of the Methodist Episcopal church was organized as early as 1820. Mr. Calvin Sweet furnishes the data from which the following brief history is prepared: This class was composed of Keyes Carpenter and wife, Waterman Sweet and wife, Ephraim Keyes and wife, Amasa Chapman and wife, Elah Park and wife, Willis Potter and wife, William Richmond and wife, and Mrs. Polly and Mary Cooper, wives of David and Reuben Cooper.
Children of William Hall Richmond and Rhoda Allen Cooper:
1. Riley/Reily Richmond (1819); (1)Groom's Name: Riley Richmond Bride's Name: Laura A. Marshall, Bride's Birth Date: 1822 Bride's Age: 18 Marriage Date: 28 Jan 1840 Marriage Place: Tallmadge Tp., Portage Co., Ohio (2)Groom's Name: Riley Richmond Bride's Name: Hannah Burnell Marriage Date: 15 Aug 1849 Marriage Place: Parkman, Geauga, Ohio
2. John M. Richmond (1819-1861); (Maybe they were twins) Maude Bushinhaul marriage: 06 Sep 1849 - Geauga, Ohio name: John Richmond event: Marriage event date: 06 Sep 1849 event place: Geauga, Ohio spouse: Maude Bushinhaul digital folder number: 4701435 John Richmond
3. Irene B. Richmond (1822-1879) born 01 Sep 1822 in Logan County, Ohio; died 08 May 1879 in Pleasant Township, Van Wert, Ohio.m. George Washington Payne February 22, 1842. They made their home in Loraine County until 1851, then moved to Van Wert County. He reportedly was a carpenter by trade and erected the first house in Jackson Township, where he established his home on first coming to Van Wert County. He took up farming as his principal occupation. He afterwards moved to Pleasant Township. According to information from the Van Wert County, Ohio death records between 1867-1893, Irene died of cancer on May 8, 1879 at the age of 57 (56 years, 8 months and 8 days of age). Predeceased her husband. Her date of birth would have been approximately September 1, 1822. She is interred in Woodland Cemetery in Van Wert County with her husband and a Catherine Payne, who appears to have been her husband's second wife. Alternate place of birth according to family records is Virginia. Their children listed at the end of this history.
4. Sarah Richmond d. 1897; Groom's Name: David C. Ellsworth Bride's Name: "Sally" Richmond Marriage Date: 1843 Marriage Place: Lorain County, Ohio,
5. Pamelia/Parmellia Richmond (1826 -); There was another Pamelia Richmond in Ohio, b.1846. Oddly enough, the only thing I can find on her is a marriage license to George Payne, the same man that married her sister. On an Ancestry Tree, it says her husband was a Truman Payne. I got the info on Irene from a personal website, and they indicated they had seen their headstone. Name: George W. Payne Event: Marriage Event Date: 12 Apr 1847 Event Place: Lorain County, Ohio Spouse: Pamelia Richmond
6. Laura Richmond (1828 - ). Name: Samuel S. Pardee Event: Marriage Event Date: 15 Jul 1848 Event Place: Lorain County, Ohio: Bride: Laura Richmond John Richmond applied for the marriage license. Is it possible that his father was unable to do so, and big brother John was looking out for little Laura, to see that the marriage went off without a hitch? (One internet page gives her parents as John "Richman" and Sylinda Martin.
Ohio, County Marriages, 1790-1950
Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958
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(Wm6,Adam5,Stephen4,John3,Edward2John1)born in Providence, Rhode Island to William Hall Richmond and Rachel Matteson in 1790. He married Rhoda Allen Cooper in Cuyahoga, Ohio on 18 Sep 1817 (some sources, 1816).
(Internet source: Rhoda died 3 Jun 1841, Lagrange, Lorain, Ohio.)
William Richmond seems to have lived in several places in Ohio. He is listed as living in Lorain County, Cuyahoga, Dover, LaGrange, He is in the 1824 Lorain County (Ohio) tax records. According to the 1870 Census, At age 80, he was living with the Orlando Nash family. Orlando Nash was married to William Hall's granddaughter (Rhoda "Lutie" Ruth Ellsworth Nash).
From: HISTORY OF LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO
PIONEER FAMILIES CROWD INTO SHEFFIELD
Freeman Richmond* and family took up their abode on Lot 2. This was first settlement of the town by a family. Next and soon came Oliver Moon, Milton Garfield, John B. Garfield, A. R. Dimmick, William Richmond and Willis Porter
First marriage : This highly interesting event occurred in the fall of 1816. The parties most interested were William Richmond and Miss Rhoda, adopted daughter of Reuben Cooper; Joel Terrell, Esq., of Ridgeville township, made the twain one flesh. This couple are both deceased. The marriage license gives the date of September 18, 1817, and says that both William and Rhoda are "of Dover". Justice of the Peace, "Joel Terril" was a veteran of the Revolutionary War.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The first class of the Methodist Episcopal church was organized as early as 1820. Mr. Calvin Sweet furnishes the data from which the following brief history is prepared: This class was composed of Keyes Carpenter and wife, Waterman Sweet and wife, Ephraim Keyes and wife, Amasa Chapman and wife, Elah Park and wife, Willis Potter and wife, William Richmond and wife, and Mrs. Polly and Mary Cooper, wives of David and Reuben Cooper.
Children of William Hall Richmond and Rhoda Allen Cooper:
1. Riley/Reily Richmond (1819); (1)Groom's Name: Riley Richmond Bride's Name: Laura A. Marshall, Bride's Birth Date: 1822 Bride's Age: 18 Marriage Date: 28 Jan 1840 Marriage Place: Tallmadge Tp., Portage Co., Ohio (2)Groom's Name: Riley Richmond Bride's Name: Hannah Burnell Marriage Date: 15 Aug 1849 Marriage Place: Parkman, Geauga, Ohio
2. John M. Richmond (1819-1861); (Maybe they were twins) Maude Bushinhaul marriage: 06 Sep 1849 - Geauga, Ohio name: John Richmond event: Marriage event date: 06 Sep 1849 event place: Geauga, Ohio spouse: Maude Bushinhaul digital folder number: 4701435 John Richmond
3. Irene B. Richmond (1822-1879) born 01 Sep 1822 in Logan County, Ohio; died 08 May 1879 in Pleasant Township, Van Wert, Ohio.m. George Washington Payne February 22, 1842. They made their home in Loraine County until 1851, then moved to Van Wert County. He reportedly was a carpenter by trade and erected the first house in Jackson Township, where he established his home on first coming to Van Wert County. He took up farming as his principal occupation. He afterwards moved to Pleasant Township. According to information from the Van Wert County, Ohio death records between 1867-1893, Irene died of cancer on May 8, 1879 at the age of 57 (56 years, 8 months and 8 days of age). Predeceased her husband. Her date of birth would have been approximately September 1, 1822. She is interred in Woodland Cemetery in Van Wert County with her husband and a Catherine Payne, who appears to have been her husband's second wife. Alternate place of birth according to family records is Virginia. Their children listed at the end of this history.
4. Sarah Richmond d. 1897; Groom's Name: David C. Ellsworth Bride's Name: "Sally" Richmond Marriage Date: 1843 Marriage Place: Lorain County, Ohio,
5. Pamelia/Parmellia Richmond (1826 -); There was another Pamelia Richmond in Ohio, b.1846. Oddly enough, the only thing I can find on her is a marriage license to George Payne, the same man that married her sister. On an Ancestry Tree, it says her husband was a Truman Payne. I got the info on Irene from a personal website, and they indicated they had seen their headstone. Name: George W. Payne Event: Marriage Event Date: 12 Apr 1847 Event Place: Lorain County, Ohio Spouse: Pamelia Richmond
6. Laura Richmond (1828 - ). Name: Samuel S. Pardee Event: Marriage Event Date: 15 Jul 1848 Event Place: Lorain County, Ohio: Bride: Laura Richmond John Richmond applied for the marriage license. Is it possible that his father was unable to do so, and big brother John was looking out for little Laura, to see that the marriage went off without a hitch? (One internet page gives her parents as John "Richman" and Sylinda Martin.
Ohio, County Marriages, 1790-1950
Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958
https://www.familysearch.org/search/search/index/record-search-advanced#searchType=records&fed=false&collectionId=&advanced=true&exact-givenName=on&givenName=john&exact-surname=on&surname=richmond&eventType=any&exact-eventLocation=on&eventLocation=Ohio&eventYearFrom=1819&eventYearTo=1861&relationship=none&hist_match_all=on&filtered=false&page=5
Events
| Birth | 1790 | Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island | |||
| Marriage | 1816 | Avon, Lorain County, Ohio - Rhoda Allen |  | ||
| Marriage | 18 Sep 1817 | Ridgeville, Lorain County, Ohio - Rhoda Allen | |  | |
| Death | 30 Mar 1871 | Hillsdale, Hillsdale County, Michigan | |||
| Burial | Oak Grove Cemetery, Hillsdale, Hillsdale County, Michigan | |
Families
| Spouse | Rhoda Allen ( - ) |
Notes
Marriage
History of Lorain County Ohio, p. 273: First Events [in Avon township]"First marriage: This highly interesting event occurred in the fall of 1816. The parties most interested were William Richmond and Miss Rhoda, adopted daughter of Reuben Cooper; Joel Terrell, Esq., of Ridgeville township, made the twain one fiesh. This couple are both deceased."
Marriage
William RichmondSex Male
Spouse's Name Rhoda Allen
Spouse's Sex Female
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 1817
Event Place Cuyahoga, Ohio
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"Ridgeville Sept. 18th, 1817 -
William Richmond & Rhoda Allen Both of Dover in said County
Joined together in the Marriage Contract by me
Joel Terrell, Justice of the Peace"
Burial
Plot: SECTION 4 ROW 8BURIED MAR 30, 1871 - NO STONE - BURIAL RECORDS
Endnotes
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