Salmon Clark Richards

1791 - 1875  (84 years)

• Name	Salmon Clark Richards
  Birth	5 Sep 1791	New Hartford, Litchfield, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Oct 1875	Elliot, Montgomery, Iowa
  Person ID	I9312	Branches and Roots
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Pelatiah Richards,   b. 3 Sep 1759, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States d. Feb 1827 (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Abigail Barber
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1779	Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
  Family ID	F3389	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catharine Foster Cross,   b. 15 Sep 1806, New York, USA d. 13 Feb 1898, Elliot, Montgomery, Iowa (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	17 Mar 1825	Lexington, Greene, New York, USA
  Children	+ 1. Lydia Valentine Richards,   b. 31 Jul 1826, Lexington, Greene, New York, USA d. 6 Dec 1858, Northfield, Rice County, MN (Age 32 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Kathryn Amanda Richards,   b. 2 Feb 1830, Lexington, Greene, New York, USA d. 22 Oct 1886, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Abigail Harriet Richards,   b. 6 Feb 1832, Lexington, Greene, New York, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Mary Elizabeth Richards,   b. 20 Mar 1833, Lexington, Greene, New York, USA d. 3 Jun 1899, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Caroline Louisa Richards,   b. 13 Jan 1835, Cuba, Allegany, New York, United States d. 24 Sep 1917, Soldiers Grove, Crawford County, WI (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. George Clark Richards,   b. 5 Aug 1837, New Hudson, Allegany County, NY d. 3 Jul 1863, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS (Civil War) (Age 25 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 7. Martin Van Buren Richards,   b. 3 May 1840, Cuba, Allegany, New York, United States d. 8 Mar 1922, Viroqua, Vernon, Wisconsin, United States (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Huldah Estella Richards,   b. 8 Mar 1843, Cuba, Allegany, New York, United States  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Peletiah James Richards,   b. 12 Sep 1845, Cuba, Allegany, New York, United States d. 8 Jul 1930, Fullerton, Nance, Nebraska (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Ida Myrtilla Richards,   b. 19 Nov 1847, Cuba, Allegany, New York, United States d. 30 Sep 1928, Elliott, Montgomery, Iowa (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Inez Richards,   b. 19 Nov 1847, Cuba, Allegany, New York, United States d. 27 Nov 1847, New Hudson, Allegany County, NY (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   12. Ivan Ianthus Richards,   b. 8 Oct 1851, Cuba, Allegany, New York, United States d. 18 Oct 1923, Elliott, Montgomery, Iowa (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Wisconsin, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908: Name: Solomon Richards Land Office: Ashland Sequence #: 1 Document Number: 30933 Total Acres: 40 Signature: Yes Canceled Document: No Issue Date: 1 Jun 1858 Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566 Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820 Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Land Description: 1 NWNE 4TH PM - 1831 MINNESOTA/WISCONSIN No 7 N 3 E 9 Source Information United States, Bureau of Land Management. Wisconsin, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Original data: United States, Bureau of Land Management. Wisconsin Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patent and Cadastral Survey Plat Index. General Land Office Automated Records Project. Wisconsin, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908: Name: Solomon Richards Land Office: Ashland Sequence #: 1 Document Number: 30933 Total Acres: 40 Signature: Yes Canceled Document: No Issue Date: 1 Jun 1858 Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566 Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820 Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Land Description: 1 NWNE 4TH PM - 1831 MINNESOTA/WISCONSIN No 7 N 3 E 9 Source Information United States, Bureau of Land Management. Wisconsin, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Original data: United States, Bureau of Land Management. Wisconsin Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patent and Cadastral Survey Plat Index. General Land Office Automated Records Project.