TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Dedication ................... ii
Acknowledgments .......................... ii
Preface. .................... iii
Table of Contents ............... xv
List of Illustrations .............. xvi
Joseph Richards &; Rhoda Howe ........ 1
   Children of Joseph & Rhoda Howe Richards 28
Joseph Richards, Jr. ............ 31
   Children of Joseph, Jr. & Nancy Cody Richards. ................. 32
Rhoda Richards ................ 34
Susanna Richards ............... 109
Phinehas Richards .............. 110
   Children of Phinehas and Wealthy Dewey Richards ................. 115
Levi Richards. ................ 267
Nancy Richards ................ 268
   Children of Nancy Richards and William Peirson. ............. 283
Hepzibah Richards .............. 284
Betsey Richards ............... 290
INDEX .... . ............... 291
 

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Figure                                   Page
1. A Richards Coat of Arms ........ ia
2. Explanation of the Coat of Arms . . . . ib
3. Map of the Counties of Massachusetts . 2a
4. Main Street, Hopkinton, Massachusetts 4a
5. Village Green, Hopkinton, Massachusetts 4a
6. Cemetery, Hopkinton, Massachusetts . 6a
7. Magunco Hill, Hopkinton, Massachusetts 6a
8. Indian Brook, Hopkinton, Massachusetts 8a
9. Map of Richmond, Massachusetts- ... 10a
10. Joseph Richards home, Richmond, Mass. 12a
11. Joseph Richards home, Richmond, Mass. 14a
12. Joseph Richards home, Richmond, Mass. 14a
13. Joseph Richards home, Richmond, Mass. I6a
14. Stairway, Joseph Richards home .... l6a
15. Basement Beams, Joseph Richards home 18a
16. Jvlap of Middlesex County, Mass. .... 18a
17. Cemetery, Richmond, Massachusetts . 20a
18. Town Hall, Richmond, Massachusetts 0 20a
19. Highway 41, Richmond, Massachusetts. 22a
20. Hillside near Richmond, Massachusetts 22a
21. Richmond, Massachusetts surroundings 24a
22. Richmond, Massachusetts, surroundings 24a
23. Richmond, Massachusetts, surroundings 26a
24. Richmond, Massachusetts, surroundings 26a
25. Richmond, Massachusetts, surroundings 28a
26. Richmond, Massachusetts, surroundings 28a
27. Where Phinehas Richards baptized . . . 28b
28. Phineas Howe .............. 28b
29. Rhoda Howe Richards .......... 28b
30. Joseph Richards ............. 28b
31. Susan Richards ............. 28b
32. Susannah Goddard Howe ..... 28b
33. Ebenezer Damon. ............ 28b
34. Rhoda Richards ............. 28b
35. Hepsy Richards .............. 28b
36. Nancy Richards ............. 28b
37. Levi Richards .............. 28b
38. William Richards ............ 28b
Figure Page
39. Joseph Richards (1762-1840). ..... 30a
40. Rhoda Howe (1762-1838) ........ 30a
41. Rhoda Richards. ............ 30a
42. Rhoda Richards. ............ 30a
43. Susanna Richards ........... 30a
44. Phinehas Richards ........... 30a
45. Levi Richards (1799-1876). ...... 30a
46. Levi Richards (1799-1876). ...... 30a
47. Nancy Richards ............ 30a
48. Hepzibah Richards ........... 30a
49. William Richards (1801-1884) ..... 30a
50. Willard Richards ............ 30a
51. Willard Richards. ........... 30a
52. Map of Berkshire County, Mass. ... 114a
53. Street map of Richmond, Mass. ... Il6a
54. Nauvoo, 111. (view from a distance . . 138a
55. Street map of Nauvoo, Illinois ..... 138b
56. Nauvoo Temple (1841-1846) ...... 158a
57. The Historic Trek ........... I64a
58. Council Bluffs Ferry. ......... 180a
59. Letter of Phinehas Richards, 1850 . . 212a
60. Salt Lake 14th Ward Chapel ...... 214a
61. Interior of 14th Ward Chapel. ..... 214a
62. Great Salt Lake City in 1853. ..... 2l6a
63. Temple Square in Early Days . . . . 2l6a
64. Nauvoo Temple, Sun & Moon Stones . . 222a
65. Council House, Salt Lake City, Utah . 222a
66. Handwriting of Phinehas Richards, 1865 .. 250a
67. Endowment House (1855-1889). . . . . 252a
68. Workers chiseling stone for Temple. . 256a
69. Cemetery markers for Phinehas and Wealthy Richards, Salt Lake City. . 256a
70. Street map of Salt Lake City Cemetery 258a
71. Phinehas Richards ........... 266a
72. Wealthy Dewey Richards. ....... 266a
73. Franklin Dewey Richards ....... 266a
74. Franklin Dewey Richards ....... 266a
75. Franklin Dewey Richards ....... 266a
76. Franklin Dewey Richards ....... 266a
77. Samuel Whitney Richards ....... 266a
78. Samuel Whitney Richards ....... 266a
79. Samuel Whitney Richards ...... . 266a
80. Maria Wealthy Richards ....... 266a
81. Henry Phinehas Richards ....... 266a
82. Nancy Richards Peirson ....... 282a
83. Edwin Dwight Peirson ......... 282a
84. Levi Richards Peirson ........ 282a
85. Ridge above Crooked River, Missouri .. 286a
86. Shoal Creek, Missouri. ........ 286a
87. Shoal Creek, Missouri. .......  288a
88. Hepsyfs Invitation to the ball ..... 288a
89. Nine-gene ration Richards Pedigree . . 290a