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Richards Family History Vol. 3

Consists of the life of Willard Richards (1804-1854) and his families. This book has many of the letters that he wrote to his family and friends as well as entries from his journal. It also has the account from the journal of Willard when he was with the Prophet Joseph Smith in Carthage Jail at the time of the Prophet’s death. There is 109 illustrations in this book.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Dedication .................................. ii
Acknowledgments .............................. ii
Preface ...................................... in
Abbreviations ................................. iii
Table of Contents .............................. v
List of Illustrations ............................. viii
Willard Richards (1804-1854) history ................. 1
A Family Home Evening Tribute to Willard Richards ..... 13
The Richards Pioneer Home ....................... 20
Journal entries of Willard Richards (extracts) ........... 21
Letters of Willard Richards ........................ 25
1820 Letter to a Christian minister ............ .25
1828 July 8 Letter to Rhoda Richards ............... 26
1828 July 13 Letter to Rhoda Richards ............... 27
1828 July 29 Letter to Rhoda Richards ............... 29
1828 Aug 21 Letter to Rhoda Richards ............... 32
1830 July 21 Letter to Rhoda Richards" ............... 34
1830 Aug 1 Letter to Rhoda Richards ............... 35
1831 Feb 19 Letter to his mother via Rhoda Richards ..... 36
1833 Oct 21 Letter to Hepsy Richards ............... 37
1834 June 21 Letter to Rhoda Richards ............... 39
1837 Jan 20 Letter to sister, Hepsy Richards ........... 40
1837 Mar 20 Letter to Hepsy Richards ............... 45
1837 Dec 31 Letter to Rhoda Richards ............... 46
1838 Mar Letter to father, Joseph Richards ........ .54
1839 May 10 Letter to Rhoda, Nancy and Phinehas Richards 57
1840 Jan 21 Letter to Rhoda Richards ............... 62
1840 Mar 5 Letter to William Richards .............. 67
1840 May 15 Letter to editor of Millennial Star ......... 69
1840 July 10 Letter to Rhoda, Richards ............... 70
1840 Aug 14 Letter to Joseph, Phinehas, Levi, William, Rhoda, and Nancy Richards .................. 71
1840 Dec 10 Letter to Brigham Young ............... 74
1840 Dec 17 Letter to Levi Richards ................. 74
1840 Epistle by Brigham Young and Willard Richards 75
1841 Jan 22 Letter to Levi Richards ................. 77
1841 Jan 30 Letter to Levi Richards ................. 78
1841 Feb 12 Letter to Levi Richards ............... .79
1841 Feb 26 Letter to Levi Richards ................. 80
1841 May 21 Letter to Rhoda Richards ............... 81
1841 June 7 Letter to Levi Richards ................. 81
1841 Aug 26 Letter to the Saints in England .......... 83
1841 Nov 11 Letter to Levi Richards .............. 83
1842 Jan 15 Notice regarding Recorder's office ......... 87
1842 Feb 21 Notice to temple friends ................ 88
1842 Mar 7 Letter to Levi Richards ................ 88
1843 Jan 11 Letter to Levi Richards ................. 90
1843 Feb 15 Poem honoring Joseph Smith's return ....... 92
1843 Mar 22 Letter to Levi Richards ................. 93
1843 Mar Letter to Levi Richards ................. 94
1843 July 7 Letter to Brigham Young ............... 95
1843 Oct 1 Letter to parents, sisters and brothers ....... 96
1844 Mar 4 Letter to James Arlington Bennett of New York 97
1844 Apr 21 Letter to Roger C. Richards ............. 98
1844 May 7 Notice to City of Nauvoo ............... 99
1844 June 20 Letter to James Arlington Bennett of N.Y. . . 100
1844 June 27 Letter from Carthage Jail to Nauvoo ...... 101
1844 June 27 Letter to Emma Smith, Major Gen. Dunham . 101
1844 July 9 Letter to the Saints of the British Mission ... 102
1845 July 18 Letter to England telling about the death of
Jennet Richards, his first wife .......... 103
1845 Oct 15 Letter to Mr. Roger C. Richards ......... 109
1845 Dec 19 Letter to Sarah Longstroth ............. Ill
1846 Jan 26 Letter to Mr. Roger C. Richards ......... 112
1846 Mar 25 Letter to Levi Richards ................ 113
1846 May 1 Letter to Levi Richards ................ 115
1846 June 22 Letter to John M. Bernhisel ............ 116
1846 Aug 1 Letter to Levi Richards ................ 117
1846 Sep 8 Letter to Roger C. Richards and family .... 118
1847 Mar 24 Letter to Jacob Peart ................. 119
1847 Apr 1 Letter to son, Willard Brigham Richards .... 121
1847 Apr 13 Letter to trustees of Nauvoo ............ 121
1847 Apr 16 Letter to Amelia Elizabeth P. Richards. 122
1847 June 4 Letter to Amelia Elizabeth P. Richards ..... 124
1847 July 22 Letter co-signed by Willard Richards on
entering the Salt Lake Valley .......... 125
1848 Apr 24 Letter to parents, sisters and brothers ...... 126
1850 Apr 19 Letter to Levi Richards ................ 128
1850 July 24 Oration ........................... 128
1850 Aug 1 Letter to Levi Richards ................ 131
1851 Apr 7 Letter to Franklin D. Richards ........... 132
1851 Sep 23 Letter to sister, Nancy Peirson ........... 132
1852 Sep 30 Letter to Levi Richards ................ 133
1853 Sep 1 Letter to Levi Richards ................ 133
1853 Sep 27 Letter to Levi Richards ................ 134
1853 Dec 15 Letter to Levi Richards ................ 135
Letter to Joseph Smith ................ 135
Chronological listings for Willard Richards ............. 136
Journals of Willard Richards ....................... 148
Wives of Willard Richards ........................ 202
Jennet Richards (wife #1) history .................. 202
Letters of Jennet Richards
1838 Aug 11 Letter to Willard ................. 207
1838 Sep 7 Letter to parents ................. 209
1840 Jan 21 Letter to Rhoda Richards, etc. ...... 212
1840 June 14 Letter to her brother and sister ...... 213
1841 Oct 3 Letter to parents ................. 215
1841 Oct 26 Letter to parents ................. 218
1842 Jan 16 Letter to Willard ................. 222
1842 May 14 Letter to cousin and niece (Ann) .... 228
1842 June 18 Letter to parents ................. 229
1842 Dec 14 Letter to Levi Richards ........... 233
1843 May 14 Letter to parents ................. 234
1843 Sep 13 Letter to parents ................. 235
1843 Oct 1 Letter to parents ................. 236
1844 Apr 21 Letter to parents ................. 238
1844 July 8 Letter to parents, sister and brothers ... 241

Amelia Elizabeth Peirson (wife #2) ................. 255
Sarah Langstroth (wife #3) ....................... 279
Nanny Langstroth (wife #4) ...................... 284
Mary Thompson (wife #5) ....................... 294
Jane Hall (wife #6) ............................ 306
Susannah Lee (wife #7) ......................... 307
Ann Read (wife #8) ........................... 309
Susanna Bayliss (wife #9) ....................... 310
Rhoda Harriet Foss (wife #10) .................... 315
Martha Faldo (wife #11) ........................ 324
Mary Harrison (wife #12) ...................... 328
Nancy Langstroth (wife #13) ..................... 329
Mary Langstroth (wife #14) ...................... 330
Marcia Maria Merrill (wife #15) ................... 331
Edna Sarah Hinman (wife #16) .................... 332
Genealogy of the children of Willard Richards .......... 333
Index ....................................... 336


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Figure                                          Page
1. Willard Richard ............................ ia
2. Carthage Jail .............................. 6a
3. Willard Richards & John Taylor in Carthage Jail ..... 6a
4. Willard Richard ........................... 26a
5. Handwriting of Willard Richards ............... 26a
6. Mormon Pioneer Trail, #1 .................. 144a
7. Crossing the Sweetwater at Chimney Rock ....... 144a
8. Willard Richards' long house at Salt Lake City .... 146a
9. Home of Willard Richards at Salt Lake City ...... 146a
10. Floor plan of Willard's home at Nauvoo ........ 186a
11. Map of pioneer journey to Salt Lake City ....... 196a
12. Winter Quarters encampment ................ 196a
13. Missouri River and Council Bluffs ............ 196a
14. Mormon Pioneer Trail, #2 .................. 198a
15. Wagon Circle at Independence Rock ........... 198a
16. Elk Horn River Ferry, Wyoming .............. 200a
17. Fort Laramie, Wyoming .................... 200a
18. First Deseret New Press, 1850 ............... 200b
19. Grave of Willard Richards .................. 200b
20. Temple Index Card for Willard Richards ........ 201
21. Temple Index Card for Jennet Richards ......... 201
22. Willard, Jennetta & Heber John Richards ........ 210a
23. Marriage certificate for Willard & Jennet ........ 210a
24. Christening entry for Jennet Richards .......... 244a
25. Grave of Jennetta Richards .................. 244a
26. Temple Index Card for Amelia Elizabeth Peirson . . 254
27. Willard Richards ......................... 254a
28. Jennet Richards .......................... 254a
29. Heber John Richards ...................... 254a
30. Heber John Richards ...................... 254a
31. Heber John Richards ...................... 254a
32. Mary Julia Johnson ....................... 254a
33. Rhoda Ann Jennetta Richards ................ 254a
34. Benjamin Franklin Knowlton ................ 254a
35. Temple Index Card for Sarah Langstroth ........ 278
36. Willard Brigham Richards .................. 282a
37. Willard Brigham Richards .................. 282a
38. Willard Brigham Richards .................. 282a
39. Harriet Ann Fairbanks Doremus .............. 282a
40. Joseph Smith Richards ..................... 282a
41. Sarah Ellen Richards ..................... 282a
42. Sarah Ellen Richards ...................... 282a
43. Joseph Fielding Smith ..................... 282a
44. Joseph Fielding Smith ..................... 282a
45. Joseph Fielding Smith ..................... 282a
46. Pauline Richards ........................ 282a
47. Abraham Fairbanks Doremus ................ 282a
48. Christening certificate for Sarah & Nanny ....... 282b
49. Christening entry for Sarah & Nanny ........... 282b
50. Burial entry for Nanny Langstroth ............. 282b
51. Temple Index Card for Nanny Langstroth ........ 283
52. Willard Richards ......................... 288a
53. Nanny Langstroth ........................ 288a
54. Aseneth Richards Grover, Alice Ann Richards
Smith, Nanny Langstoth Richards, George Franklin
Richards, and Minerva Richards Knowlton ....... 288a
55. Willard Richards ......................... 292a
56. Nanny Langstroth ........................ 292a
57. Nanny Langstroth ........................ 292a
58. Nanny Langstroth ........................ 292a
59. Alice Ann Richards ...................... 292a
60. Lot Smith .............................. 292a
61. Mary Asenath Richards .................... 292a
62. Mary Asenath Richards .................... 292a
63. Joel Grover ............................. 292a
64. Stephen Longstroth Richards ................ 292a
65. Stephen Longstroth Richards ................ 292a
66. Emma Louise Stayner ..................... 292a
67. Temple Index Card for Mary Thompson ........ 293
68. Willard Richards ......................... 304a
69. Mary Thompson ......................... 304a
70. Mary Thompson ......................... 304a
71. Mary Thompson ......................... 304a
72. Phebe Amelia Richards .................... 304a
73. Phebe Amelia Richards .................... 304a
74. Jacob Peart, Jr. .......................... 304a
75. Jacob Peart, Jr. .......................... 304a
76. Christening entry for Mary Thompson .......... 304a
77. Temple Index Card for Jane Hall.............. 305
78. - Temple Index Card for Susanna Lee ........... 308a
79. Temple Index Card for Ann Read ............. 308a
80. Temple Index Card for Susanna Bayliss ......... 314
81. Willard Richards ......................... 314a
82. Willard Richards ......................... 314a
83. Susanna Bayliss ......................... 314a
84. Susanna Bayliss ......................... 314a
85. Mary Ann Richards ...................... 314a
86. Elias Van Fleet .......................... 314a
87. Temple Index Card for Susanna Bayliss ......... 314a
88. Willard Richards ......................... 322a
89. Willard Richards ......................... 322a
90. Willard Richards ......................... 322a
91. Rhoda Harriet Foss ....................... 322a
92. Calvin Willard Richards .................... 322a
93. Calvin Willard Richards .................... 322a
94. Calvin Willard Richards .................... 322a
95. Emma Irene Walker ....................... 322a
96. Martha Louisa Madsen ..................... 322a
97. Martha Louisa Madsen ..................... 322a
98. Martha Louisa Madsen ..................... 322a
99. Temple Index Card for Rhode Harriet Foss ...... 323
100. Temple Index Card for Martha Faldo ........... 323
101. Temple Index Card for Mary Harrision ......... 328
102. Death certificate for Nancy Langstroth .......... 328a
103. Death certificate for Mary Langstroth .......... 328a
104. Burial entry for Mary Langstroth .............. 328a
105. Temple Index Card for Nancy Langstroth ........ 329
106. Temple Index Card for Mary Longstroth ........ 330
107. Temple Index Card for Marcia Maria Merrill ..... 331
108. Temple Index Card for Edna Sarah Hinman ...... 332
109. Chart for total posterity of Willard Richards ...... 335
 

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