Note: He was 81 years old at the time of his death. In records at the Hayes Memorial Library, Fremont, Ohio it was found that he married Maria Grover on Oct 25, 1840, in Fremont, Ohio. Marriage was performed by Elder Roswell Osborn.
The Fremont City Directory has the following addresses: 1897-1898 = 1002 Court; 1893 -1894 = Sandusky Avenue.
Another account gives his death as 12 Dec 1894.
James Richard was a Sergeant in Co. C, 4th Regt., Ohio Voluteer Infantry during the Mexican War, and was discharged on 28 Dec 1847, Vera Cruz, Mexico. He ser ved as Representative to Congress from Sandusky County, Ohio approximately 1865 -1868. He was a Democrat. He lived on a farm in Balville Twp, Sandusky County , Ohio, where his six children were born in a log house.
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