The Independent-Herald, Hinton, West Virginia Thursday, December 20, 1917, page 1 From yesterday's daily issue John M Richmond, of Beech Run, near this city, dropped dead this morning at 10:30 o'clock, supposedly of heart failure due to long illness of rheumatism. He was in the living room of his home, alone, and was heard to fall by his wife, who went to his rescue, but he expired immediately.
Mr Richmond was a good man, honorable and upright and his untimely demise is a grievous blow to his family and many friends. He was a member of the Baptist church.
Mr Richmond was 69 years of age and was born and reared on Freezeland mountain, bur had been living on Beech Run for 30 years.
He is survived by a wife who was Miss Clara Neely previous to marriage, and two sons and eight daughters, viz: Robert Richmond, of James street, this city, and Gorman, of the home place, and Mrs Carrie Ball, Mrs Mattie Lilly, Mrs Staley Reid and Mrs Clara Lilly, all of Hinton, Mrs Mae Brafford, of Ironton, O, Mrs C H Swepston, of Marie, Mrs S A Harvey, of Beech Run, and Mrs Ethel Ball, of Bellepoint.
Son of *Andrew Lewis Richmond (1813 - 1882) and Sarah Redden.
He married *Clara Frances Neely Richmond (1858 - 1928)
Children:
John Marshall Richmond (Sarah Redden & Andrew L. Richmond)
John was born on the 3rd of Febuary 1849 in Freezland Mountain, Raleigh County, Virginia.
He married Clara Frances Neely on the 13th of January 1876 in Summers County, West Virginia. Clara was born on the 6th of March 1856 in Jumping Branch, Mercer County, Virginia,
John M. Richmond died on the 17trh of December 1917 in Summers County, West Virginia and is burried in the Richmond Harvey Cemetery. Summers County, West Virginia.
WV DEATH REGISTER - Name: John Marshall/Richmond Sex: M Death Date: 19 Dec 1917 Death Place: Summers, West Virginia Burial Place: Illegible to read Marital Status: M Mother: Sarah/..dd... Father: Andrew/Richmond
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