Marion Berry Richmond (1843 - 1930)

Born 12 Oct 1843 in Raymond, Hinds County, Mississippi

Died 15 Mar 1930 at age 86 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California

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Biography

Hollywood Cemetery, Los Angeles County, California

Military Service: War of Northern Aggression (Civil War). Marion Berry Richmond joined the Confederate army at the age of seventeen and served throughout the war in Company A, 1st Mississippi Artillery. He was at the siege of Vicksburg. [Source: John's Genealogy Page: Descendants of Jesse Dodd by John L Dodd, <http://.www.tnstate.edu/jdodd/> as viewed on 22 May 2002].

U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles Name: Marion Berry Richmond Rank at enlistment: Private State Served: Mississippi Survived the War?: Yes Service Record: Enlisted in Company A, Mississippi Co. A 1st Light Artillery Battery. Birth Date: 12 October 1843 Death Date: 15 March 1930 Death Place: Long Beach, California Sources: 425,172,766 [Source: Ancestry.com. Historical Data Systems, comp.. U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA, as viewed on 13 February 2009].

Marion Berry Richmond was in the newspaper business. He was the editor and publisher of the "Pascagoula Democrat Star" in Mississippi and the founder of the "Biloxi Herald". After leaving Mississippi he moved to Texas for a while before going to Washington, D.C. where he worked as a proof reader in the Government Printing Office for some twenty years. Upon his retirement he moved to California. He was a Mason for sixty-three years and a member of the Masonic Lodge of Long Beach and a Royal Arch Mason. He was also a member of the Palos Verdes Chapter of the Eastern Star in California. [Source: John's Genealogy Page: Descendants of Jesse Dodd by John L Dodd, <http://.www.tnstate.edu/jdodd/> as viewed on 22 May 2002].

Sources

• Dodd, John L <jdodd@picard.tnstate.edu>, John's Genealogy Page: Descendants of Jesse Dodd, <http://www.tnstate.edu/jdodd/lackey/dodd/index.htm>. As viewed on 22 May 2002.

• Find A Grave, Marion B Richmond <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7384445/marion-berry-richmond> as viewed 24 April 2019.