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Rich, Charles – Richards, Joseph William
Rich, Charles
congressman, was born in 1771 in Hampshire county, Mass.
He was a representative in congress from Vermont from 1811 to 1812, and again from 1817 to 1824. He died Oct. 15, 1824, in Shoreham, Vt.
RICH, MRS. HELEN [HINSDALE], author, poet, was born in 1827 in New York. She is a poet of Chicago; and the author of A Dream of the Adirondacks, and Other Poems; and Madame de Staël.
Rich, Isaac
merchant, was born in 1801 in Wellfleet, Mass. In the course of years he became a successful fish merchant, and subsequently a millionaire, gave largely to educational and charitable institutions, and, in addition to numerous bequests, left the greater part of his estate, appraised at $1,700,000, to the trustees of the Boston Wesleyan university. He died Jan. 13, 1872, in Boston, Mass.
Rich, John T
agriculturist, state senator, congressman, was born April 23, 1841, in Conneautville, Pa. He was elected a representative in the Michigan state legislature in 1872, 1874, 1876, and 1878, serving as speaker during the last two terms; and was state senator in 1880. In 1881 he was elected a representative from Michigan to the forty-seventh congress to fill a vacancy.
Rich, Sanford Clark
educator, clergyman, lawyer, was born May 2, 1863, in Morgantown, W. Va. He received his education at the Drew Theological seminary; was engaged in educational work for eight years; was a clergyman for six years; and is now a successful lawyer of Pleasanton, Kan. He has contributed extensively both prose and verse to the periodical press, and several of his poems have been included in standard works.
Richard, Gabriel
missionary, educator, congressman, was born Oct. 15, 1767, in France. He was for a time professor of mathematics in St. Mary's college, Maryland; labored in Illinois as a missionary; and went to Detroit in 1799, whence he was sent as a delegate to congress in 1823. He died Sept. 13, 1832, in Detroit, Mich.
Richards, George
clergyman, author, was born in Rhode Island. He was pastor of a universalist church in Portsmouth, N. H., from 1793 till 1809, and subsequently in Philadelphia, where he established the Freemason's Magazine and General Miscellany, and edited it for two years. He was the author of odes, Masonic orations, An Historical Discourse on the Death of Gen. Washington, and many patriotic poems descriptive of the revolution. He died March 1, 1814, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Richards, George
railroad president, was born March 21, 1833, in Pottsville, Pa. Since 1862 he has been president of the Hibernia Mine railroad; is also president of the Hibernia Underground railroad, and Dover and Rockaway railroad.
RICHARDS, HELEN DOROTHY WHIT- ON, author. She was the author of several juvenile books, including Robert Walbar; Hemlock Ridge; and The Conquered Heart.
Richards, Jacob
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1803 to 1809.
RICHARDS, JAMES A. D., lawyer, congressman, was born March 22, 1845, in Boston, Mass. He was elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat from Ohio.
Richards, John
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1795 to 1797.
Richards, John
state legislator, congressman. He was a member of the New York assembly in 1814 and 1815; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1823 to 1825.
Richards, Joseph William
Ph. D., mineralogist, author, was born July 28, 1864, in England. He is the author of the only work in the English language on aluminum. Since 1887 he has been professor of metallurgy, mineralogy and blowpipe analysis in the Lehigh university of Bethlehem, Pa.