Richmond, Lewis
soldier, merchant, diplomat, was born March 12, 1824, in Providence, R. I. During the civil war he attained the rank of brigadier-general. In 1875 he was appointed United States consul in Ireland; subsequently in Italy; and in 1884 was appointed minister resident at Lisbon, Portugal.
RICHMOND, MARY ELIZABETH MEAD, philanthropist, was born in June, 1813, in Troy, N. Y. From 1853 until her death in 1895 she resided in Batavia, N.
Y. The Richmond Memorial Library bulling of that city was erected by her at a cost of thirty thousand dollars, in memory of her son, Dean Richmond, who died in 1885. She performed many generous acts.