Montezuma County CO Archives Biographies.....Kermode, Richard 1862? - ?
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Author: Progressive Men of Western Colorado

     Although yet a comparatively young man, and for only ten years a resident

of Montezuma county, so forcibly has Richard Kermode, of Cortez, impressed his

sterling manhood and far-seeing and resourceful business capacity on the people

of the county, that he has risen to consequence and power among them, and has

also achieved a substantial success in business.  He is a native of the Isle of

Man, England, and is the son of John and Mary Kermode, also English by nativity.

 He was reared and educated in his native land, and in 1886, at the age of

twenty-four, emigrated to the United States, taking up his residence at once in

Colorado.  He located in San Juan county and engaged in farming, the pursuit of

his ancestors for many generations.  In 1893 he moved to Montezuma county, and

located land two miles north of Cortez, where he passed three years in

successful farming.  He also served two years as county road overseer, and gave

the people such excellent service in this capacity that in 1901 he was elected

sheriff.  Removing then to the county seat, he started the livery business which

he is now conducting there, and has built it up to large proportions, and

managed it with great enterprise and close attention to its every want.  He has

one of the best equipped barns and most active trades in this line in his

portion of the country.  In 1902 he also took a contract to carry the mails

between Cortez and Dolores, and is prosecuting this enterprise with the same

vigor and generally good results that characterize all his other undertakings. 

In addition to his home place he owns a ranch of one hundred and sixty acres

eight miles from Dolores; and on the two he has fine herds of well-bred cattle.

 Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen of the

World.  At Telluride in 1887 he was married to Miss Mary Calhoun, a native of

Minnesota.  They have two children, Gentle and Alfred.  In the discharge of his

official duties he is wise, firm and fearless; in his citizenship elevated,

patriotic and devoted to the best interests of the county; and in social life

genial, companionable and entertaining.  He is everywhere popular and highly

respected.

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From Progressive Men of Western Colorado.  Chicago:  A.W. Bowen & Co., 1905

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