Bio of RICHARDS, Bergmann, Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol II, pg 410
BERGMANN RICHARDS
Possessing all the requisites of an able lawyer, Bergmann Richards has
established his position as a leading representative of the Minneapolis bar and
his professional colleagues and the general public unite in bearing testimony as
to his high character and superior mind. He is a native of Washington, D. C.,
and his father, Charles N. Richards, was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, in which
city he always maintained his residence, although he spent the greater part of
his life in Washington, being in the employ of the government. He was an honored
veteran of the Civil war, entering the service as a private in the Union army
and becoming a commissioned officer. He was wounded at the battle of Antietam
and his hospital nurse, Miss Mary Bergmann afterward became his wife. Lysander
Richards, his father, was a member of the upper house of the Massachusetts
legislature and a contemporary of the noted American states­men, Daniel Webster
and Charles Sumner.
In the acquirement of an education Bergmann Richards attended the public schools
of Washington, D. C., and then entered Harvard College, from which he was
graduated in 1909 with the Bachelor of Arts degree, while four years later he
completed a law course in that institution. In 1909, after finishing his
academic work, he went abroad, spending a year in travel, and during that time
he took tip the study of languages and international law. His initial experience
along professional lines was gained with the law firm of Wilson, Mercer, Swan &
Stinchfield of Minneapolis and at the end of two years he was admitted to a
partnership. Following the entry of the United States into the World war he was
called to the colors and was assigned to the diplomatic service, being sent to
Copenhagen, Denmark, as assistant to the American minister. He remained in that
city for a year and after receiving his discharge returned to Minneapolis. In
December, 1918, he became a member of the law firm of Snyder, Gale & Richards,
with which he has since been connected. He is trial lawyer for the firm, which
has been accorded a liberal clientele, and has successfully handled important
litigated interests. He is recognized as a ready and resourceful advocate and a
safe counselor and is well versed in the principles of Jurisprudence, clear and
concise in his presentation of a case, logical in his deductions and sound in
his reasoning.
Mr. Richards married Miss Marguerite Sexton, a daughter of Charles W. Sexton of
Minneapolis, and they have become the parents of a son, Sexton, and a daughter,
Marguerite Ann. Mr. Richards is a member of the Lincoln, Skylight, Lafayette,
Minne­apolis and Minikahda clubs and he is also president of the Harvard Club of
Minnesota and a member of Delta Upsilon, a college fraternity. He is an exponent
of all that is highest and best in his profession and is conceded to be one of
the most talented and also one of the most highly esteemed attorneys of
Minneapolis.