Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Richards, John P. 1827 - 
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Author: Warner, Beers & Co.

   JOHN P. RICHARDS, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Seneca County, Ohio,
February 27, 1827. He is a son of James and Matilda (Pearl) Richards. His father
was born in New Hampshire August 10, 1791, his mother in Virginia July 27, 1797,
and were married in Pike County, Ohio, December 21, 1817. His maternal
grandfather, John Pearl, with his family, removed to Pike County, Ohio, in 1800,
and died there. The parents of our subject located in Seneca County, Ohio, about
1825, in 1830 removed to Pike County, thence, in 1834, to Ross County, and
finally, in 1848, came to Hardin County and lived for two years in Pleasant
Township. In 1851, they came to Buck Township and bought fifty acres of land, on
which they resided till their decease. Mr. Richards died December 4, 1868, and
his wife on March 31, 1872. Mr. Richards was a local minister in the Methodist
Episcopal Church for thirty-five years. He was the father of ten children, five
living, of whom our subject is the fifth. Our subject was married, March 27,
1851, to Sarah M. Harbison, born September 18, 1832, a daughter of Matthew and
Sarah (McCoy) Harbison. Her father was born in North Carolina December 12, 1796;
died in 1849, aged fifty-three years. Her mother was born in South Carolina
April 23, 1800, and is still living. They removed to Greene County in 1835, and
to Hardin County in 1842, settling in Pleasant Township, where Mr. Harbison
died. Mr. and Mrs Richards have had two children. one son living-Marion F., born
October 20, 1858, married to Viola Butler, by whom there are two children, Neva
Blanche and Pearl; and Jessie B., born January 19, 1873, died May 5, 1879. Mr.
Richards and his wife have belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church fur forty
years. Mr. Richards is a member of the Grange, with which he has been
prominently connected since its organization. He has served as Township Trustee
and Treasurer for one year.

Additional Comments:
Bucks Township

Excerpt from

"The History of Hardin County, Ohio"
           containing
A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES,
 SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY
   RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT
         MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY;
             HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS
                  MATTERS, ETC., ETC.

              CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO.
                          1883

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