BIO: Daniel RICHARDS, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 368-369.
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  DANIEL RICHARDS, who has devoted the larger part of his business life to 
farming and lumbering in Clearfield county, Pa., is one of the substantial 
men of Boggs township and a highly respected resident of Wallaceton.  He was 
born in Boggs township, February 8, 1853, and is a son of James and Susan 
(Dickson) Richards.
  James Richards was one of the old and representative farmers and lumbermen 
of Boggs township, coming to this section in his youth.  He married Susan 
Dickson, and they had the following children born to them:  Howard, John, 
George, James, Sarah and Tamer, twins, Myrtle, Cyrus, Daniel, Kirt, Emma, and 
Velma.  Of these, John, James, Sarah and Tamer, are all deceased.  Sarah was 
the wife of Alexander Gwynn; Tamer was the wife of Jacob Ulrich; Myrtle was 
the second wife of Alexander Gwynn; Emma is the wife of Robert White, and 
Velma is the wife of Mathew Askey.  James Richards and wife were members of 
the Methodist Episcopal church.
  Daniel Richards obtained the usual amount of schooling that was afforded 
boys in the section in which he was reared, the most of them, like himself, 
being needed early to assist on the home farms.  Mr. Richards owns a valuable 
farm of ninety acres situated in Boggs township, together with two houses and 
four lots in the village of Wallaceton, all excellent property.  He has 
served six years as a member of the Wallaceton School Board, and served also 
for six years on the borough council.  He was reared in the Republican party, 
his father always having given it support after its organization, and he has 
continued his affiliation with the same.
  In 1877 Mr. Richards was married to Miss Amelia Sloan, who died December 6, 
1901.  She was the daughter of Charles and Barbara (Stoner) Sloan, who came 
from Lancaster county to Clearfield county.  They had two children:  Amelia 
and Elizabeth, the latter of whom married Jacob Dimling.  Mr. Richards was 
married, second, February 24, 1904, to Mrs. Mary A. (Wetzel) Turner, widow of 
George Turner, and a daughter of Daniel and Susannah (Cowder) Wetzel.  The 
parents of Mrs. Richards were born in Lancaster county but their parents 
moved to Clearfield county when they were children.  They had three children:  
George, Mary A. and Daniel W.  Mrs. Richards owns a farm of fifty acres and 
also a comfortable house with barn situated in Wallaceton.  She is an active 
member of the Methodist Episcopal church, while Mr. Richards belongs to the 
Presbyterian church.  He is interested in the Grange, at Blue Ball, and is 
connected with the Odd Fellows at Clearfield.