George H. Richards, M. D.


	This biography appears on pages 417-418 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				GEORGE H. RICHARDS, M. D.  

	Dr. George H. Richards, engaged in the practice of medicine and 
surgery at Clear Lake, was born on the 29th of April, 1879, at 
Melbourne, Ontario, Canada, his parents being Wilson and Emma Richards, 
the former a farmer by occupation. Both are still living. 

	In the public schools of his native country Dr. George H. 
Richards pursued his early education and afterward attended the 
Collegiate Institute of London, Ontario, from which he was graduated 
with the class of 1900. He pursued his professional course in Trinity 
University, the medical department of which was amalgamated with 
Toronto University during Dr. Richards' work there and immediately 
after completing his course in 1904 he entered upon the practice of 
medicine. He spent two years as an interne in a hospital and then took 
up the private practice of medicine at Wessington Springs, South  
Dakota, where he remained for two years. At the end of that time he 
secured a claim at Underwood, Pennington county, where he practiced for 
two years and then removed to Chamberlain, where he remained for a year 
and a half. In 1912 he took up his residence in Clear Lake, purchased 
property and is now permanently located there. He has been accorded a 
liberal share of the public patronage along the line of his profession 
and is well known as a capable physician and surgeon. He reads broadly, 
keeping in touch with the trend of modern thought and action in the 
line of his profession, and is a member of the Watertown District 
Medical Society, the South Dakota State Medical Society and the 
American Medical Association.  

	On the 29th of April, 1908, Dr. Richards was united in marriage 
to Miss Florence Moulton, a daughter of David and Nellie Moulton, 
representatives of old-time families of South Dakota, and they have one 
son, George, who was born November 19, 1913. Mrs. Richards is of the 
Catholic faith.  

	Fraternally Dr. Richards is a Mason, belonging to Phoenix Lodge, 
No. 129, A. F. & A. M., of Clear Lake, and he also has membership with 
the Modern Woodmen of America. His political allegiance is given to the 
republican party and he is a public-spirited citizen, devoted to every 
movement that tends to promote the substantial upbuilding of the 
community. He enjoys spending a leisure hour in fishing or in his motor 
ear, but his professional duties are his first interest and are ever 
performed with a conscientious recognition of the obligations that 
devolve upon him in that connection.