Bandera County Texas Archives Photo group.....Richards - 3 Generations c. 1908
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Diane Richards cdr1@ev1.net October 19, 2004, 1:12 pm

Source: Richards Family Collection
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>From Left to Right:
Andrew Jackson Richards  / father of Henry Birdo "Red" Richards
Conley Henry Richards, Sr. / child of Henry Birdo and Mattie Richards
Ollie Mae Richards [Hirsch] / child of Henry Birdo and Mattie Richards
Mattie Lee Brewster Richards / wife of Henry Birdo, mother of the children
Roy Lee Richards / child of Henry Birdo and Mattie Richards
Henry Birdo Richards / son of Andrew Jackson and Susan Summerlin Richards
Mandolin Birdo Richards / son of Henry Birdo and Mattie Richards


Additional Comments:
The Richards family owned a ranch of just over 500 acres near Pipe Creek, Texas 
in Bandera County in the very early 1900s through about 1960. Its original 
function was as a wintering ground for the family circus founded by Andrew 
Jackson Richards who was born in Carroll County Georgia in 1847. This traveling 
show was in operation through 4 generations of family members in various forms, 
sizes, under several names and was most commonly known as the Richards Brothers 
Show. It has been said the family used some of the show animals to plow fields 
on the Bandera County ranch. 

Records and tradition indicate that Andrew Jackson retired to Alabama leaving 
the reins of the show to his son, Henry Birdo who died in 1918 and his wife, 
Mattie Lee, in 1919, both of TB. Both are buried in the Boerne Cemetery.

Documentation on file: U.S. Census records, photo documentation, death records, 
family letters, cemetery records, birth records, social security records, 
military record, oral tradition - primary, oral tradition - secondary, 
newspaper clippings, Estate records and others. 


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