Biography of Simon Prince Richmond - Summers Co. WV


The History of West Virginia, Old and New 
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., 
Chicago and New York, Volume III, 
pg. 454-455


SIMON PRINCE RICHMOND has followed the profession 
of shorthand reporter for over twenty years. In that field 
he has received real distinction by the skill, thoroughness 
and reliability of his work. His service has been by no 
means local. He has reported conventions and court pro- 
ceedings in many of the sections of his home state and in 
assemblies throughout the country.
Mr. Richmond was born on a farm in Summers County, 
West Virginia, January 20, 1870, son of Enos R. and 
Catharine (Walker) Richmond. His father is still living, 
and they descended from William Richmond, who came 
from England and settled in Norfolk, Virginia, but soon 
after the Revolutionary war, removed to New River Falls, 
in what is now Raleigh County, West Virginia.
Simon Prince Richmond had to work on his father's 
farm a few years before and even while he was in his first 
year in the common schools. He is one of the men who has 
gone beyond his early environment, has overcome adversity 
and difficulties in his path of achievement, and has made all 
his opportunities. He completed his early education by at- 
tending the Concord Normal School at Athens during 1889, 
and at the age of sixteen taught his first term of school 
in his native county. He continued teaching for fifteen 
years, and after a term of from three to five months each 
winter spent the rest of the year on the farm.
Mr. Richmond moved to Charleston in 1901, in which 
years he graduated in shorthand and typewriting at the 
Capital City Commercial College. He also studied law, 
beginning in 1907, was admitted to the bar in 1910, and 
for several years did office practice in the offices of Brown, 
Jackson & Knight at Charleston, one of the most prominent 
law firms of West Virginia, and the firm with which he 
began his career of stenographer soon after graduating from 
commercial school. In 1921 he withdrew from this firm and 
became associated with Charles V. Price and Ben D. Keller, 
a shorthand firm with offices in the Boyce Building. These 
three men are official reporters for the Circuit Court of 
Fayette and Nicholas counties, and also for the Circuit 
Court of Webster, Braxton and Gilmer counties, and they 
do the reporting for the Criminal Court of Raleigh County. 
The firm conducts a general shorthand reporting business, 
and handle a large volume of special work for conventions 
and associations.
This has been the particular field of Mr. Richmond for 
many years, and he is the official reporter for the State 
Pharmaceutical Association of West Virginia, for the State 
Bar Association and for a number of years has been the 
assistant secretary and official stenographer for the Farm- 
ers' National Congress. He reports all the annual proceed- 
ings of this congress and prepares the reports for publica- 
tion. Mr. Richmond is a Knights Templar and Scottish 
Rite Mason and a Shriner.
He married Miss Sarah Pink. They have four children: 
Justus O., T. Carter, Percy P. and Gladys.


Submitted by Valerie F. Crook <vfcrook@earthlink.net> 

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