Antoine Richards, 1798–1892?> (aged 94 years)
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Death
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Note: Died of pneumonia |
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Address: Reed cemetery |
father |
1750–1809
Birth: 1750
— France Death: 1809 — Sparta, Monroe Co, Wisconsin, USA |
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mother |
1759–1809
Birth: January 6, 1759
60
— Soulanges, Quebec, Canada Death: 1809 — Massena, St Lawrence Co, New York, USA |
elder brother |
1789–1856
Birth: July 28, 1789
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30
— Racket River, St Lawrence Co, New York, USA Death: 1856 — Sparta, Monroe Co, Wisconsin, USA |
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17 months
elder brother |
1790–1855
Birth: 1790
40
30
— Racket River, St Lawrence Co, New York, USA Death: 1855 |
8 years
himself |
1798–1892
Birth: April 3, 1798
48
39
— Racket River, St Lawrence Co, New York, USA Death: April 10, 1892 — Massena, St Lawrence Co, New York, USA |
21 months
younger brother |
1799–1878
Birth: 1799
49
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— Racket River, St Lawrence Co, New York, USA Death: November 7, 1878 — Louisville, St Lawrence Co, New York, USA |
3 years
younger brother |
1801–1850
Birth: August 15, 1801
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— Racket River, St Lawrence Co, New York, USA Death: 1850 |
3 years
younger sister |
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3 years
younger sister |
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3 years
younger sister |
father |
1750–1809
Birth: 1750
— France Death: 1809 — Sparta, Monroe Co, Wisconsin, USA |
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father’s partner |
himself |
1798–1892
Birth: April 3, 1798
48
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— Racket River, St Lawrence Co, New York, USA Death: April 10, 1892 — Massena, St Lawrence Co, New York, USA |
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Marriage | Marriage — 1820 — Massena, St Lawrence Co, New York, USA |
2 years
son |
1822–1859
Birth: February 1822
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— Massena, St Lawrence Co, New York, USA Death: March 15, 1859 |
3 years
daughter |
1824–1887
Birth: 1824
25
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— Massena, St Lawrence Co, New York, USA Death: December 31, 1887 |
4 years
daughter |
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10 months
daughter |
1828–1895
Birth: May 12, 1828
30
23
— Massena, St Lawrence Co, New York, USA Death: October 29, 1895 |
4 years
son |
1832–1901
Birth: April 14, 1832
34
27
— Massena, St Lawrence Co, New York, USA Death: November 21, 1901 — Barron, Barron Co, Wisconsin, USA |
3 years
son |
1835–1862
Birth: August 5, 1835
37
30
— Massena, St Lawrence Co, New York, USA Death: October 3, 1862 |
3 years
daughter |
1838–1915
Birth: January 17, 1838
39
32
— Massena, St Lawrence Co, New York, USA Death: March 18, 1915 |
3 years
son |
1841–1862
Birth: May 7, 1841
43
36
— Massena, St Lawrence Co, New York, USA Death: September 23, 1862 |
17 months
daughter |
1842–1920
Birth: September 18, 1842
44
37
— Massena, St Lawrence Co, New York, USA Death: May 30, 1920 |
3 years
daughter |
1845–1928
Birth: December 28, 1845
47
40
— Massena, St Lawrence Co, New York, USA Death: February 18, 1928 — Hermon, St Lawrence Co, New York, USA |
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Death |
Died of pneumonia |
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Source: S3 Antoine Richards, 1 of 10 children, was born in Clinton, Huron County, Ontario, Canada on 3 April 1798. He was baptized one week later on April 10th (one source says in Quebec, another says near Chazy, NY). His father was François Richards with probable middle names of Charles and Louis. His mother was Marie Josephte Martin, St Jean, or Bource. Antoine said that his father was Col. Richards who came over from France and fought with Lafayette in the Revolutionary War. He grew up near Chazy. He worked for a while as a "white water man", riding rafts of logs which he guided down the Saint Lawrence River through the Long Sault Rapids to a lumber mill (probably in Montreal). In 1820, Antoine married Sarah Fields, daughter of Robert Fields and Catherine Cook. (Sarah was born 20 Jan 1805 in Canada). The Fields family moved to Massena, NY in 1814 when Sarah was 9. Antoine and Sarah (referred to by their grandchildren as Antoine and Sally) moved to Massena, Saint Lawrence County, New York in 1822. They had 10 children, all (except maybe Chapman) born in Massena:
Antoine could not read or write, and signed all legal documents with an X. In July 1844 he owned 14 acres of land valued at $42, for which he paid 56 cents in taxes. In 1855 and 1860 he sold land in Massena. In 1857 he bought land in Massena. In the 1860 census, he was a laborer with an estate valued at $250. France and his mother born in Canada. According to a note at the Massena Museum, Antoine was a nice, clean man who lived where A. Clemmons did. Antoine was a strong man. He told Carl Richards [his grandson] that in his younger days, it was his annual duty to carry two bushels of corn (or wheat) on his shoulder, 8 miles through the woods to the grist mill, then carry the flour back home. This was the family’s winter’s food supply. Corn, from which they made corn meal was their staple food. In middle age he was a big rawboned man, over 6 feet tall and powerful. Carl took his grandfather, Antoine to see his first train at Massena Springs, NY when the railroad was completed in 1886. (at this time Carl was 18, and Antoine was 88) Antoine had most of his teeth up to the time of his death. As an old man he could still crack hickory nuts with his teeth. Antoine died of pneumonia at age 94 on 10 Apr 1892 in Massena, 11 days after his wife died. He is buried beside her in Massena’s Reed Cemetery. His name on the gravestone reads Antwine Richards providing a clue as to how people in Massena pronounced his name. The Massena Cemetery Index Cards list his father as Francis (Canada) and his mother as Rachael Bush (US). In the summer of 1840 the census lists: Speculation based on 1840 census: Antoine and Sally had a daughter born in 1830 (based on age 5-10 girl in 1840 census, and the fact that the mother had children about every 2 years except for a gap in 1830) |
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Antoine Richards |
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Antoine and Sally Richards |