Samuel Whitney Richards

Samuel Whitney Richards (1824-1909) was born 9 Aug. 1824 in Richmond, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. He was the son of Phineas Richards and Wealthy Dewey. He married Mary Heskin Parker about 1846; participated in plural marriage. He was baptized in Nov. 1838. He served alongside Wilford Woodruff in various church and community positions from 1850 through 1897. He died 26 Nov. 1909 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah.

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Samuel Whitney Richards (KWJC-NL7), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 23 Nov. 2022). Samuel Whitney Richards, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/samuel-whitney-richards, accessed 23 Nov. 2022). “Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959 / Book C, 1894 April 27-1906 October 16,” entry for Saml. Whitney Richards, p. 7, image 8/252, CR 301 22; Church History Library (https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/, accessed 23 Nov. 2022). "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 14 Nov. 2022); Phineas Richards and Wealthy Dewey, marriage, 24 Feb. 1818, Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, p. 100; citing Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, image 57/358; DGS 7579502. Mary P. Richards, “Mary P. Richards diaries, 1846-1848,” image 3/16, MS 1837; Church History Library (https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/, accessed 23 Nov. 2022). "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 23 Nov. 2022); Samuel Whitney Richards, 26 Nov. 1909, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah, p. 378; citing Salt Lake County Management and Archives, image 379/426; DGS 4139806.