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he removed to Cliadron. Neb., and in 1SS6 or^nized and beranif vice-president of the First Nalii.n.il kiiikal Chadrun and treasurer of Dawes county. Ti>e same year he organized the First National bank of Douglas, Wye. of which he was made president. He removed to Douglas, where he ensm£r«»d in banking, mining and stock- raising. He was a niemlier of the Wyoming con- stitutional convention of 1890 ; mayor of Douglas one term : commander of the Wyoming national guard ; a state .senator, 1892-93 ; Grand Master of Masons. 1^9") -96. :ind governor of Wyoming, lb9S-19<.rJ. He died in 1903.

KUHARDS, Ellen Henrietta, iducator, was born in Dunstable, M;iss., Dec. 3, 1842 ; daughter of Peter and Fanny Gould (Taylor) Swallow. Slie was grailuated from Vassar college, A.B., 1870. A.M.. 1873. and from the Massjichusetts Institute of Technology, S.B., 1873. She was marrie<l. June 6. 1875, to Professor Robert Hallo- well Riclsards (q.v.) She was instructor in the Woman's laboratory at the Institute. 1876-84 ; was ap{K)inted cliemist of the Manufacturers' Fire Insurance Co., was assistant chemist of the State Board of health for ten years, and chemist for ten years, and became interested in the domestic application of chemical principles. She w:is elected a member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers (being for twenty years the only woman member), and of other scientific bo»): Di'tnrii Computer (1901).

RICHARDS, Jonas De Forest, educator, was born in Hartford, Vt., Dec. 28, 1809 ; .son of Joel and Miriam (Smith) Richards, and grandson of Jonas Richards. He was graduated at Dart- mouth, A.B., 1836, A.M., 1839, and at Andover Theological seminary, 1840. He was married, Aug. 9. 1843, to Harriet Bartlett, daughter of William Jarvis of Weathersfield, Vt. He was ordained. May 26, 1841, and was pastor at Charles- town. N.H.. 1841-51; at Chester, Vt., 1853-57; at Weathersfield, Vt., 1857-62, and principal of the Female seminary, College Hill. Ohio, 1863- 65. He removed to Wilcox county, Ala., in 1865, where he was elected state senator, and was interested in large cotton plantations. In 1869 he accepted the chair of natural .sciences and astronomy in the University of Alabama, and became acting and alternate president of that institution, preceding the administration of William Ra<vsell Smith (q.v.). He died in Mobile. AI.1.. Dec. 2. 1872.

RICHARDS, Joseph Havens Cowles, educa- tor, was lK)rn in Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 8, 1851 ;

son of the Rev. Henry Livingstone and Cynthia (Cowles) Richards ; grandson of Dr. Willimu Samuel and Isabella (Mower) Ricliards of Gran- ville. Ohio, and of Rensselaer Watson and Laura (Kilbourne) Cowles of Worthington, Ohio ; great- grandson of Col. William Richards of New London, Conn., who fought at Bunker Hill, and died in 1831, and a descendant of John Richards, first mentioned in the records of Eele River, Plymouth, Mass., 1637. Being born shortly after the conversion of his father (up to that time a Protestant Episcopal clergyman of Columbus, Ohio), to the Roman Catholic faith, Havens was brought up in that faith ; attended the Catliolic schools of Jersey City, N.J., was a student at Boston college, 1869-72 ; was admitted into the Society of Jesus, 1872, and was graduated from Wood.stock college, Md., 1878. He was professor of physics at Georgetown college, 1878-83, and studied theology at Woodstock college, Md., 1883-87, being ordained priest in 1885. He was president of Georgetown university. D.C., 1888- 98. after which he engaged in religious work in Frederick, Md., Los Gates. Cal., and other places.

RICHARDS, Laura Elizabeth, author, was born in Boston. Mass., Feb. 27. 1850 ; daughter of Dr. Samuel Gridley and Julia (Ward) Howe (q.v.). She was named for Laura D. Bridgman (q.v.). She was educated at private schools in Boston, and was married in 1871 to Henry Rich- ards of Gardiner. Maine, where she subsequently made her home. She became widely known as a writer of stories for the young, the titles of which include: Sketches and Scraps (1881); Five Mice in a Mousetrap) (1883): 77*6 Joyous Story of Toto (1885); Toto's Merry Winter (\887); Queen Hilde- garde (1889); Captain January (1890); In My Nursery (1890) ; Hildegarde's Holiday ( 1891 ); Hilde- garde's Home (1892); \Mien I was Your Age (1893); Glimpses of the French Court (1893); Melody (1893); Marie (1894); Nautilus (1895); Jim of Hellas (1895); Five-Minute Stories (1895); Hildegarde's Neighbors (1895); Narcissa (1896); Some Sot/ (1896); Isle Heron (1896); TJiree Mar- garets (1897); Hildegarde's Harvest (1897): Rosin, the Beau (1898); Margaret Montfort (1898); LoveaJid Rocks (1898); Quicksilver Sue (1899); Peggy (1899); Rita (1900); For Tommy (1900); Snow Wliite (1900); Femby House {190\ ) ; Geoffrey Strotig (1901); Mrs. Tree (1902): The Hurdy-gurdy (1902).

RICHARDS, Matthias Henry, educator, was born in Philadelpliia. Pa., June 17, 1841 ; son of the Rev. John William and Andora (Garber) Richards. He was graduated from Pennsylvania college, Gettysburg. A.B., 1860. A.M.. 1863. B.D., 1864 ; and was ordained to the Lutheran ministry in 1864. He was married, June 14, 1866. to Sallie M., daughter of the Hon. Moses McClean of