The full biographical sketch as printed, transcribed from the public-domain book. Spelling and wording are the original author’s; a few scanning errors may remain.
LEVITICUS TILTON RICHMOND.
Le\-iticus Tilton Riclunond, casliier of the First National Bank and Farmers" and Miners' Savings Bank of Albia, Iowa, was born on a farm in Cedar township, Monroe county, Iowa, June ii, 1861, the son of Samuel and Sarali A. (Bell) Richmond, both sides being Irish stock. His father was born in Trimble county, Kentucky, November 22, 1822, and was reared in Kentucky, where he was married, his wife being a native of Kentucky. I'^rom this state they removed to Indiana, where they resided near Bedford for a few years and in the fall of 1844 came to Burlington, Iowa, and the next year went to Davis county, Iowa, and in the spring of 1846 came to Monroe county and settled in Cedar town- ship, where the father still resides, hut the mother died in February, 1897. He has been a farmer and miller, 1)eing a millwright by trade.
Leviticus Tilton Richmond was reared on a farm and was the eighth of a famil}- of ten children, one son and a daughter being younger than he; there is only one daughter in the family. His early education was obtained in country schools, afterward at Central University at Pella, Iowa, being there from 1877 to 1880. In 1880 he taught in the academy at Knoxville for six terms. He had previously taught and by attending school and teaching alternately had educated himself. His first teaching was in the pul)lic schools of Monroe county, and his first term was taught in 1878, when just past eighteen. In March, 1882, he began reading law under the late W. .\. Nichole, of Albia ; was admitted to the bar in May, 1883. He at once began the practice of law in Albia.
Mr. Richmond is a Democrat and as such was appointed deputy sheriff in 1884. He was elected sheriff in 1885 for a short term and in 1886 was re-elected and held office till January i, 1888, when he re- sumed the practice of law. For five months he served as mayor of Albia,
being appointed \)\ the council, of which body he was a memlier; he was a councihnan for fcjur years. I-'or four years he was a member of the board of trustees for the Industrial School f(3r the Blind at Knoxville, Iowa, through appointment by the general assembl}-. He practiced law up to January, 1899, when he was made cashier of the First National Bank and in October. 1901. when the Farmers' and Miners" Savings Bank was organized, he became its cashier.
He was married November 18, 1885. to Lizzie \\'. Malone. a native of Maryland, and a daughter of James and Mary (Coughlin) Malone. natives of Ireland, and who came to Monroe countv in 1870, and died here. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Richmond are: Francis H., Wil- liam T.. and Thomas B. The family are members of the Roman Catho- lic church.
Source: Biographical and genealogical history of Appanoose and Monroe counties, Iowa. See the original pages at the Internet Archive.
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