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Born 1865
From Centennial history of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio (1909), A Centennial biographical history of the city of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio .. (1901)
CLARENCE E. RICHARDS.
Clarence E. Richards, the subject of this sketch, is a member of the well known firm of Richards, McCarty & Bulford, architects, located in the Ruggery building, in Columbus. Ohio. He was born in Jackson, Michigan, February 22, 1865, and is the son of Ephraim G. and Louise (Shipman) Richards. The father of our subject was born in New York and moved to Michigan, where he settled and remained in the business of building and contracting in that city until 1870, then moved to Eldorado, Kansas, and followed the same line in that city until he retired from active work and moved to Columbus, where he still resides. Mr. Richards' mother died in Columbus February 17, 1901.
Our subject received a part of his education at Eldorado, Kansas, where the family lived from 1870 to 1888. When about seventeen years old he entered the normal school, preparing himself for teaching, which profession he followed for four years. In 1888 he came to Ohio and entered the employ of Edwin Anderson, an architect in Cincinnati, with whom he remained one year, going from there to Newark, Ohio, and following the profession of an architect there three years. In 1892 our subject came to Columbus and this proved a great advantage to him, as he was engaged as superintendent for the architect, J. W. Yost.
In 1897 Mr. Richards formed a partnership with J. E. McCarty and George Bulford, all three of the firm being skilled and practical architects and being one of the strongest associations of its profession in Columbus. It has made plans and specifications for many of the principal business blocks, dwellings and public buildings in Ohio and in other states, notable among them being the reform school buildings of Ohio and Kentucky.
Our subject has been married since July, 1900. his wife being Carrie, nee Humphreys, of Columbus, in which place she was born, reared and educated. She is the daughter of A. S. Humphreys, an old settler and much respected citizen.
Mr. Richards is well and favorably known in his profession, and is a member of the American Institute of Architects.
As printed in A Centennial biographical history of the city of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio .. (1901). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
CLARENCE E. RICHARDS.
Clarence E. Richards, a leading architect of Columbus, being the senior member of the firm of Richards, McCarthy & Bulford. was born in Jackson, Michigan, on the 22d of February, 1865. His grandparents were John L. and Betsy (Tillottson) Richards, the former born January 4. 1794, while the latter birth occurred in Massachusetts, December 2, 1797. John L. Richards passed away in Michigan in 1853, while his wife was called to her final rest on the 27th of November, 1838. Ephraim G. Richards, the father of Clarence E. Richards, was born in Genessee county, New York, in 1828, and in 1837 accompanied his father on the removal to Michigan. After attaining his majority he followed contracting in the Wolverine state, but in 1870 went to Kansas and the following year homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres in Butler county, that state, where he made his home until 1889. He now resides with his son, Clarence E. Richards, in Columbus, having reached the venerable age of eighty years. At Battle Creek, Michigan, he wedded Miss Louise M. Shipman, whose birth occurred in Genesee county. New York, in 1836. She was three years of age when brought by her parents to Battle Creek.
Clarence E. Richards attended the country schools of Kansas, the public schools of Eldorado, that state, and the State Normal University. From 1883 until 1886 he was engaged in teaching school in Butler county, Kansas, imparting clearly and readily to others the knowledge that he had acquired. In 1888 he removed to Newark, Ohio, joining his brother, Gary F., an architect of that city. On the expiration of twelve months he went to Cincinnati, taking a position in the office of Edwin Anderson, where he studied architecture for a year. He then returned to Newark, where he remained for four years and in 1892 came to Columbus, accepting the posi-
Google tion of superintendent of construction with the architectural firm of Yost & Packard, with whom he remained until 1897. At that time he organized the firm of Richards, McCarthy & Bulford, which has since been numbered among the most successful and prominent building concerns of Columbus. Their offices are located in the Ruggery building and their business extends over Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee. Some of the structures which stand as monuments to their architectural skill and ability are the buildings for the Institute for Deaf and the Boys' Industrial Reform School at Lancaster, and they have erected many important business blocks, churches, schools, private residences, etc. No higher testimonial could be given than is found in the character of the buildings which they have erected and their business is constantly increasing in volume and importance.
Mr. Richards has been married twice. In 1889, in Kansas, he wedded Miss MoUie E. Whiteside, who passed away in Columbus in 1893 and by whom he had a son, Clarence Earl, born in Newark in 1892. On the 17th of January, 1900, at Indianola, Florida, Mr. Richards was again married, his second union being with Carrie B. Humphreys, a native of Columbus and a daughter of A. S. and Martha (Moores) Humphreys. Her maternal grandfather, Henry Moores, came to Columbus in the 40s, while her father, A. S. Humphreys, a native of England, came here in the '60s. The latter conducted an art store in this city for many years but in 1898 went to Florida, having since made his home upon an extensive orange plantation, which he owns and operates. Unto Clarence E. and Carrie B. (Humphreys) Richards were born two children, namely: Alfred Humphreys, whose birth occurred in Columbus in 1902; and Louise Moores, born in 1904, whose demise occurred in 1906.
Mr. Richards is a devoted member of the Baptist church and also belongs to the Ohio Club, the Columbus Country Club and the old Northwest Genealogical Society. Both he and his wife are well known and highly es,- teemed throughout the community as people of genuine personal worth and sterling traits of character, having gained the confidence and regard of all with whom they have come in contact.
As printed in Centennial history of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio (1909). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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