Evert F. Richman

As printed in 1911

EVERT F. RICHMAN.

Evert F. Richman, a member of the Muscatine bar, making his home upon a farm in Bloomington township, was born in the city of Muscatine, September 25, 1845. His parents were J. Scott and Calista Ann (Hannaman) Richman, natives of Ohio and Indiana, respectively. The former was a son of Evert Richman, who at the time of his death was making his home in Ohio. He was a Methodist preacher and also served as a judge of the court. He died in middle life, while his wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary Scott, lived to be about seventy-six years of age. They had a large family, including Asbury, John Wesley, Hettie A., J. Scott, Abraham, DeWitt C. and William S. The maternal grandfather of Evert F. Richman was Robert L. Hannaman, a native of Ohio, who made the practice of law his life work. Removing to Illinois, he settled at Knoxville and there made his home to an advanced age. In early manhood he married Hannah Plummer and their children were: John Wesley, Calista Ann, Emma E., Ella F., William and George L.

J. Scott Richman, father of Evert F. Richman, was also a member of the bar. He came to Aluscatine in 1839 when Iowa was still under territorial rule, and continued in the active practice of his profession throughout the greater part of his life, being the oldest member of the Muscatine bar in years of continuous connection with the work of the courts. He died in May, 1908, at the very venerable age of eighty-eight years, having long survived his wife, who passed away when about sixty years of age. She was a member of the Methodist church, and although not identified with any church, the moral forces in the life of Mr. Richman were such as made him most honored and esteemed by all who knew him. For a number of years he served as judge of the district court, succeeding Judge Dillon, and his decisions, strictly fair and impartial, adorn the judicial records of the state.

Evert F. Richman was one of two sons who lived to years of maturity, but his brother, Clayton S., is now deceased. Spending his youthful days in Muscatine, Evert F. Richman attended the public schools of this city and afterward became a student in Lombard University at Galesburg, Illinois. He enlisted for service in the Civil war, becoming adjutant of the Forty-fourth Iowa Infantry,, and did active duty at the front. Following the war he married and then opened an office in Muscatine for the practice of law; in the same year he was admitted to the bar. He has since remained in this city with the exception of a period of twelve years, and is one of the best known and most able representatives of the legal profession in his native county. Earnest effort, close application and intuitive wisdom are strong points in his success. He seems to lose sight of no fact that will bear upon his case and yet never for a moment fails to give due relative prominence to the main point upon which the decision of every case finally turns. His deductions are thoroughly logical and his arguments convincing, and while his devotion to his client's interests is proverbial, he never forgets that he owes a still higher allegiance to the majesty of the law.

On the 26th of September, 1865, Mr. Richman was married to Miss Ida L. Hoppin, a daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (McConnelly Hoppin. They have become parents of a daughter and son: Calla, the wife of Clayburn B. Yandell of Seattle, Washington, by whom she has three children: Louise, Patricia and Hayes; and Charles J., who married Janet Dallas and is an accountant. The family is well known in Muscatine and throughout the county, where the name of Richman has been a familiar and honored one for more than seventy years.

As printed in History of Muscatine County, Iowa, from the earliest settlements to the present time; (1911). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.