Barton County, Missouri Biographies-Frederick Richards

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri,  published by Goodspeed, 1889;  Pg. 937  
Barton County Section

Frederick Richards, deceased, a well-to-do farmer and stonemason, was born in Germany
in 1829, and in 1851 left his native land and came to the United States, locating in 
Decatur, Ill., where he resided until 1867, when he came to Barton County, Mo., and 
here died in February, 1884.  He was an industrious, intelligent and successful farmer, 
and was quite fortunate in the accumulation of worldly goods.  He was a member of the 
I. O. O. F., and served one term as collector of Barton County.  He was married in 
Decatur, Ill., in 1855, to Miss Louisa Koehler, whose native birthplace was New York 
City, her birth taking place in 1837.  Her parents, John W. and Martha Koehler, were 
both Germans, who came to the United States in 1836, and resided in New York City one 
year.  They afterward moved to Decatur, Ill., and, in 1868, came to Barton County, 
where Mr. Koehler died in 1869.  His wife is yet living.  To Mr. And Mrs. Richards were
 born the following children: A. L., John W., Clara O., Emma; Sophia, wife of Newton 
Black; Christopher C., Charles, Frederick and Ollie.  In 1884 Mrs. Richards moved to her
present farm, about fourteen miles west of Lamar.  It contains 460 acres, and is in 
Central and Ozark Townships.  

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