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1. Jean Francois RICHARD . Supposedly, he was a consul at French consulate in Florence, Italy. Jean Francois RICHARD and Maria FERRY were married. On their son's marriage entry, Louis Joseph is listed as "the oldest son." So they apparently had more children. Jean Francois RICHARD and Maria FERRY had the following children:

3. Clementine Emelie RICHARD (Louis Joseph Francois-2, Jean Francois-1) was born on 7 Dec 1773 in St. Marc, Saint Domingue (Haiti). She was baptized on 20 Sep 1774 in St. Marc, Saint Domingue (Haiti).Clementine Emelie RICHARD and GAUTIER were married.

Louis Joseph (Francis II) RICHARD and "Colored" female "Eve"? had the following children:

6. Jean Baptiste (John William) RICHARD (Louis Joseph Francois-2, Jean Francois-1) was born on 9 May 1777 in St. Marc, Saint Domingue (Haiti). He was baptized on 5 Feb 1778 in St. Marc, Saint Domingue (Haiti). He died in 1811. Jean Baptiste (John William) RICHARD and Rebecah E. (Rebeca Isabella) HART were married on 3 Nov 1802 in Cowford (Jacksonville), Spanish East Florida. Rebecah E. (Rebeca Isabella) HART (daughter of William HART and Elizabeth STREETMAN) was born on 5 Jun 1784. She died on 15 Jun 1851 in Mandarin, Duval Co., Florida. Jean Baptiste (John William) RICHARD and Rebecah E. (Rebeca Isabella) HART had the following children:

7. Jean Charles (John Charles) RICHARD (Louis Joseph Francois-2, Jean Francois-1) was born on 5 Apr 1797 in South Carolina, Charleston area. He was baptized on 23 Jun 1799 in St. Augustine, Parish, St. Johns Co., Florida. He died on 10 Jul 1859 in Florida. Jean Charles (John Charles) RICHARD and Melinda Sherrod Sheffield TYSON were married on 24 Mar 1824 in Glynn Co., Georgia. Melinda Sherrod Sheffield TYSON (daughter of Judge Job TISON and Sidnah Rebecca Sherrod SHEFFIELD) was born on 15 Sep 1808. She died on 24 May 1889. Jean Charles (John Charles) RICHARD and Melinda Sherrod Sheffield TYSON had the following children:

19. Elizabeth Ann (Betsy) RICHARD (Jean Baptiste-3, Louis Joseph Francois-2, Jean Francois-1) was born on 2 Dec 1805 in South Bank, St. Johns River, East Florida. Elizabeth Ann (Betsy) RICHARD and BIGELOW were married.

21. Capt. John Charles RICHARD (Jean Charles-3, Louis Joseph Francois-2, Jean Francois-1) was born on 18 Jan 1827 in Glynn Co., Georgia. He died on 25 Feb 1905. He was buried in Crosby Lake Cemetery, Starke, Florida. Capt. John Charles RICHARD and Mary Anne Olmstead MORGAN were married on 30 Jun 1855 in Middleburg, Florida. Mary Anne Olmstead MORGAN was born on 25 Mar 1840 in Florida. She died on 13 Sep 1909. Capt. John Charles RICHARD and Mary Anne Olmstead MORGAN had the following children:

Capt. John Charles Richard was born on 18 January 1827 in Glynn County, Georgia.¹ He married Mary Ann Morgan, daughter of Solomon Morgan and Belinda G. Budington, on 30 June 1855.¹ Capt. John Charles Richard died on 25 February 1905 at age 78 in Florida.¹ He was buried on after 25 February 1905 in Crosby Lake Cemetery, Starke, Bradford, Florida.¹
Biographical Notes for Capt. John Charles Richard:
This information came from the web site of Mark McDonough at
http://webhost.bridgew.edu/m1mcdonough/ASouthernGenealogy/Texana%20Richard/RICHARD/CaptJohnCharles.htm

John Charles opend a mercantile store on Bay St. in Jacksonville, Fla. A few
years later he and George Pace opened a large store on Call St. in Starke, Fla.
After the surrender, Capt. Richard engaged in the cross tie and mill business at Lake Butler. In 1876 he was elected as a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention. In 1876 he was also elected to the State Senate fron the 15th Senatorial district. He was also a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1885, which is credited with writing the document that is still the basic structure of Florida grovernment. In 1887 he was elected to the House of Representatives.

A TERRIBLE SHOOTING AFFAIR
Capt, J.C. Richard Shot in The Head
By George C. Miller
On Sunday Morning--An Old Feud--Miller Sent To Jacksonville To Jail

On Sunday morning last ,Captan J.C. Richard, of this place, while talking in front or his house, was shot and badly wounded by Mr. Geo. C. Miller, of this place. Miller shot 4 times, but only one ball took effect, and that struck Richard in the head just above the nose and between the eyes, shattering the skull bone and lodging on one sie 'of the face over the cheek bone. The ball a 38-calibre, is not yet extracted. Richard fired one shot, it is said, after he was struck.
It seems that there has been a very unfriendly feeling existing between them for some time, owing to family affairs. Miller at once gave himself up to Deputy Sheriff Underhill, when he waived an examination and was conducted to Jacksonville for safekeeping by Deputy Underhill and R.M. Alvarez.
Miller's statement to the Jacksonville papers is a decidedly one-sided one and Captain Richard is yet too feeble to reply the true cause, and the blame cannot be located at this early date. It is rumored on the street that Richard requested that no harm be done Miller. The trial will probably come on at the fal lterm of court.
Captain Richard is a man of about 63 years, He has a large family of grown up children. He is a senior member of the firm of Richard & Pace; He was a member pf the'Constitutional Convention (of 1865 and 1885 )and has held several high offices of trust.
Mr. Miller is about 38 years old and has been in Starke most of the time the past 7 years. He was in the drug business here several years with Powell under the firm name of Powell & Miller. He has but lately returned from California where he spent a year. Since his return he has been doing odd jobs about town, and working his father's little orange grove just outside of town.
The Starke Telegraph, Aug, 27, 1887

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(EDITORIAL)

THE SHOOTING OF HON. J.C. RICHARD

We can recall no event occuring in this section of the State which caused a more wide spread feeling of regret than the recent shooting of Capt. Richard. The Captain is well known throughout the borders of the State and has a host of friends everywhere who love and admire him for the many excellent qualities of his generous nature. To attest his great personal popularity at home, we may say that from the moment he was wounded until it was definitely known that he was entirely out or danger, his home was crowded day and night with anxious friends.

Capt. Richard has been fully identified with the political history of Florida, his native state, for the past 30 or 40 years, having served in two State Constitutional Conventions and several terms in both branches of the Legislature. He also enjoys the reputation of a vigilant and brave military commander, having served throughout the entire war between the States, with distinction to himself and command, and honor to his section.

His name was favorably mentioned for Congress last year and his numerous friends in all sections of the State are now looking forward to his political promotion at no distant day.

The shooting of such a man as Capt. Richard was well calculated to excite a feeling or deep interest in his behalf in all sections of the country. Messages of warm sympathy have poured in upon him from all sections of the State and from many other quarters. Among the great number of friend who hastened to give expression to their warm sympathy and deep regrets by telegraph and letter, we may mention the following from abroad: R. C. Herberger, Washington, D. C., John F. Jackson, N. Y., J. E. Low, Green Cove, Gen. Edward Hopkins, Mrs. Dr. Murphy, Dr. J. N. Jones, Hon. T. A. MacDonald; Jacksonville, Dr. J. G. Hopkins, Thomasville, Ga; F. W. Simmons, Fernandina, G. P. Webb. Gainesville; Dr. C. A. Simmons, Hawthorne, Dr. James Chase, Bronson, and many others.
In concluding this brief notice of the Captain and his unexpected affliction, we are pleased to state that he will be able to be out and mingle with his friends again, and that he has borne with true spartan heroism his severe suffering.
The Starke Telegraph, Sept. 3, 1887

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CAPTAIN RICHARD PLAYED COLORFUL ROLE IN EARLY DAYS OF STARKE

John Charles Richard, a partner in Richard & Pace, the first large general merchandise store in Starke, was another early leader in the community who, like Dr. John L. GasKins, was the subject of a complimentary biography in "Memoirs of Florida," published by tbe Southern Historical Association of Atlanta in 1902. The Richard & Pace store was established here in the late 1850s, about the time that the railroad from Fernandina to Cedar Key was built through Starke.

The article states that Capt. John C. Richard was born on a farm near Brunswick, in Glynn County, Ga. in
January, 1827. He was descended from an "old and noble" Italian family. His grandfather, Don Luis Joseph Francis Richard, of Florence, Italy, when a high-spirited and ambitious youth, became involved in a "difficulty" with another young Italian, and a duel was fought with swords. Don Luis' adversary was killed in the duel and, as a result, the Richard (pronounced Richard') had to leave his native country hurriedly to avoid prosecution.

Don Luis joined a party of Italians who were bound for Bordeaux, France, where he remained for a
while and married, leaving later for San Domingo, where he operated a coffee plantation and owned numerous slaves. Just before the insurrection of the Negroes, which caused such havoc on the island, Richard decided to leave America. He managed to make way to Charleston, S.C. with slaves.

Several years later he and his family moved to St. Johns County in Florida, where they reared their four children. One of the sons, John Charles (the father of Capt. J. C. Richard) settled in Glynn County,
Georgia where he married Malinda Tison and became a prosperous farmer. He also entered public life, serving as clerk of the Circuit Court there for 20 years.

Capt. Richard, the second son of a large family of children, left Georgia as a young man, coming to Middleburg in Clay County, where he farmed and later became a successful merchant. In 1855 he was married to Mary Morgen, daughter of Sdomon and Belinda Buddington Morgen, who came to Florida in 1825. This family traces its ancestry back to James Morgan who came to this country from Bristol England in 1607, settling in Boston.

Shortly alter his marriage, Capt. Richard and his bride moved to Jacksonville where he opened a mercantile business on Bay Street and was later joined by George E. Pace. A few years later, Richard and Pace, perhaps, seeing the opportunity for growth in Starke following construction of the new railroad through here, connecting Fernandina and Cedar Key, came to Starke and established a large store next to the railroad tracks on the south side of Call Street. This location was the center of activity in those days, with the depot, post office, and a large hotel all in a cluster around the tracks.

With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Capt. Richard organized a volunteer company of militia, of which he was elected Captain. They were accepted and the command was ordered to Fernandina to be mustered in, becoming Company B of the First Florida Battalion.

Capt. Richard and his men saw much arduous service in tne campaigns in Virginia, participating in the battles of Wilderness, Cold Harbor, High Bridge, and Petersburg. At Petersburg Capt. Richard was severely wounded in his right arm by the blowing up of a mine. He and three other members of the Richard clan fought in the Battle of Olustee. Capt. Richard is also said to have been with General Robert E. Lee at the surrender in Appomatox.

After the surrender, Capt. Richard engaged in the cross tie and mill business at Lake Butler, which was then in Bradford County. In 1876 he was elected as a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention which earned the distinction of transacting all of its business in 13 dags. In 1876 he was elected to the State Senate from the 15t hSenatorial district serving in the upper house at the same time that Dr. Gaskins was in the House of Representatives.

Capt, Richard was also elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1885, which is credited with writing the document that is still the basic structure of Florida government. In 1885, Capt. Richard was elected to the House of Representatives, and Dr. Gaskins was elected to the Senate, reversing the positions they had previously held.

In her history of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Sandra Poynter Sanders says the first Episcopalian services in Starke were held in a cotton gin at Madison and Thompson Streets when Capt. Richard donated his half interest in the building to St. Mark's after his partner's interest had been purchased by the Missionary. This building was later moved to property on Church Street which had also been donated by Capt. Richard in 1892.

Capt. Richard was also one of the incorporators of the first public school in Starke under Statutes, 1883, Chapter 3509. No. 97. An act to incorporate an instituiion of Learning at Starke. Bradford County, Fla. under the name of Starke Institute.

There are many interesting anecdotes concerning Capt. Richard which indicate that he was a true grandson of his Italian ancestor. Don Luis. and that some of the same high-spirited blood that flowed during the long-ago duel still ran in his veins. One of these incidents, which made him somewhat of a legend in his own time, almost cost him his life. according to a story in the August 27, 1887 issue of The"The Telegraph", headlined "A Terrible Shooting Affair."

This and other incidents in the life of this public-spirited and high spirited man will be published later.

NOTES FROM THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY - STARKE, FLORIDA

John Charles Richard II, was connected with much of the early history of Florida. He was a member of the State House of Representatives, a State and a United States Senator. He was a member if the Constitutional Convention of 1885, one of the committee of eight men selected to draft the Constitution, and signed the present Constitution of the State ofFlorida. The Constitution was adopted 20 years after the Cicvil War, and it took that many years for the state to recover from carpetbegger and renegade slave rule. He is mentioned in "Carpetbagger Days" and several other books concerning that period.
When a young man he ran a store at Middleburg, Florida with his father's assistance, which supplied the plantations of East Florida with goods and equipment.¹

During his Military Service he: He organized a volunteer company of militia At the out break of the Civil War, of which hew was elected captain. He was with the 10th Florida Co. B Infantry, Company A and was discharged April 9, 1865 at Appomatox Court House.¹

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[S939] Research of others found on the internet. Files of Deborah Peavler

24. Jane Ann RICHARD (Jean Charles-3, Louis Joseph Francois-2, Jean Francois-1) was born in 1832. Jane Ann RICHARD and George Warren MITCHELL were married on 9 Dec 1850. George Warren MITCHELL (son of Nathaniel R. MITCHELL and Temperance Jordan WARREN) was born on 3 Mar 1830 in Toombs Co., Georgia. Jane Ann RICHARD and George Warren MITCHELL had the following children:

25. Job Tison RICHARD (Jean Charles-3, Louis Joseph Francois-2, Jean Francois-1) was born on 14 Mar 1834 in Florida. He died on 25 Nov 1877. He was buried across the road from the Richard Family Cemetery, Alachua Co., Florida. Job Tison RICHARD and Mary were married. Mary was born on 11 Sep 1838. She died on 22 May 1862. Job Tison RICHARD and Mary had the following children:

Job Tison RICHARD and Helena Augusta MORGAN were married on 10 Dec 1867. Helena Augusta MORGAN (daughter of Solomon MORGAN and Belinda Gates BUDINGTON) was born on 13 Oct 1847 in Middleburg, Florida. Job Tison RICHARD and Helena Augusta MORGAN had the following children:

27. Henri French RICHARD (Jean Charles-3, Louis Joseph Francois-2, Jean Francois-1) was born on 22 Apr 1838. She died on 26 Apr 1869. She was buried in Newnansville Cemetery, Alachua Co., Florida. Henri French RICHARD and William King BOSTON were married

28. Harney Napoleon RICHARD (Jean Charles-3, Louis Joseph Francois-2, Jean Francois-1) was born on 10 Oct 1840 in Florida. He died on 13 May 1898 in Richard Cemetery, Sugar Grove Plantation, Florida. He was buried in Richard Cemetery, Sugar Grove Plantation, Alachua Co., Florida. Harney Napoleon RICHARD and Virginia SASSER were married on 13 Jun 1866. Virginia SASSER (daughter of John SASSER and Elizabeth) was born in 1849 in Florida. She died in 1896. Harney Napoleon RICHARD and Virginia SASSER had the following children:

32. Victoria Lenora RICHARD. Victoria Lenora RICHARD and Seth BUNKER were married.

34. Judge, Capt. Joseph Robert RICHARD (Jean Charles-3, Louis Joseph Francois-2, Jean Francois-1) was born on 26 Jan 1825 in Glynn Co., Georgia. He died on 25 Nov 1877 in Alachua Co., Florida. He was buried in Richard Cemetery, OR He is buried in the Dekle Cemetery, Lake Butler. Judge, Capt. Joseph Robert RICHARD and Sophronia Antoinette MITCHELL were married on 8 Dec 1867 in Bradford Co., Florida. Sophronia Antoinette MITCHELL (daughter of John William Henry MITCHELL and Elizabeth MERSHON) was born on 20 Jul 1829 in Hancock Co., Georgia. She died on 13 Dec 1928 in Columbia Co., Florida. She was buried in Dekle Cemetery, Lake Butler, Florida. Judge, Capt. Joseph Robert RICHARD and Sophronia Antoinette MITCHELL had the following children:

50. Job Tison RICHARD Jr. (Job Tison-4, Jean Charles-3, Louis Joseph Francois-2, Jean Francois-1) was born on 17 Mar 1860. He died on 9 Sep 1928. Job Tison RICHARD Jr. and Martha L. (Mattie) FREEMAN were married. Martha L. (Mattie) FREEMAN was born in 1862 in Florida. She died on 28 Nov 1932.

Notes from Gloria Shannahan Straz;
Job Tison Richard and Mattie had a son Calisle Richard, who had 8 children.

Martha L. (Mattie) FREEMAN had a daughter when she married Job T. Richard. Her name was Nevada Freeman (adopted last name Richard). She was 1 year old in 1880 census. She married Napoleon Bonaparte Shannahan. Their son, Robert Arthur Shannahan is father of source Gloria Shannahan Straz of 4945 FM 1408; Jasper, TX 75951

56. Texana (Texas) RICHARD (Harney Napoleon-4, Jean Charles-3, Louis Joseph Francois-2, Jean Francois-1) was born in 1870 in Florida. She died in 1896. Texana (Texas) RICHARD and Rufus Erastus PARKER were married on 2 Dec 1886. Rufus Erastus PARKER (son of Hampton James Clayton PARKER and Amanda LANG) was born on 28 Oct 1861 in Georgia. He died on 4 Jul 1896. Texana (Texas) RICHARD and Rufus Erastus PARKER had the following children:

57. Caledonia (Donnie) RICHARD (Harney Napoleon-4, Jean Charles-3, Louis Joseph Francois-2, Jean Francois-1) was born in 1875 in Florida. She died in 1899. Caledonia (Donnie) RICHARD and Williamson Span HARRIS were married in 1897.

58. Virginia RICHARD (Harney Napoleon-4, Jean Charles-3, Louis Joseph Francois-2, Jean Francois-1) was born in 1877 in Florida. She died in 1968. Virginia RICHARD and Abramson (Alan) HERCULES were married in 1896. Abramson (Alan) HERCULES was born in 1864 in Ohio. He died in 1938.

69. Ira Fornella (Ivy) PARKER (Texana (Texas) RICHARD-5, Harney Napoleon-4, Jean Charles-3, Louis Joseph Francois-2, Jean Francois-1) was born in 1889. She died in 1949. Ira Fornella (Ivy) PARKER and Jonathan WEAVER were married. Jonathan WEAVER (son of Col. Milledge Brenan WEAVER and Amanda Louise Virginia WATSON) died in 1961 in St. Petersburg, Florida. He was born in 1879 in Edgefield Co, South Carolina. Ira Fornella (Ivy) PARKER and Jonathan WEAVER had the following children:

70. James Clayton PARKER (Texana (Texas) RICHARD-5, Harney Napoleon-4, Jean Charles-3, Louis Joseph Francois-2, Jean Francois-1) was born in 1890 in Florida. James Clayton PARKER and Alice PEELER were married. Alice PEELER was born in 1895 in Georgia. James Clayton PARKER and Alice PEELER had the following children:

71. Harney Napoleon PARKER (Texana (Texas) RICHARD-5, Harney Napoleon-4, Jean Charles-3, Louis Joseph Francois-2, Jean Francois-1) was born on 3 Apr 1892 in Alachua Co., Florida. Harney Napoleon PARKER and Louise HAMMOND were married.

72. Aubrey Otis PARKER (Texana (Texas) RICHARD-5, Harney Napoleon-4, Jean Charles-3, Louis Joseph Francois-2, Jean Francois-1) was born in 1894 in Florida. Aubrey Otis PARKER and Dicie NEWMAN were married. Dicie NEWMAN was born in 1894 in Florida. Aubrey Otis PARKER and Dicie NEWMAN had the following children:

80 ii. Herman L. PARKER was born in 1922 in Florida. He died in 1984 in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Footnotes

French Government. Ministry of Finance, compiler, Etat Detaille des Liquidations (Paris: The Royal Press, 1830).

Bruno Roselli, compiler, The Italians in Colonial Florida (St. Augustine, Florida?:, 1930's?). Copy held at the St. Augustine Historical Society.

The Historical Records Survey, Div. of Community Service Programs, WPA State Library Board, Tallahassee, Florida, August 1941.

John Charles Richard, "Notes and Observatins upon the Present Condition of Florida," (1848):.

Prepared by The Historical Records Survey, Div. of Community Service Programs, WPA State Library Board, Tallahassee, Florida, August 1941. "Juan Carlos Richard, about 2 years old. Baptized (at the Rivera de San Juan) June 23, 1799. Son of Luis Jose Francois Richard, native of Florencia, Italia, son of Juan and Maria Terry, and Genovieva Bianne, native of San Marcos, Isle de Santo Domingo, daughter of Antonio and Juana LeMoine.".

Richard Cemetery grave stones. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/fl/county/alachua/ACGS/Richard.

Richard, Francis II. Estate Papers.File No. 1756. Probate Records. Duval Co., Florida.

Lucy Amos Edwards, Genealogical Records Chairman, compiler, Grave Markers of Duval County, 1808-1916 (Jacksonville, Florida: Jacksonville Chapter, D.A.R., 1955).

Marriage certificate Josef Luis (Louis Joseph) Richard and Maria del Rosario Ferreira.

Rowland H. Rerick, Memoirs of Florida (Atlanta, Georgia: Southern Historical Association, 1902), p.664.

Claudia Chitwood Wheller, compiler, Of One Dozen Sassers (Orlando, Florida: Claudia C. Weller,), p.30.

Folks Huxford, compiler, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia (: Huxford Genealogical Society, 1982), Vol. 2, p. 319.

Wayne W. Wood, Jacksonville's Architectural Heritage, Landmarks for the Future (Jacksonville: University of North Florida Press, 1990's).

Margery Green and Joan /Bentley/, The Arlington Story (Arlington, Florida: The Arlington Volunteer Fire Dept. Auxiliary, 1959).

South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine. Vol. 29, No. 1. Jan, 1928.

Brent H. Holcomb, compiler, South Carolina Marriages 1688-1799 (:,). "Francis Joseph Richard, a citizen of South Carolina, but late of St. Domingo, West Indies, & wife Genevieve, 28 July 1796; Jacob Deveaux, Jr. & Peter Reigne, trustees; Barnwell Deveaux, Israel D. Deveaux, wit. Mar Set 2:523-526".

(Honorine) Genevieve Bianne /Richard/ will (1820), Wills and Appraisements, Book A, 1795-1829, County Clerk's Office, Camden County, Georgia.

Robert Bigelow Plantation 2006

The Richard Family

Descendants of Jean Francois RICHARD
(or Jean FRANCOIS dit RICHARD)

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Robert Bigelow Plantation 2006

The Richard Family

Descendants of Jean Francois RICHARD (or Jean FRANCOIS dit RICHARD)

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