Amador
County
Biographies
WILLIAM H. RICHARDS
William
H. Richards, postmaster at Amador City and one of this community’s native born
citizens, has spent his life here and is numbered among its substantial and
progressive men. He was born on the 24th
of April, 1898, and is a son of Thomas and Carrie (Hambley)
Richards. His father was a native of
England, from which country he came to the United States in boyhood, locating
in Amador City, where he spent practically the remainder of his life. At the time of his death, in 1911, he was
superintendent of a mine in Old Mexico.
His wife, who died in 1907, was born and reared in Amador City. To them were born two sons and a daughter.
William
H. Richards was educated in the local schools to the age of sixteen years, when
he was compelled to go to work. He was
employed in the mines and the gold mills, following that line until his
appointment to his present position as postmaster, at which time he was serving
as an engineer at the mines. In 1928 he
was commissioned postmaster and at the same time took over the business which
he now handles in connection with his official duties. He carries a well selected stock of general
novelties and a full line of proprietary remedies and commands a large
trade. As postmaster he is careful and
painstaking in his efforts to render the highest quality of service.
Mr.
Richards was united in marriage to Miss Hilda Callaghan, who is a native of
England, but was reared in Colusa County, this state. He is a staunch Republican in his political
views and is a Native Son of the Golden West, being descended from old pioneer
stock. He is well liked by all who know
him, for he possesses to a marked degree those qualities which commend him to
the good opinion of his fellowmen, for he is a steady, hard-working man,
thorough in everything that he undertakes, and has proved well worthy of the
high place which he holds in public esteem.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Wooldridge, J.W.Major History of Sacramento Valley
California, Vol. 3, Pages 63-64. Pioneer Historical
Publishing Co. Chicago 1931.
© 2010
Gerald Iaquinta.
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