Michael Elijah RICHARDS

Michael Elijah was born in 1851 in Forest Hill, Crawford, Missouri.¹   Michael Elijah's father was Charles L. RICHARDS and his mother was Belzy UNKNOWN. He had seven brothers and two sisters, named W. M., W. H., Zedekiah R., John P., Henry H., Reuben, Doctor F., Virginia Mary and Michel Louisa.  He was the second youngest of the ten children.