W. M. RICHARDS

W. M. was born in 1834 in ,Tennessee.¹   W. M.'s father was Charles L. RICHARDS and his mother was Belzy UNKNOWN. He had seven brothers and two sisters, named W. H., Zedekiah R., John P., Henry H., Reuben, Doctor F., Michael Elijah, Virginia Mary and Michel Louisa.  He was the second oldest of the ten children.