Euphemia Johnson Richmond
Euphemia Johnson Richmond (maiden name: Guernsey) was born on July 28, 1825, in Guilford, New York, to Jonathan Guernsey and Frances Putnam. Her father was a physician who owned $5,000 of real estate by 1850. She grew up in Guilford, and she attended Oxford Academy.
 
She married Orson Richmond on August 5, 1846, and they had at least three children: Catherine, born around 1849; Mary, born around 1851; and Nelson, born around 1857. They lived in Guilford, and her husband worked as a farmer. By 1850, they owned $3,000 of real estate. A decade later, they owned $3,500 of real estate and $1,000 of personal property, and by 1870, they owned $9,000 of real estate and $3,500 of personal property. She published poems, stories, and at least a dozen novels under the pen names “Effie Johnson” and “E. J. Richmond.” She was a member of the Methodist church, and she supported the temperance movement.
By 1900, she and her husband were living in their daughter Mary’s household in Guilford. Her husband died on March 29, 1904, and she died in Guilford on February 10, 1918.
 
Image: Euphemia J. Richmond (courtesy Wikicommons)
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(821)Richmond, Euphemia J. ~ Guernsey, Euphemia J.1825-07-281918-02-10
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 9

  • (1787) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Euphemia J. Richmond, 6 February 1857
  • (1788) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Euphemia J. Richmond, 29 August 1860
  • (1789) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Euphemia J. Richmond, 8 December 1860
  • (1827) [associated with] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 19 February 1863
  • (1842) [associated with] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 18 December 1863
  • (1861) [associated with] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 30 July 1864
  • (1867) [associated with] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 26 October 1864
  • (1869) [associated with] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 27 January 1865
  • (1877) [associated with] ~ Francis M. Guernsey to Frances E. Doty, 29 May 1865

People - Records: 4

  • (821) Richmond, Euphemia J. is the [sibling of] (820) Guernsey, Francis M.
  • (821) Richmond, Euphemia J. is the [sibling-in-law of] (822) Doty, Frances Eugenia
  • (821) Richmond, Euphemia J. is the [aunt/uncle of] (886) Guernsey, Ella S.
  • (849) Brownell, Frances is the [parent of] (821) Richmond, Euphemia J.

Places - Records: 1

  • (776) [birth, death] ~ Guilford, Chenango County, New York

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SOURCES

1850, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; 1855 and 1865 New York State Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; High School Student Lists, 1821-1923; New York Death Index, 1852-1956, available from Ancestry.com; “E. J. Richmond” Wikipedia profile, available from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._J._Richmond.