General Notes

ROLLA EVERETT RICHMOND was born 21 July 1898 in Noble Township, Richland County, Illinois, USA.  He was the first son of Rolla Wrightson Richmond and Nancy Frances Maglone.  His early years were in Noble, Illinois, where his grandparents and many aunts and uncles also lived.  But in 1906, when Everett was 8 years old, his father took a homestead claim near Minot, North Dakota.  After proving up on the claim they stayed at Rover, Missouri (east of West Plains) for a year while his father worked out on other farms.  Then they stayed two months at Elk City, Oklahoma before returning to North Dakota.  From 1910 to 1918 they farmed in North Dakota, but finding very little profit in it they left North Dakota in October 1918 and drove in a Jeffrey car to Cle Elum, Washington.  A year later the family moved to Oregon, settling for about three years in Wapinitia, Wasco County, Oregon, USA.

On 16 Oct 1921, Everett married his wife, Alma May Powell, daughter of local farmer John Melvin Powell and his wife, Della Alice White.  They got married in the Wapinitia Church, on a Sunday after a regular church service.  For a joke, the congregation sang the hymn, "O for the touch of His hand on mine." 

Soon after they were married, in 1922, they left Wapinitia and moved a few miles away to Maupin, Wasco County, Oregon, USA (this was partly because Maupin received electricity ahead of many of the other communities in Wasco County, Oregon).  It was in Maupin that they raised their six children.

Everett owned and operated Richmond's Garage in Maupin, along with his father and brother (and later two of his sons).  He died of congestive heart failure on 25 April 1983, and was buried 3 days later in Kelly Cemetery.  Alma lived in Maupin a number of years following her husband's death, but as her own health began to deteriorate she moved up to Seattle to be with her daughter. In 1990 Alma died in Seattle, and she was buried 6 days later in Kelly Cemetery, next to her husband Everett.

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  Burial Notes

Kelly Cemetery, on Juniper Flat, near Maupin, OR (Block 26, Lot 4, Grave 6)

  Recorded Events in His Life

• He worked as an Owner, Richmond's Garage.

• Nickname: Everett.

• He appeared on the 1900 US Federal Census on 7 June 1900 in Noble Township, Richland County, Illinois, USA. ⁴
  

Census (07 June 1900) — Noble Township, Richland County, Illinois, USA

Dwelling Number; Family Number; Name; Relation; Race; Gender; Birth Month and Year; Age; Marital Status; Number of Years Married;
Mother of How Many Children; Number of Children Still Living; Birthplace; Father's Birthplace; Mother's Birthplace; Occupation;
Months Not Employed
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179 183 Jewett, Elias       Head*      W  M   Oct  1845   54  M  22      Pennsylvania        Pennsylvania   Pennsylvania           Farmer        0
        ------, Lucinda     Wife†      W  F   Dec  1846   53  M  22 3 2  Victoria Australia  Massachusetts  Van Demans Australia  
        ------, Fred E.     Son        W  M   Oct  1881   18  S          Iowa                Pennsylvania   Iowa                   Farm laborer  4
        Richmond, W. W.     S. Son     W  M   July 1867   32  W   3      Iowa                New York       Victoria Australia     Teamster      5  
        Cheek, Elizabeth    Ward       W  F   Un   1892    8  S          Illinois            unknown        unknown
        Moore, J.B.B.W.     F. in Law  W  M   Feb  1809   91  W          Massachusetts       England        Connecticut

180 184 Richmond, Rollie W. Head**     W  M   Aug  1870   29  M   3      Iowa                New York       Victoria Australia     Farm laborer  3
        --------, Nancy M.  Wife       W  F   Dec  1871   28  M   3 1 1  Illinois            Indiana        Pennsylvania
        --------, Everett   Son        W  M   July 1898    1  S          Illinois            Iowa           Illinois  

185 189 Wood, Malissa       Head***    W  F   July 1844   55  W  29 6 4  Illinois            Tennessee      Illinois
        ----, Alwilda       Daughter   W  F   Feb  1874   26  S          Illinois            Ohio           Illinois               Domestic      0
        ----, James M.      Son        W  M   June 1876   23  S          Illinois            Ohio           Illinois               Farm laborer  4
        ----, Wm. B.        Son        W  M   June 1882   18  S          Illinois            Ohio           Illinois               Farm laborer  4
        ----, Carrie B.     Daughter   W  F   Apr  1884   16  S          Illinois            Ohio           Illinois               Domestic      0

*owns farm free   **rents home   ***owns farm, mortgaged   †Number of years married originally written as 34, but crossed out and corrected to 22
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Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Noble, Richland, Illinois; Roll: T623 338; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 124.

• He was described as Medium height, medium build, blue eyes, red hair on 12 September 1918 in Plaza, Mountrail County, North Dakota, USA. ³

• He resided at R3 in Plaza, Mountrail County, North Dakota, USA on 12 September 1918. ³

• He worked as a Farm Laborer on 12 September 1918 in Plaza, Mountrail County, North Dakota, USA. ³

• He appeared on the 1920 US Federal Census on 20 January 1920 in Wapinitia, Wasco County, Oregon, USA. ⁷ Wapinitia, Wasco County, Oregon, USA (age 21)

• He appeared on the 1930 US Federal Census on 3 April 1930 in Maupin, Wasco County, Oregon, USA. ⁸ Maupin, Wasco County, Oregon, USA (age 31)

• Gallery: A delayed birth certificate was issued for Everett in 1941 in Noble, Richland County, Illinois, USA. Since both his parents were deceased by then, Everett's uncle William signed the birth certificate.

• His Social Security Number was 544-34-8273; issued in Oregon, issued before 1951. ⁹

• He was buried at the Kelly Cemetery in Juniper Flat, Wasco County, Oregon, USA on 28 April 1983.