Clarence Lester Richmond, Sr (1895 - 1981): Robin's Roots

1895 - 1981 (Age 85)

Person ID: I20094 | Tree: Robin | Last Modified: 8 Jul 2020

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Name	Clarence Lester Richmond [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
Suffix	Sr
Born	30 Nov 1895 Bradley Co, TN [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13]
Gender	Male
Died	25 Jan 1981 Cleveland, Bradley, TN [2, 11, 12]
Buried	Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley, TN [11]
	FindAGrave Memorial 39692853; Portrait in military dress uniform. Very simple in-ground marker in family plot, plus an in-ground military marker with the inscription "Cpl US Marine Corps, World War I"
Cause of Death	Congestive Heart Failure
Notes	My grandfather, Clarence Richmond, kept a diary during his time in the U.S. Marines during World War 1 - including his time on the battlefront. He then expanded it into a memoir that tells quite a remarkable story, and has several poignant passages. In 1997, I published it online at http://www.robinrichmond.com/wardiary/ He arrived at the front toward the end of the epic Battle of Belleau Wood, earned the Distinguished Service Cross and other medals at the Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge, and participated in the decisive Meuse-Argonne offensive, which culminated a brutal crossing of the Meuse River on the last night of the war. His diary and other artifacts of his time in the war are on display at the Museum of Five Points in Cleveland, Tennessee. The memoir is quoted (among other places) in a description of the Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge at http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/bm1.htm The passage from my grandfather's memoir that is, to me, the most poignant and memorable is about a battle on November10, 1918 - the last night of World War 1 - when the 5th Marines were asked to take the East bank of the Meuse River under very heavy fire from the Germans stationed on the hills above the river. (See www.robinrichmond.com/wardiary/diary20.htm ) He reveals the desperation and carnage of the night without hyperbole, and waxes eloquently on the controversy of requiring soldiers to engage in a difficult battle even after the cease-fire was negotiated, but before it went into effect. He also noted dryly that, as he prepared for that battle, "for the millionth time, I agreed with Gen. Sherman about war". That passage is especially memorable because, in 2012, I went on a remarkable World War 1 - themed tour of Belgium and France that featured the exploits of the U.S. Marines. When I signed up for the tour, I learned that the guide was Mike Hanlon, a WW1 historian who had contacted me at least ten years previously when he first found my grandfather's memoir online. It turned out that he was using the memoir as a primary source for his detailed itinerary. Visiting the Nov 10 crossing site was a key stop on the tour - though none of us (Mike included) knew exactly how to reach the site by road. When we arrived in the vicinity of the crossing, our 16-passenger bus bounced through farm fields and a forest as we search for the crossing site. When we finally saw the river, we got out of the bus for a better look, and I read aloud the words that my grandfather had written about that battle. As we got back on the bus, Mike told me "When I planned this trip, I intended for someone to read that passage to the group, but I had no idea whatsoever that it might be read by Clarence Richmond's grandson." - Robin Richmond

Parents

Family ID: F20344 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Father Jacob Rogers Richmond (ID:I20752) (67 years)
b. 26 Feb 1859, Bradley Co, TN
d. 14 Feb 1927, Cleveland, Bradley, TN (67 years)

Mother Sarah Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bacon (ID:I20753) (85 years)
b. 30 Apr 1861, Bradley Co, TN
d. 25 May 1946, Cleveland, Bradley, TN (85 years)

Married

30 Apr 1882

Bradley Co, TN

Siblings

1 more

	1. Archibald Rogers (Arch) Richmond (ID:I20754) (77 years) b. 18 Feb 1884, Bradley Co, TN d. 26 Jul 1961, Seattle, King, WA (77 years)
	2. Paul Augustus (Gus) Richmond, Sr. (ID:I20762) (77 years) b. 26 Jun 1887, Bradley Co, TN d. 14 Dec 1964, DeKalb Co, GA (77 years)
	3. Albert Evans Richmond (ID:I20789) (22 years) b. 12 May 1892, Bradley Co, TN d. 16 Feb 1915, Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN (22 years)
	4. Clarence Lester Richmond, Sr (ID:I20094) (85 years) b. 30 Nov 1895, Bradley Co, TN d. 25 Jan 1981, Cleveland, Bradley, TN (85 years)

Family

Family ID: F20048 Group Sheet | Family Chart | Last Modified: 8 Jul 2020

Wife Edith Kuykendall Hutcheson (ID:I20093) (98 years)
b. 10 Mar 1898, Pikeville, Bledsoe, TN
d. 9 Jul 1996, Tulsa, Tulsa, OK (98 years)

Married

18 Jul 1923

Montgomery, Montgomery, AL

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Children

	1. Living (ID:I20095)
	2. Mary "Nancy" Richmond (ID:I20105) (81 years) b. 22 Jun 1926, Cleveland, Bradley, TN d. 28 Apr 2008, Irvine, Orange, CA (81 years)
	3. Living (ID:I20108)
	4. Joe Robin Richmond (ID:I20116) (17 years) b. 7 Jan 1930, Cleveland, Bradley, TN d. 4 Apr 1947, Cleveland, Bradley, TN (17 years)

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Residence	1900 Bradley Co, TN [3] – Age 4; son of Jacob and Sarah E Richmond; Older brothers Archie (16), Augustus (12), Albert (10)
Residence	1910 Bradley Co, TN [5] – Age 14, Son of Jacob R and Sarah E Richmond; older brother Albert E (19)
Residence	1917 Bradley Co, TN [6]
Military	Feb 1918 Parris Island, Beaufort, SC [14] – Marines basic training
Military	Betw 17 Feb 1918 and 16 Feb 1922 France & Germany [12, 14] – U.S. Marines active and reserve dury. Most notably the Battle of Somme-Py (Blanc Mont), where he won the Distinguished Service Cross and the French Croix de Guerre
Military	Betw Dec 1918 and Jun 1919 Segendorf, Neuwied, Palatinate [14] – "The Watch On The Rhine", after the armistice
Residence	1920 Cleveland, Bradley, TN [4] – Ward 3; Age 24; Son of Jacob R and Sarah E Richmond, Occupation: Clerk at Woolen Mill
Occupation	Betw 1924 and 1962 Bradley Co, TN [1, 7, 9] – Insurance Broker
Residence	1930 Cleveland, Bradley, TN [1] – Age 34, Married to Edith K Richmond; Children: Anne (5), Mary N (3 10/12), Clarence Jr (2 1/12), Joseph R (2/12); Insurance Salesman
Residence	1940 Cleveland, Bradley, TN [7] – Age 46; Married to Edith; Children Ann (16), Nancy (13), Clarence(12), Joe R (10); Occupation: Insurance Agent; Highest grade finished: 1st Year College
Residence	1955 Cleveland, Bradley, TN [9] – Insurance rep

Photos » Slide Show		Clarence Sr & his mom My grandfather, Clarence Lester Richmond Sr. and his mom, Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bacon Richmond. At this point, they lived on a farm outside of Cleveland, Tennessee. - Robin Richmond
		ClarenceSr-About1901 My grandfather; from my Aunt Ann Richmond Sewell's photo collection, uploaded by Robin RIchmond.
		ClarenceSr-HighSchoolClass-1916 My grandfather is at the upper right. He reported that everyone in the class was alive for their 50th reunion in 1966. - Robin Richmond
		ClarenceSr-1910 My dad (Clarence, Jr.) still has that gun, but not the dog. - Robin Richmond
		Clarence Richmond in WW1 uniform My grandfather with his Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, and French Croix du Guerre. This photo is displayed with some of his military artifacts at the Museum Center at Five Points in Cleveland, TN. See also his war memoir at www.robinrichmond.com/wardiary/ - Robin Richmond
		ClarenceSr-HighSchoolSenior-1916 My grandfather may look old for a high school senior, because he was 20, having missed a year because of typhoid fever and repeated a year (because he enjoyed it so much, according to the biographical sketch my Aunt Ann Sewell wrote). - Robin Richmond
		Clarence Richmond awarded DSC Newspapers.com - Chattanooga News (1 Mar 1919) - Page 2 "D.S.C. Awarded to Brave Cleveland Boy"
		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

Histories		Clarence Richmond WW1 Marince Corps MusterRolls Overview of a dozen muster rolls that describe his activity during and after World War 1. See also his war memoir at www.robinrichmond.com/wardiary/
Histories		Clarence Richmond's Early Life As told to his daughter, Ann Richmond Sewell, of Searcy, Arkansas

Event Map

	Born - 30 Nov 1895 - Bradley Co, TN
	Residence - 1900 - Bradley Co, TN
	Residence - 1910 - Bradley Co, TN
	Residence - 1917 - Bradley Co, TN
	Military - Feb 1918 - Parris Island, Beaufort, SC
	Military - Betw 17 Feb 1918 and 16 Feb 1922 - France & Germany
	Military - Betw Dec 1918 and Jun 1919 - Segendorf, Neuwied, Palatinate
	Residence - 1920 - Cleveland, Bradley, TN
	Married - 18 Jul 1923 - Montgomery, Montgomery, AL
	Occupation - Betw 1924 and 1962 - Bradley Co, TN
	Child - Mary "Nancy" Richmond - 22 Jun 1926 - Cleveland, Bradley, TN
	Residence - 1930 - Cleveland, Bradley, TN
	Child - Joe Robin Richmond - 7 Jan 1930 - Cleveland, Bradley, TN
	Residence - 1940 - Cleveland, Bradley, TN
	Residence - 1955 - Cleveland, Bradley, TN
	Died - 25 Jan 1981 - Cleveland, Bradley, TN
	Buried - - Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley, TN

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[S9] 1930 United States Federal Census; Fifteenth Census of the United States by U.S. Census Bureau (S|C|I)

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Name: National Archives and Records Administration; Location: Washington, D.C.; Date: 1930;

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Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .
Text: Birth date: abt 1896 Birth place: Tennessee Residence date: 1930 Residence place: Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee

1930 United States Federal Census
Year: 1930; Census Place: Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .
[S6] Social Security Death Index by Ancestry.com (S|C)

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Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.Original data - Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security D;

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Page: Number: 411-10-6146; Issue State: Tennessee; Issue Date: Before 1951.
Text: Birth date: 30 Nov 1895 Birth place: Death date: Jan 1981 Death place: Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee, United States of America
[S32] 1900 United States Federal Census; Twelfth Census of the United States by U.S. Census Bureau (S|C|I)

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Name: National Archives and Records Administration; Location: Washington, D.C.; Date: 2004;

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Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 5, Bradley, Tennessee; Roll: T623_1559; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 10.
Text: Birth date: Nov 1895 Birth place: Tennessee Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Civil Districts 4-5, Bradley, Tennessee

1900 United States Federal Census
Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 5, Bradley, Tennessee; Roll: T623_1559; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 10.
[S13] 1920 United States Federal Census; Fourteenth Census of the United States by U.S. Census Bureau (S|C|I)

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Name: National Archives and Records Administration; Location: Washington, D.C.; Date: 1920;

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Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Cleveland Ward 3, Bradley, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1729; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 18; Image: .
Text: Birth date: abt 1896 Birth place: Tennessee Residence date: 1920 Residence place: Cleveland Ward 3, Bradley, Tennessee

1920 United States Federal Census
Year: 1920; Census Place: Cleveland Ward 3, Bradley, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1729; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 18; Image: .
[S2] 1910 United States Federal Census; Thirteenth Census of the United States by U.S. Census Bureau (S|C|I)

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Name: National Archives and Records Administration; Location: Washington, D.C.; Date: 1910;

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Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 1, Bradley, Tennessee; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .
Text: Birth date: 1896 Birth place: Tennessee Residence date: 1910 Residence place: Civil District 1, Bradley, Tennessee

1910 United States Federal Census
Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 1, Bradley, Tennessee; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .
[S33] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 by Ancestry.com (S|C|I)

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Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data - United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Admini;

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Page: Registration Location: Bradley County, Tennessee; Roll: 1852922; Draft Board: 0.
Text: Birth date: 30 Nov 1895 Birth place: Tennessee;United States of America Residence date: Residence place: Bradley, Tennessee

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Registration Location: Bradley County, Tennessee; Roll: 1852922; Draft Board: 0.
[S1] 1940 United States Federal Census, Sixteenth Census of the United States by U.S. Census Bureau (S|C|I)

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Name: National Archives and Records Administration; Location: Washington, D.C; Date: 1940;

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Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee; Roll: T627_3875; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 6-16.
Text: Birth date: abt 1895 Birth place: Tennessee Residence date: 1 Apr 1940 Residence place: Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee, United States

1940 United States Federal Census
Year: 1940; Census Place: Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee; Roll: T627_3875; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 6-16.
[S43] Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909 by Ancestry.com (S|C|I)

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Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - Tennessee Delayed Birth Records, 1869–1909. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives.Original data: Tennessee Delayed Birth Records, 1869–1909. Nashv;

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Page: Clarence Lester Richmond
Text: Name: Clarence Lester Richmond Gender: Male Birth Date: 30 Nov 1895 Birth Place: Bradley Father: Jacob R Richard Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Bacon

Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Clarence Lester Richmond
[S14] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta) by Ancestry.com (S|C|I)

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Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;

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Page: Clarence & Edith Richmond, Cleveland, TN, 1955
Text: Name : Clarence L Richmond Gender : Male Residence Year : 1955 Street Address : 534 4th SE 655J Residence Place : Cleveland, Tennessee, USA Occupation : Ins Rep Spouse : Edith Richmond Publication Title : Cleveland, Tennessee, City Directory, 1955 Household Members: Name: Age Edith Richmond: Clarence L Richmond:

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta)
Edith Richmond. Publication Title: Cleveland, Tennessee, City Directory, 1955.
[S44] Alabama, County Marriages, 1805-1967 by Ancestry.com (S|C)

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Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;

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Page: Clarence L Richmond marriage with Edith Kuykendall Hutcheson. Film Number: 001492198
Text: Name: Clarence L Richmond Gender: Male Age: 27 Birth Date: abt 1896 Marriage Date: 18 Jul 1923 Marriage Place: Montgomery, Alabama, USA Spouse: Edith Kuykendall Hutcheson Film Number: 001492198
[S370] FindAGrave.com (C)

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Page: FindAGrave Memorial 39692853; Clarence L. Richmond (1895 - 1981)
Text: Birth: Nov. 30, 1895 Death: Jan. 25, 1981 Burial: Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA Plot: 22, Plot 132 Parents: Jacob Rogers Richmond (1859-1927) Elizabeth Sarah Bacon Richmond (1861-1946) Spouse: Edith Hutcheson Richmond (1898-1996) Children: Joe Robin Richmond (1930-1947) Albert Evans Richmond (1890-1915) Created by: Fort Hill Cemetery (Brad... Military Plaque Inscription: Cpl U.S. Marine Corps World War I
[S26] U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 (S|C)

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Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.Original data: Beneficiary Identificatio;

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Page: Name: Clarence Richmond. SSN: 411106146
Text: Name: Clarence Richmond Gender: Male Birth Date: 30 Nov 1895 Death Date: 25 Jan 1981 SSN: 411106146 Enlistment Date 1: 17 Feb 1918 Release Date 1: 16 Feb 1922
[S16] Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1951 by Ancestry.com (S|C|I)

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Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1951. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Tennessee City Death Records Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Memphis;

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Page: Name: Clarence Richmond. Certificate Number: 6809. Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 3
Text: Name: Clarence Richmond Gender: Male Birth Place: Bradley, Tennessee, USA Spouse: Edith Hutcheson Child: Joe Robbin Richmond Certificate Number: 6809 Wills and Probates: Clarence Richmond

Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1951
Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 3
[S45] Clarence Richmond's war memoir by Clarence Richmond (S|C)

Details:

Name: Robin Richmond; Location: Cleveland, Ohio; Date: 1995; www.robinrichmond.com/wardiary/.

Citation:

Page: The entire memoir, at www.robinrichmond.com/wardiary/
Text: Clarence Richmond's own story of his service in the Marines, including his time in battle during the last few months of the war. The during World War 1
[S44] Alabama, County Marriages, 1805-1967 by Ancestry.com (S|C)

Details:

Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;

Citation:

Page: Edith Kuykendall Hutcheson. Film Number: 001492198
Text: Name: Edith Kuykendall Hutcheson Gender: Female Age: 25 Birth Date: abt 1898 Marriage Date: 18 Jul 1923 Marriage Place: Montgomery, Alabama, USA Spouse: Clarence L Richmond Film Number: 001492198 Household Members: Name: Age Clarence L Richmond: Edith Kuykendall Hutcheson:

Birth	3 Mar 1838 Greene Co, TN
Died	2 Sep 1914 Cleveland, Bradley, TN
Buried	Union Grove Church of Christ Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley, TN

Father	Jacob Adam Wattenbarger b. 24 Jul 1809, Washington Co, TN
Mother	Susannah Barger b. 15 Jul 1816, Washington Co, TN
Married	20 May 1834 Washington Co, TN

	Gilmore Randolph b. 13 Jul 1822, Tennessee
Married	14 Jun 1884 Bradley Co, TN

Birth	16 Nov 1854 Pikeville, Bledsoe, TN
Died	6 Jan 1934 Doyle, White, TN
Buried	Bethlehem Cemetery, Doyle, White, TN

Father	Flavius Josephus (Joe) Hutcheson b. 5 Oct 1829, Cold Spring, Bledsoe, TN
Mother	Narcissa Ann Myers b. 10 Feb 1834, Warren Co, TN
Married	7 Jun 1852 Bledsoe Co, TN

	Alma Freiley b. Mar 1877, Tennessee
Married	15 Nov 1910 Sequatchie Co, TN

Clarence Lester Richmond, Sr

Jacob Rogers Richmond

William Rogers Richmond

Mary Wattenbarger

Sarah Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bacon

Benjamin Franklin Bacon

Mary Anne (Annie) Trewhitt

Archibald Rogers (Arch) Richmond

Paul Augustus (Gus) Richmond, Sr.

Albert Evans Richmond

Edith Kuykendall Hutcheson

Leander Travis (L.T.) Hutcheson, Sr

Olive Irene Kuykendall

Living

Mary "Nancy" Richmond