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Rev John Gardiner Richards

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Rev John Gardiner Richards

Birth
Alabama, USA
Death
2 Jun 1914 (aged 86)
Blenheim, Marlboro County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Liberty Hill, Kershaw County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Graduated from Olgethorpe University Nov. 13, 1850.
Licensed to preach by the Tuscumbia Presbytery, AL in 1852.
Graduated from Columbia Theological Seminary June 30, 1853.
Married Sophie Edwards Smith Feb 1, 1855 in Charleston, S.C.
Installed as pastor at the Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church, Liberty Hill, S.C.in 1858.

Early 1863, served as chaplain for the 10th S.C. Regiment under General Manigault for the remainder of the War Between the States on the western front. Chaplain Richards saw service in the Vicksburg Campaign, Missionary Ridge, Chickamauga, and was in the severe fighting on Snodgrass Hill.





Graduated from Olgethorpe University Nov. 13, 1850.
Licensed to preach by the Tuscumbia Presbytery, AL in 1852.
Graduated from Columbia Theological Seminary June 30, 1853.
Married Sophie Edwards Smith Feb 1, 1855 in Charleston, S.C.
Installed as pastor at the Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church, Liberty Hill, S.C.in 1858.

Early 1863, served as chaplain for the 10th S.C. Regiment under General Manigault for the remainder of the War Between the States on the western front. Chaplain Richards saw service in the Vicksburg Campaign, Missionary Ridge, Chickamauga, and was in the severe fighting on Snodgrass Hill.




Bio by: Andrew McCaskill

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Our Beloved Father
Rev. J. G. Richards
Born Mar 31, 1828
Died June 12, 1914
Sixty two years a faithful
preacher of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ
A devoted husband and father
A True Man

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