Squire Freeman Richardson and Caroline E. Devol

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Squire Freeman Richardson was born in 1841 in Stockton, Chautauqua, New York to Freeman Richardson and Rebecka Smith. He moved with his family to La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Squire married first Caroline E. Devol. Caroline, also called Carrie, was born in 1844 in Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island to Thomas Russell Devol and Emily Frances Munroe. She, too, had moved to La Crosse County with her family.

Squire was residing in Campbell, La Crosse, Wisconsin in 1868, when his father died, and he acted as one of the witnesses of Freeman's will and the surety in the probate bond. In 1870, the Richardsons were still living in Campbell, where Squire was listed as a farmer. In 1880, they were in Onalaska, La Crosse, Wisconsin, where Squire was listed as a farm laborer. Squire raised apples and potatoes and he had spring houses to keep things cool. Between 1880 and 1888, the Richardsons moved to Squire’s childhood home in New York. At some point, in addition to farming, Squire also worked on the railroad with his son William Henry. Squire's grandson Frank remembers hearing that Squire was "quite a chemist" and "very smart and educated."

In 1888, Squire manufactured counterfeited coins (by his admission, for seven or eight months). The false silver coins were “dollars and half dollars of a kind that was almost impossible to detect and of which large quantities have been circulated in Erie, Warren, Oil City and Jamestown. Some of the stuff also reached Buffalo.” "None but the experts have thus far been able to tell the spurious money from the genuine," reported the newspapers, "and only after it has been carried some time, when the coin begins to turn black, can an innocent holder discover that it is bad." They were made mostly of plate tin with some copper and antimony and were molded in plaster of paris dies. Some contained a little silver but most had been plated with it and had been made by him in the woods near his home in Cassadaga with a hollow tree as his workshop. Squire had a “decent” reputation and had been “traveling a great deal, on and off.”

During one such trip, to attend the Republican convention in Chicago, as he later admitted, he had passed bad money. He had several accomplices, including one Henry “Hank” Mellon, who helped him pass off the money, including during the night of a Democratic parade in Fredonia. His son, William Henry, a brakeman on the D.A.V. & P. railroad, passed a quantity of the money. While there were reports that William Henry disappeared before he could be pursued, a Wisconsin newspaper article shows that in September of 1888, William Henry and his cousin Herbert (son of Squire's brother Jasper) were put on trial for having counterfeit money in their possession. This money was traced back to Squire, though it was later rumored that Squire had also engaged in making moonshine and that detectives were investigating his illegal still when they found the clues that led to a counterfeiting investigation by the Secret Service.

Detective Patrick Lyons, who had been “hanging about saloons” in order to get close to the gang members, managed to “ingratiate himself into Mellon’s favor.” While on board a train between Warren and Cassadaga, Lyons persuaded Mellon to give him an order for Squire to give him $100. Mellon subsequently became suspicious and attempted to throw some counterfeit coins in his pockets from the moving train. A bystander tried to stop him, thinking he had gone mad, and Lyons arrested Mellon. The latter attempted an escape but was recaptured.

Meanwhile, Lyons gave the order to Edward Bennett, who was working undercover with Lyons. On 20 November 1888, Bennett presented the order to Squire, who showed him his tools and metal and told him that he did not have that quantity but would make it. He began to work on the coins while Bennett witnessed, when Lyons arrived to conduct a raid on Richardson, in which dies were found in his house. Squire and Bennett were arrested. Lyons took them to Buffalo that night and Squire discovered that Bennett was undercover, apparently arrested only nominally in an attempt to keep certain details secret from other members of the counterfeiting gang. A reported seven gang members, including Squire and Mellon, were arrested that day.

Squire spent that evening in the Erie County jail. One newspaper reported that his accomplices who had been caught were placed in separate jails. On 21 November, he “was taken before Assistant United States District Attorney Hoyt and vigorously pumped” and made a full confession that night. He later spoke well of his treatment by officers but in spite of reports that he would “squeal” on his accomplices, it was later reported that he did not implicate any of them. It was reported that Squire said that "he would rather be hanged than squeal on his friends." Squire was arraigned and allowed to see Carrie and “his two adult daughters” (who the other daughter was or if the reporter made a mistake is not known) the next morning before being taken to Auburn, Cayuga, New York, that night, where he was to be taken before a grand jury.

Squire appeared in court as “an honest farmer about sixty years of age. He was dressed in an old suit of cheap working clothes and wore a blue calico shirt and rubber boots.” He later admitted to a reporter that he had worn it “for effect” because he had been “afraid to spruce up because the judge might have thought he was younger, and given him a harder sentence.” He pleaded guilty and said “that I would ask the court to be lenient as possible and promise that when I get out I won’t engage in the business again, and will do all I can to suppress it.” Squire was sentenced to four years in the Erie County Penitentiary and a fine of $50 on 24 November 1888. Squire responded, “That’s tough.”

Afterwards, he spoke to a reporter and willingly (and perhaps proudly) shared his method for producing the coins and what he would do differently. He said told the reporter that he felt sorry for his wife, rather than for himself. While the reporter had seen a report that Squire was wealthy, he denied that Carrie had no property to fall back on but did have good friends. On 13 Dec 1888, the Olean Democrat reported that Lyons received a written order from Squire to Carrie to show Lyons some woodchuck holes in the orchard on the farm of Elijah Wood. There, Lyons found plaster of paris dies and other counterfeiting tools.

One newspaper reported that Squire, at the time of his arrest, was “the father of two estimable daughters, almost grown to womanhood” and that he had been allowed a visit by his wife and two adult daughters. They also reported that he had been counterfeiting for twenty years and that he was in comfortable circumstances, both of which are contradictory to statements made later by Squire, so the accuracy what the newspaper had heard about Squire is in question. The censuses only include a son William and a daughter Julia and no other records exist for a second daughter.

In 1898, detective Pat Lyons' obituary made mention of the arrest of Squire as a highlight of his career. The article also claims, "The prisoner made a clean breast of his crime and was let off with two years in the Penitentiary."

Carrie and her son William Henry visited Niagara Falls at some point. According to son Frank, “Yeah, he told me he went there to Niagara Falls and seen Edison’s, when Edison put the light on display, the electric lights on display. Him and his mama.” It is uncertain if this was really a display by Edison but the falls were illuminated at times in the late 1800s.

Carrie died in 1889 in Stockton, Chautauqua, New York and was buried in Cassadaga Cemetery in Stockton. Squire was listed as living with or next to daughter Julia and her family in Dunkirk, Chautauqua, New York and working as a carpenter in 1892. He married secondly to 19-year-old Catherine Manning (born about 1873, appears as Kate for short in one newspaper article) 17 August 1892 the German Methodist Church, Dunkirk, Chautauqua, New York. Both were listed as residents of Dunkirk.

Despite the report in Lyons' obituary that Squire "made a clean breast of his crime," it did not last. In 1893, Squire, Kate, his son William Henry and his first wife Mary, and his daughter Julia and her first husband Joseph Souzier were in New Mexico. Squire would have had at least one child with them, Squire's three-year-old grandson Maurice Souzier (it is not known when grandson Charlie Richardson was born). On 18 September of that year, they appeared in a Santa Fe newspaper. All six adults had been arrested and "charged with conspiracy to make and utter counterfeit money." The trial took place at Las Cruces, Doña Ana, New Mexico. The three men were held in jail while the women were confined in the county courthouse. According to one reporter, the men "sent a paper to the women and enclosed in its folds was a letter giving them explicit instructions as to how they should testify. This letter was intercepted by the authorities and was the chief instrument used at the trial in bringing about the conviction of the men." Squire, William Henry, and Joseph were found guilty and each sentenced to a year in prison. Kate, Mary, and Julia, all called "very comely and interesting individuals" by a reporter, were acquitted. The men were delivered to the New Mexico Territorial Penitentiary at Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico on 25 September 1893.

It's not known where Squire went after his release. However, by 1903, he was living at Alamogordo, Otero, New Mexico.

Squire seems to have been either senile or otherwise mentally ill in his later years. Squire's grandson Frank Boyd remembered, "And Mom says, yeah, we used to send those [Bull Durham sacks], we used to save those for your grandpa, Dad’s father, and he’d send them to Dad, he says, he used to think he was saving gold in them." On 3 September 1903, he was checked into the Claire Hotel at Santa Fe, along with Deputy Sheriff C. H. Haynes and Dr. O. W. Miller, for the purpose of having "a commission pass upon his sanity." That same day, a judge issued a commitment for him to the New Mexico Insane Asylum at Las Vegas, San Miguel, New Mexico. He arrived at the asylum the next day.

Squire died 9 August 1906, most likely in the asylum at Las Vegas, San Miguel, New Mexico. The undertaker noted that he died in New Mexico and one newspaper noted that he died in Alamogordo, Otero, New Mexico. There is a chance that he did but this may have been marked down by the undertaker as it had been his last residence before commitment and Julia was probably living in Otero county at that time (she was living there in 1910).

Squire's body was transported to New York, accompanied by his daughter Julia, her husband J. S. Morgan, and a grandson (probably Maurice Morgan). They arrived at Cassadaga, Chautauqua, New York 19 August 1906 at 9:38am. The hearse met them at the depot and took his body to Cassadaga Cemetery in Stockton, Chautauqua, New York, where he was buried that day, next to Carrie.

Squire and Carrie’s children are:

William Henry Richardson, born 12 February 1864 in Campbell, La Crosse, Wisconsin. He was arrested at Portage, Columbia, Wisconsin in 1888 for having counterfeit money in his possession and was sentenced to pay a $1 fine and spend up to one year in prison at Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. William Henry married 1) Maria Agnes Soucier 9 May 1890 in Dunkirk, Chautauqua, New York. He was arrested in New Mexico with his father, sister, wife, stepmother, and brother-in-law for counterfeiting. William Henry, his father, and brother-in-law were incarcerated at the New Mexico Territorial Penitentiary at Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico on 25 September 1893 with a one year sentence each. Either William Henry or Squire (most likely William Henry) escaped 30 Mar 1894 with the help of a newly released ex-convict but was caught and returned to prison 10 Apr 1894. He later left Mary and changed his name to William Henry Boyd. He married 2) Bertha Amanda Brown 16 Aug 1897 in Grady, Lincoln, Arkansas. They moved to Texas, Arizona, and California, where he was arrested for counterfeiting. He died 6 May 1955 in San Leandro, Alameda, California and was buried 9 May in Oakland, Alameda, California.

Wife 1: Maria Agnes Soucier, also called Mary, arrested with her husband and in-laws in 1893 but acquitted.

Wife 2: Bertha Amanda Brown, born 13 January 1878 in Texas, Henry, Ohio to Alva Parks Brown and Martha Jane Ennis, died 6 June 1954 in Oakland, Alameda, California.

Julia Francis Richardson, born 10 Jan 1867 in Campbell, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Julia married 1) Joseph T. Souzier. The couple was arrested with her father, brother, stepmother, and sister-in-law in 1893 for counterfeiting but she and the other women were acquitted. In 1896, a notice of suit for Julia Francis Souzier vs. Joseph Souzier was printed in a newspaper. Joseph was notified that Julia had commenced a suit to divorce him on grounds of abandonment and cruel treatment and that a decree pro confesso would be rendered against him 2 Mar 1896 unless he entered his appearance. While the results of the suit are not now known, presumably they did divorce, since Julia married 2) Joseph S. Morgan about 1905. The Morgans lived in Camp, Otero, New Mexico in 1910 and 1920. Julia lived in El Paso, El Paso, Texas in 1930 (with her son Maurice) and 1940. Julia died 20 Jun 1951 at 2412 Federal Street, El Paso, El Paso, Texas. Her funeral took place during the late afternoon of 22 Jun 1951 at the Martin Mortuary Chapel in El Paso and she was buried at Restlawn Cemetery in El Paso. She was listed as a Protestant in her funeral record and having lived in Texas since 1921 in both her death certificate and funeral record.

Husband 1: Joseph T. Souzier, b. abt. 1863 in the United States, a laborer in 1891 and a blacksmith in 1892, arrested with his wife and in-laws in 1893 and incarcerated at the New Mexico Territorial Penitentiary at Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico on 25 September 1893 with a one year sentence. Possibly related to William Henry's first wife Maria Agnes Soucier but this is unconfirmed and their exact relationship, beyond brother- and sister-in law is unknown.

Husband 2: Joseph S. Morgan, b. abt. 1861 in Texas to Simpson Harris Morgan (a Confederate congressman, see Representing Texas) and probably Laura Elexenia Garland (see marriage record of Simpson H. Morgan and Laura Elexenia Garland, Ancestry.com. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: "Arkansas County Marriages, 1838–1957." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2011. "Arkansas County Marriages, 1838–1957," database, FamilySearch; from Arkansas Courts of Common Pleas and County Clerks.), bro.-in-law of Sen. Albert Bacon Fall (of Teapot Dome Scandal fame), ranchman at a stock ranch in 1910, farmer in 1920, politician and stockman at death, d. 20 Oct 1922 at his ranch in Alamogordo, Otero, New Mexico of heart failure.

Child (by Joseph Souzier): Maurice Russell Morgan (born Maurice Souzier). In 1910, Maurice was listed as Joseph S. Morgan's stepson and Julia reported being married twice, the second time about 1905 (after Maurice's birth). Maurice's uncle William Henry's first marriage to Maria Agnes Soucier was witnessed by a Joseph Soucier and a Julia F. Soucier. In the 1892 New York state census for Dunkirk, Chatauqua county, a Joseph Souzier was listed with Julia F. Souzier and a 1-year-old Maurice Souzier. Both Julia and Maurice were of the right age to be Julia F. (Richardson) Morgan and Maurice Russell Morgan. The next entry after Maurice is for Squire Richardson, Julia's father and Maurice's grandfather. It seems that Maurice was born Maurice Souzier, the son of Joseph T. and Julia F. (Richardson) Souzier, that Julia later married Joseph S. Morgan, and that Maurice took the name of his stepfather.

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Photo of Bertha (Brown) Boyd — Bertha (Brown)
Boyd

William Henry and Bertha standing in a garden — William Henry and
Bertha

William Henry and Bertha in front of a house — William Henry and
Bertha

Bertha and William Henry with their young children, Katie, baby John, and Ellen, in front of a blank canvas backdrop — Bertha and William
Henry Boyd with
their children
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Katie, John, and
Ellen

Two fragments of a family portrait of the Boyds and Bertha’s brother Alva Beacher Brown and his wife — Bertha (woman at the left)
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Mary, and Julia, Bertha's
brother Alva Beacher
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Excerpts from an Interview of Frank Richard Boyd, Thanksgiving Day 1988

(for the full transcript, see the Interview section of the bio of William Henry Richardson (Boyd))

...

Frank Richard Boyd: Yeah, I can remember going there and playing. And we used to get on the swing and wind up, used to get so sick. (Laughs.) Wind up there. Couldn’t walk. That is the same, that was the time that, you know, kids’re always interested in stuff. Like my Dad used to smoke and he had Bull Durham, you know Bull Durham. And they had Bull Durham sacks and I know, Mom said, oh, he give me one and then they says I always wanted the Bull Durham sack to play with, you know, ‘cause we didn’t have as much toys. And Mom says, yeah, we used to send those, we used to save those for your grandpa, Dad’s father, and he’d send them to Dad, he says, he used to think he was saving gold in them.

Darryl Boyd: (Laughs.) Little sacks of gold, huh?

FRB: Little sacks of gold.

AB: Did you ever meet your grandpa?

FRB: No, no, I never did.

DB: What do you know about him?

FRB: Nothing.

DB: Nothing, huh?

FRB: Just what I just told you.

DB: When did he die? Do you know?

FRB: Nope. I don’t know.

DB: You weren’t around.

FRB: I don’t know. I have no idea.

DB: No idea, huh?

FRB: No. That’d be Squire.

DB: Squire.

FRB: While we were there, while we were there, my aunt Julia came to see us. You know, that was when that picture was taken. You know, I just --- how old I was because I was in that little old coat, looked like about three, four years old, I don’t know. But that’s when she come and I can remember her, ‘cause my sisters always talked about her. Oh, she said she had rabbits, jackrabbits; they kicked the side out of a barn. And I can imagine a rabbit big as a horse! (Laughs.) At that time, see, she lived in El Paso and not very far from El Paso, just over the border, was her ranch, is where they first started in New Mexico and that’s the Pecos. You’ve heard of the Pecos. That’s where Billy the Kid and all that rough stuff all gone on down in there. And my aunt, too. But everybody, if you read the book at that time, read all the history books, everybody, what they do, go out and brand cows that didn’t have no brands. And that wasn’t really stealing cows but that’s the way they did things. And they just go out. You want something? You want some money? You go out in the desert and round you up some calves and cows and brand them and sell them. And, you know, that’s what they used to kid about my aunt, rustling cows all the time. And, by the way, my sister Katie told us, now this is Katie’s word, and my mother never did say a whole lot, never did want to tell me anything about my aunt. But Katie says that that ---, that Senator, that Senator, uh, what’s his name? The Teastone…

DB: Teapot…

Alice Boyd: Oh, Teapot Dome Scandal?

FRB: Yeah, scandal, lived right next door, his ranch was next door and they were good friends. And he was a real good friend of the senator. And my Dad was down there at one time. Now, this is Katie’s story, that when Dad was down there, they start, I do know that they had problems about rustling and one thing or another and my uncle was in problems and my dad run away. And Katie said that’s why he changed his name to Boyd because there were problems down there. But my uncle cleared it up and they turned around and sued the government and won the case against the government for, oh, thousands of dollars. Of course, thousands of dollar at that time was kind of like a fortune, you know. And that was the little bit that I heard about it.

...

AB: He [William Henry Boyd] never talked much about his parents.

FRB: No, no. Just he used tell me about apples and having, down in the basement, having apples, always had their apples down there and they had apples they could see through, you know. Yeah, like glass.

AB: Yeah?

FRB: Then, he said in Wisconsin, they had all kinds of apples ---, that’s what he said.

DB: He’s the one that seen Edison?

FRB: Yeah.

DB: Thomas Edison?

FRB: That was when he was nineteen years old. Yeah, he told me he went there to Niagara Falls and seen Edison’s, when Edison put the light on display, the electric lights on display. Him and his mama. I just think it was about the time that that picture was taken, I just think. If you could check when Edison put the lights on display, you could more or less tell. I think that was taken, like I told you, I estimate that was taken in 1882, see, because he’s nineteen and he was born in ’64. Oh, he told, he told you too, course you were too little at the time.

DB: Oh, I never knew him really.

FRB: Huh?

DB: I never really knew him.

FRB: No.

DB: Now he used to fish too. Where?

FRB: Oh, in Lake Erie? Yeah, he told me about fishing off the Lake Erie. He fished Lake Erie and catch eels off the bridge. He never used no hooks. No, he said that they would swallow the hook and he’d just pull them up and could get the whole d— eel off that way.

DB: So, somewhere in his teenage years he must have been around Lake Erie somewhere, huh?

FRB: Yeah. Well, you know, that ain’t far from, Lake Erie, that ain’t far from Niagara Falls.

...

[Talking of William Henry counterfeiting money:]

FRB: Yeah, I guess there was some of that. But they threw a lot of stuff into that pot to melt for the metal, see. And then they would throw the silver brushes and what, then they melted and coated it with alimony or something. My brother John told me one time and it was a chemical process. And this, Squire taught my dad that, you know, years ago, and Squire…

DB: It’s handed down!

AB: A family tradition!

FRB: Yeah, well, no, it was a thing that when they first come here, a lot of people made counterfeit dimes and quarters and nickels. They never did no --- money ---.

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(Transcribed by Michelle A. Boyd, August 2000. Interview took place at the home of Frank and Florence Boyd in Martinez, CA.)

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Notes taken by Alice C. Boyd of Frank Boyd's memories and knowledge of his family:

Handwritten notes about Squire and Caroline Richardson — Squire Richardson
and Caroline DeVol

Handwritten notes about W. H. Richardson (Boyd) — W. H. Richardson
(Boyd)

More handwritten notes about W. H. Richardson (Boyd) — W. H. Richardson
(Boyd), continued

Handwritten notes about a recipe for silver coins — William Henry Boyd's
"recipe" for silver coins,
as remembered by
Frank Boyd

Handwritten notes about Bertha Brown — Bertha Brown

JASPER RICHARDSON.—For many years, or since locating in La Crosse county, Mr. Richardson has enjoyed the reputation of being a useful and law-abiding citizen. and an intelligent and thoroughly posted man on all public matters. He was born near Jamestown, Chautauqua county, New York, June 9, 1832, a son of Freeman Richardson, and grandson of Hill Richardson, a soldier of the war of 1812. Freeman Richardson was married to Rebecca Smith, who was born at Ashfield, Massachusetts, in 1808. She was eight years of age when her father moved to New York State, and in that State she was educated and grew to womanhood. Her parents were Ebenezer and Keziah (Elder) Smith, and her paternal grandfather was Rev. Caleb Smith, a prominent Baptist minister of the East for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson came to La Crosse county, Wisconsin, in 1854, and were residents of Campbell township until their deaths, the father dying at the age of sixty-six years and the mother at the age of seventy-nine, in North La Crosse. Of a family of eight children born to them, the following are living: Jasper, Matilda, of Tomah, Wisconsin; Amanda, wife of William Purdy, of Barton county, Missouri; Squire F., of Chautauqua county, New York; Myra, wife of James Walters, of Missouri; and Florilla, wife of William Gear, of North La Crosse...

Source: Biographical History of La Crosse, Trempealeau and Buffalo Counties, Wisconsin, Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1892, pgs. 474-5.

Freeman Richardson's probate record, mentioning his son Squire:

View Freeman's probate record:

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Licenses and Certificates

Marriage license of William H. Boyd and Bertha Ennes — License,
William H. Boyd
and Bertha Ennes,
16 Aug 1897,
Arkansas

Marriage certificate of William H. Boyd and Bertha Ennes — Certificate,
William H. Boyd
and Bertha Ennes,
16 Aug 1897,
Arkansas

Source: Copy of marriage licenses and certificates, in possession of Darryl W. Boyd.

Marriage Indexes

German Methodist Church, Dunkirk, New York

Name	Date	Residence	Spouse
Richardson, Freeman	08/17/92	Dunkirk, NY	Catherine Manning
Richardson, Wm Henry	05/09/90	Dunkirk, NY	Maria Soucier	At the Parsonage
Manning, Catherine	08/17/92	Dunkirk, NY	Squire Freeman Richardson
Soucier, Maria Agnes	05/09/90	Dunkirk, NY	William H Richardson

Source: "Marriages recorded at German Methodist Church in Dunkirk, NY," Chautauqua Genealogist, Vol. 15, No. 2, May 1992.

Name:                     RICHARDSON, SQUIRE FREEMAN 46
Event:                      M
Date:                       08/17/92
Residence:             DUNKIRK, NY
Church/Clergy:      J HAGEN
Other Information: TO CATHERINE MANNING 19
Witnesses:                BARBARA PRITZMAN, ANNA JUHRE

Name:                      RICHARDSON, WILLIAM HENRY [26]
Event:                       M
Date:                        05/09/90
Residence:              DUNKIRK, NY
Church/Clergy:       G BOBILIN
Other Information: TO MARIA SOUCIER 20 AT THE PARSONAGE
Witnesses:                JOSEPH SOUCIER, JULIA SOUCIER

Barris, Lois and Norwood, The German Methodist Church of Dunkirk 1855 - 1909, http://www.co.chautauqua.ny.us/DocumentCenter/Home/View/5214, retrieved 1 Oct 2017.

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California

Death certificate and accompanying affidavit to amend a record for William Henry Boyd — William Henry Boyd
(certificate with
amendment),
6 May 1955

Death certificate for Bertha Boyd — Bertha Boyd,
6 June 1954

Texas

Death certificate of Julia F. Morgan — Julia F. Morgan,
20 June 1951

Source: Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. iArchives, Orem, Utah.

California Death Index

Name:                        William Henry Boyd
Social Security #:    557182367
Gender:                     Male
Birth Date:                12 Feb 1864
Birth Place:               Rhode Island
Death Date:            6 May 1955
Death Place:           Alameda
Father's Surname: Boyd

Name:                       Bertha Boyd
                                    [Bertha Brown]
Gender:                    Female
Birth Date:               13 Jan 1879
Birth Place:              Ohio
Death Date:           6 Jun 1954
Death Place:          Alameda
Mother's Maiden Name:    Ennis
Father's Surname:    Brown

Source: Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.

Texas Death Index

Name:    Julia F. Morgan
Death Date:    20 Jun 1951
Death County:    El Paso
Certificate:    29173

Source: Ancestry.com. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit.

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William Henry's 1888 Wisconsin Conviction

Article on the trials of William and Herbert Richardson for passing counterfeit money — William and
Herbert Richardson
waive examination,
Portage Daily
Register (Portage,
Wisconsin), 8 Aug
1888 (Wednesday),
page 3.

Squire's 1888 New York Conviction

Article on the arrest of Squire Richardson for counterfeiting — "Counterfeiters
Arrested,"
Dunkirk Observer
Journal (Dunkirk,
New York),
21 Nov 1888.

Article about the arrest of a gang of counterfeiters, including Squire — "Counterfeiters,"
The Buffalo
Commercial
(Buffalo, New York),
21 Nov 1888.

Article about the counterfeiting crimes of Squire's gang — "Counterfeiters
Arrested,"
Watertown Daily
Times (Watertown,
New York),
21 Nov 1888, p. 1.

Article on the arrest and Squire being jailed separately — "Gang of
Counterfeiters
Arrested,"
Dunkirk Observer
Journal (Dunkirk,
New York),
22 Nov 1888.

Article with more details about the counterfeiting — "The Arrest of the
Counterfeiters,"
Dunkirk Observer
Journal (Dunkirk,
New York),
22 Nov 1888.

Article on the arrest of Squire's gang — "Another Gang,"
Buffalo Weekly
Express (Buffalo,
New York),
21 Nov 1888.

Article on the arrest and arraignment of Squire and Henry "Melton" — "The Counterfeiting
Gang,"
*The Buffalo Times*
(Buffalo, New York),
22 Nov 1888.

Article about Squire and others' arrests — "Seven Expert
Counterfeiters
Arrested,"
*New York Tribune*
(Manhattan, New
York),
22 Nov 1888.

Article on a little of Squire's background — "The King of the
Counterfeiters,"
Dunkirk Observer
Journal (Dunkirk,
New York),
23 Nov 1888.

Article with more information on the arrests — "Counterfeiters
Caught,"
*Daily Leader*
(Gloversville, New
York),
23 Nov 1888.

Article on Squire's guilty plea, sentencing, and refusal to "squeal" — "Squire Richardson
Guilty,"
Buffalo Evening
News (Buffalo,
New York),
24 Nov 1888.

Article on the Squire's sentencing — "Quick Work with
'Squire' Richardson,"
The Buffalo
Commercial
(Buffalo, New York),
24 Nov 1888.

Article about Squire's sentencing — "Sentenced at
Auburn,"
Watertown Daily
Times (Watertown,
New York),
24 Nov 1888, p. 1.

Article on Squire's sentencing — "Four Years for a
Counterfeiter,"
*New York Times*
(New York City,
New York),
25 Nov 1888.

Article on Squire's sentence of four years — "He Would Not
Squeal,"
Buffalo Morning
Express and
Illustrated Buffalo
Express (Buffalo,
New York),
25 Nov 1888.

Article on Squire's sentence of four years and a fine and his refusal to give more information — "A Counterfeiter
Gets Four Years,"
The Buffalo Sunday
Morning News
(Buffalo, New York),
25 Nov 1888.

Article on Squire's court appearance and an interview with Squire — "One Counterfeiter
Arrested,"
Dunkirk Observer
Journal (Dunkirk,
New York),
26 Nov 1888.

Article on Squire pleading guilty and being sentenced — Article on Squire
pleading guilty and
being sentenced,
Westfield
Republican
(Westfield, New
York),
28 Nov 1888.

Article on the counterfeiting crimes and arrest of Squire Richardson — "Counterfeiters
Captured,"
*Olean Democrat*
(Olean, New York),
29 Nov 1888.

Article on Squire's arraignment and sentencing — Article on Squire's
arraignment and
sentencing,
The Plattsburgh
Sentinel (Plattsburgh,
New York),
30 Nov 1888.

Article of an interview of a counterfeiting expert, including his assessment of Squire's skill as very ordinary, if not clumsy — "Hunting Bad
Money,"
*Buffalo Courier*
(Buffalo, New York),
2 Dec 1888.

Article about a rumor that Squire engaged in making moonshine — Article about a
rumor that Squire
engaged in making
moonshine,
Olean Democrat
(Olean, New York),
6 Dec 1888.

Article on the finding of Squire's counterfeiting tools — Article on the
finding of
counterfeiting tools,

Obituary of Pat Lyons, mentioning Squire's arrest as one of his accomplishments — "Pat Lyons Dead,"
Buffalo Morning
Express and
Illustrated Buffalo
Express
(Buffalo, New York),
26 Dec 1898.

Squire and William Henry Richardson and Joseph Souzier's 1893 New Mexico Conviction

Article on the Richardsons and Souziers’ trial and conviction of the men of the family — "The Counterfeiters,"
Santa Fe Daily New
Mexican (Santa Fe,
NM), 18 Sep 1893,p. 5.

Article on the prisoners to Santa Fe and the letter that had been intercepted — "For the Pen," Santa
Fe Daily New
Mexican (Santa Fe,
NM), 25 Sep 1893,
p. 5.

Article about the prisoners’ delivery at Santa Fe — Article on deputy
marshals delivering
the Richardsons and
Joseph Souzier to
the penitentiary,
*Southwest Sentinel*
(Silver City, NM),
10 Oct 1893, p. 5.

1894 Prison Escape and Recapture
(most likely William Henry; if not, then Squire)

Article on the escape of “Freeman” Richardson — "Escape of a Trusty,"
Santa Fe Daily New
Mexican, 31 Mar
1894, p. 2.

Article on the escape of “Truman” Richardson — Article on the
escape of Truman
Richardson,
Albuquerque
Weekly Citizen,
7 Apr 1894.
Note: The name
Truman seems to
be an error and
should read
Freeman or William.

Article on the arrest and return to prison of William Richardson — Article on the
recapture of
William Richardson,
Santa Fe Daily New
Mexican, 10 Apr
1894.

Article on the capture of a fellow escapee — Article on the
capture of W. B.
Fisher, Santa Fe
Daily New Mexican,
25 Apr 1894.

1896 Divorce of Joseph and Julia Souzier

Notice of suit of Julia Francis Souzier vs. Joseph Souzier — Notice of suit, Julia
Francis Souzier vs.
Joseph Souzier,
*Old Abe Eagle*
(White Oaks, NM),
23 Jan 1896, p. 5.

1903 Commitment of S. F. Richardson to the Insane Asylum

List of local hotel arrivals, including that of C. H. Haynes, Dr. O. W. Miller, and S. F. Richardson at the Claire — "Hotel Arrivals,"
Santa Fe Daily New
Mexican (Santa Fe,
New Mexico),
3 Sep 1903, p. 9.

Article on the commitment of S. F. Richardson to the insane asylum at Las Vegas, New Mexico — Article about the
commitment of
S. F. Richardson to
the Las Vegas, NM
insane asylum,

Article on the arrival of S. F. Richardson at the insane hospital — Article about
S. F. Richardson
being brought to
the Las Vegas, NM
insane hospital,

1906 Death and Burial of Squire Richardson

FULL NAME E DATE EVENT LOCATION COMMENTS
RICHARDSON, SQUIRE D RECENTLY ARIZONA REMAINS ARRIVE CASSADAGA (PROBABLY AUG 20) ACCOMPANIED BY DAU
PUBL DATE
AUG 22,1906

Source: Barris, Lois and Norwood, Fredonia Censor 1900-1926, https://chqgov.com/sites/default/files/document-files/2019-09/Fredonia%20Censor%201900-1926%20%28PDF%29.pdf, last accessed 29 March 2020, p. 141.

RICHARDSON, S F D RECENTLY ALAMAGORDO, NM dauMRS J S MORGAN;sibs/MISSOURI,WISCONSIN;burCASSADAGA BESIDE WFE AUG 21,1906

Source: Barris, Lois and Norwood, Dunkirk Observer 1906-1910, https://chqgov.com/sites/default/files/document-files/2019-09/Dunkirk%20Observer%201906-1910%20%28PDF%29.pdf, last accessed 29 March 2020, p. 110.

News items from Stockton, New York, including Squire's burial — Stockton News,
*Buffalo Evening News*
(Buffalo, New York),
21 Aug 1906.

Misc. Articles from Arizona

Ad for watermelons sold by W. H. Boyd — Ad for
watermelons,
*Arizona Republic*
(Phoenix, AZ),
Tuesday 8 Jul 1924.

Ad for melons sold by W. H. Boyd — Ad for melons,
*Arizona Republic*
(Phoenix, AZ),
Tuesday 5 Aug
1924.

Ad for 75 hens sold by W. H. Boyd — Ad for hens,
*Arizona Republic*
(Phoenix, AZ),
Friday 18 Dec 1925.

Arrest of W. H. Boyd for selling milk without a permit — "Sentence
Suspended,"
*Arizona Republic*
(Phoenix, AZ),
Tuesday 24 Aug
1926.

1933 Arrest of William Henry Boyd, Lloyd King, and Mary (Boyd) King

Article about the arrest of William Boyd alias William Richardson for counterfeiting using stolen goods from the burglaries — "Molder of Stolen
Silver into Bad
Dollars Jailed,"
*Oakland Tribune*
(Oakland, CA),
Monday 20 Feb
1933, p. 2.

Article about the arrest of William Boyd alias William Richardson, the connection to the burglaries, and his previous arrests — "Prisoner Held in Jail
as a Counterfeiter,"
The San Francisco
Examiner (San
Francisco, California),
20 Feb 1933
(Monday), page 4.

Article about William Boyd alias William Richardson being indicted for five counts of counterfeiting — "Suspect Indicted as
Counterfeiter,"
Oakland Tribune
(Oakland, CA),
Wednesday 1 Mar
1933, p. 30.

Article about the delay of the trial of Lloyd and Mary King — "Holiday Slows Down
Courts,"
Oakland Tribune
(Oakland, CA),
Thursday 2 Mar 1933.

Obituaries

Obituary of Joe S. Morgan — "Mrs. A. B. Fall's
Brother Dies in
Alamogordo,
*El Paso Herald*
(El Paso, Texas),
Friday, 20 Oct 1922,
p. 5.

Obituary of Maurice R. Morgan — "Maurice R. Morgan,
Former Citizen, Dies
in El Paso,"
*Alamogordo News*
(Alamogordo,
New Mexico),
Thursday 1 Mar 1951,
p. 1.

Obituary of Mrs. Julia Morgan — "Mrs. Julia Morgan
Dies at Age 84,"
*El Paso Herald-Post*
(El Paso, Texas),
Thursday 21 Jun
1951, p. 12.

Obituary of Bertha Boyd — Obituary of Bertha
Boyd,
*Oakland Tribune*
(Oakland, California),
Monday, 7 Jun 1954,
p. 33.

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1850

Stockton, Chautauqua, New York

Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island

Household of Thomas R. Devol in 1850 — Household:
Thomas R. Devol;
Year: 1850;
Census Place: Bristol,
Bristol, Rhode Island;
Roll: M432_841;
Page: 3A;
Image: 10
Note: The birthplaces
here are "R.I."

Source: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1860

Campbell, La Crosse, Wisconsin

Household of Thomas R. Dvool in 1860 — Household:
Thomas R. Dvool;
Year: 1860;
Census Place:
Campbell, La Crosse,
Wisconsin;
Page: 83;
FHL Film: 805417

Red River county, Texas

Household of S. H. Morgan in 1860 — Household:
S. H. Morgan;
Year: 1860;
Census Place: Red
River, Texas;
Page: 103
Note: Baby boy in
this census may be
Joseph S. Morgan.

Household of S. H. Morgan, continued — Household:
S. H. Morgan,
continued
Note: While a William
Boyd is part of this
household, this would
not be Squire and
Carrie's son, as
William Henry was
born in about 1864, four
years after this census.
There is likely no
relationship between
the William Boyd in
this record and the
Richardsons.

Source: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

1870

Campbell, La Crosse, Wisconsin

Source: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls.

1880

Onalaska, La Crosse, Wisconsin

Source: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1910

Pine Bluff Ward, Jefferson, Arkansas

Camp, Otero, New Mexico

Household of Joseph S. Morgan in 1910 — Household:
Joseph S. Morgan;
Year: 1910;
Census Place: Camp,
Otero, New Mexico;
Roll: T624_916;
Page: 1A;
Enumeration District:
0139;
FHL microfilm: 1374929

Source: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1920

Clarkdale, Yavapai, Arizona

Camp, Otero, New Mexico

Household of Joseph S. Morgan in 1920 — Household:
Joseph S. Morgan;
Street: Dry Canñon
Road;
Year: 1920;
Census Place: Camp,
Otero, New Mexico;
Roll: T625_1077;
Page: 1A;
Enumeration District:
127

Source: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1930

Oakland, Alameda, California

El Paso, El Paso, Texas

Household of Maurice R. Morgon in 1930 — Household:
Maurice R. Morgon;
Street: Federal Street;
Year: 1930;
Census Place: El Paso,
El Paso, Texas;
Page: 2B;
Enumeration District:
0046;
FHL microfilm: 2342062

Source: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.

1940

Oakland, Alameda, California

Household of William Boyd in 1940, continued — Household:
William Boyd;
Continuation of
previous record

El Paso, El Paso, Texas

Household of Julia F. Morgan in 1940 — Household:
Julia F. Morgan;
Street: Federal;
Year: 1940;
Census Place: El Paso,
El Paso, Texas;
Roll: m-t0627-04181;
Page: 61A;
Enumeration District:
256-2

Source: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.

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1875

Stockton, Chautauqua, New York

Source: Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., State Census, 1875 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Census of the state of New York, for 1875. Microfilm. New York State Archives, Albany, New York.

1892

Dunkirk, Chautauqua, New York

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U.S. City Directories

Joseph Souzier in Dunkirk, New York in 1891 — Joseph Souzier,
Dunkirk, Chautauqua,
New York, 1891

Bertha B. Boyd in San Francisco in 1933 — Bertha B. Boyd,
San Francisco,
California, City
Directory, 1933

Source: Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Phoenix, Arizona City Directory, 1923

William H. and Bertha Boyd in Phoenix in 1923 — Wm. H. and Bertha
Boyd,
Phoenix, Arizona,
1923

Source: Copy of a city directory page from the files of Darryl W. Boyd.

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William Henry Boyd
Records of Prisoners, McNeil Island Penitentiary, Washington, 1933:

Page 1 of 2 of prison records, including that of William Henry Boyd — William Henry Boyd,
page 1

Source: NARA; Washington, DC; McNeil Island Penitentiary Records of Prisoners Received, 1887-1951; Microfilm Series: M1619; Microfilm Roll: 3 Source Information. Ancestry.com. McNeil Island, Washington, U.S. Penitentiary, Photos and Records of Prisoners Received, 1887-1939 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.

Undertaker's Ledger

M. W. Harrington, Cassadaga
...
Richardson, F. S.
8/9/1906
d. at NM; body was brought to Cassadaga 8/19/1906 9:38 AM accompanied by his daughter & husband J. S. Morgan & grandson; the body was met at depot by the hearse & conveyed to Cem.; the bearers were T. S. Richardson, L. Richardson, E. W. Phillips, Wm. Smith, A P. Woods, Aron Smith; myself offc. at grave
51

Source: Barris, Lois and Norwood, Undertaker's Ledger, https://chqgov.com/sites/default/files/document-files/2019-09/Cassadaga%20undertaker%201906-1913%20%28PDF%29.pdf, last accessed 29 March 2020, p. 4.

Record of Funeral Adult

Total No. 3779
Yearly No. 815253
Date of Entry: June 25, 1951
Name of Deceased: Julia F. Morgan
White
Widowed
Residence: 2412 Federal
Charge to Carolyn Morgan
Address: 2412 Federal
Order given by Family
How Secured: Family
If Veteran, State War: No
Occupation: Housewife
Employer and Address: Housework
Date of Death: June 20, 1951             5:45
Date of Birth: Jan.10, 1867
Age: 84 Years              5 Months         10 Days
Date of Funeral: June 22, 1951           4 p.m.
Services at Martin Mortuary Chapel
Clergyman: Rev. John Sides
Religion of the Deceased: Protestant
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Resided in the State: 30 yrs.
Place of Death: El Paso, Texas
Cause of Death: Acute (pyilomphritis?) cystitis
Contributory Causes: Generalized arteriosclerosis
                                    Senility
Certifying Physician: W.S. Pierce MD
His Address: El Paso
Name of Father: Squire Richardson
His Birthplace: unknown
Maiden Name of Mother: Carrie DeVoll
Her Birthplace: unknown
Size of Casket: #10
Manufactured by: (E.P.?)
Cemetery: Restlawn
To be paid in one week.

Complete Funeral (except outlays): $238.00
Balance: $238.00

[Stamp]
Paid
Martin Mortuary
Date: 6-26-51
By: M(D?)

Source: Record of Funeral, Julia F. Morgan, Martin Funeral Homes, 3839 Montana, El Paso, TX.

Social Security Applications and Claims Index

Name:            William Henry Boyd
SSN:                 557182367
Gender:         Male
Race:              White
Birth Date:    12 Feb 1864
Birth Place:    Lacrosse, Wisconsin
Father:           Squire F Boyd
Mother:         Caroline Denoll
Type of Claim:    Original SSN.
Notes:    Dec 1938: Name listed as WILLIAM HENRY BOYD

Name:           Bertha Ennes Boyd
                        [Bertha Ennes Brown]
SSN:                548187504
Gender:        Female
Race:             White
Birth Date:    13 Jan 1879
Birth Place:   Colton, Ohio
Father:           Alvey P Brown
Mother:         Martha J Ennes
Type of Claim:    Original SSN.
Notes:    Jan 1938: Name listed as BERTHA ENNES BOYD

Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.

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Cassadaga Cemetery, Cassadaga, Chautauqua, New York

Gravestone of Squire F. and Carrie E. (Devoll) Richardson — Squire F. Richardson,
Carrie E. (Devoll)
Richardson
Photo credit:
Michelle Boyd

Evergreen Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda, California

Gravestone of Bertha A. and William H. Boyd and Kathleen E. and Frank S. Willis — Bertha A. Boyd,
William H. Boyd,
their daughter
Kathleen E. Willis,
her husband
Frank S. Willis
Photo credit: Darryl
W. Boyd

Restlawn Memorial Park, El Paso, El Paso, Texas

Gravestone of Julia F. Morgan — Julia F. Morgan
Photo credit:
Pauline (47430450),
findagrave.com