Contra Costa County Biography

CLERMONT L. RICHARDSON

Transcribed by Sally Kaleta, December, 2006.

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The eighty-acre farm belonging to Clermont L. Richardson is located near Byron, 
and is devoted to orchard and general farming. Mr. Richardson purchased this 
place in 1893, and he was one of the many farmers of this locality who have 
brought about their personal success by application and industry, giving 
thought, time and attention to the cultivation of land upon which he was engaged 
in agricultural pursuits. Ford Richardson was born in Westfield, Ohio, March 24, 
1883. His parents, Clermont and Anne Richardson, were natives of Ohio. In the 
parents' family there were born four sons. The father came west in 1872, and 
later returned to his native State. In 1893 he returned and located in the Byron 
section, where he purchased eighty acres and carried on general farming. Ford 
received his education in the public schools of Byron, after which he assumed 
the management of the home place for a time. Four years ago he engaged in the 
meat business with gratifying success. In June, 1916, Ford Richardson took over 
the management of the Hotel Byron. He has made many changes in the interior of 
the hotel and caters to the general public. It is a typical American hotel of 
the best class. He was united in marriage in Antioch, to Miss Myrtle Boyd, a 
native of Canada, June 1, 1908. To this union there are two daughters - Wanta, 
born November 22, 1909, and Myrtle, born March 1, 1914. Mr. Richardson is a 
Republican and serves on the Byron school board.
 
Source: "The History of Contra Costa County, California," Elms Publ. Co., 1917, 
pp. 548-549.