John William Richman (1856-1921) & Jane Charlotte Sinfield (1860-1942)

John William Richman was born to John Tagg Richman and Sarah Ann Stephenson in England on Janurary 4, 1856. They left their home and migrated to America on March 20, 1860. They joined relatives in Maryland and lived there for a year and nine months. In June 1862, when John William was six years old, they left Maryland and traveled to Utah, arriving in Paradise on October 21,  1862. (Read a brief history of Paradise, Utah (Spring of 1860).)

He was a farmer and very active in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1876, he married Jane Charlotte Sinfield at age 20 in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City.

In 1885, when John William was 29, his parents moved to Teton City, Idaho. He died at age 65 and is buried in the Paradise Cemetery. His parents. Read a Biography of John William Richman.

Jane Charlotte Sinfield was born April 6, 1860 in Ogden, Utah. Her parents, Samuel Sinfield & Hannah Middleton (see below), were baptized in England and moved to Ogden. When Jane was 7 years old, her family moved to Paradise. She married John William Richman when she was 16 years old. She died at the age of 82 and is buried in the Paradise Cemetery. Her parents are Samuel Sinfield and Hannah Middleton (see below). Read a biography, life sketch, and obituary of Jane Charlotte Sinfield. Read a biography of Samuel Sinfield.

John William Richman and Jane Charlotte Sinfield had 9 children: John Samuel Richman, Zoe Richman, George Sinfield Richman, Amos Sinfield Richman, William Sinfield Richman, Jennie Richman, Hannah Richman, Aha Sinfield Richman, and Leon Sinfield Richman. See photos and information about the children below.

Also see the family genealogy book Richard Ruscoe Howells, Melissa Elizabeth Shaw, John William Richman, and Jane Charlotte Sinfield, which contains the genealogies and personal histories of the four people mentioned in the title, as well as their children. Information about John William Richman and Jane Charlotte Sinfield begins on page 73. Also see John Tagg Richman and Sarah Ann Stephenson beginning on page 286. See Samuel Sinfield and Hannah Middleton beginning on page 293.

John William Richman

Jane Charlotte Sinfield

Jane Charlotte Sinfield

Jane Charlotte Sinfield

Home of John William Richman and Jane Charlotte Sinfield in Paradise, Utah. Left to right: John William Richman, lady, baby, lady, Estella Thomas (Boston Obray Thomas’ sister), George Richman (Leon Sinfield Richman’s brother), boy, man.

Children of John William Richman & Jane Charlotte Sinfield

John Samuel Richman (1877-1963) & Isabella Louise Miles (1879-1965)

• Biography of John Samuel Richman & Isabella Louise Miles
• Obituaries of George Sinfield Richman and John Samuel Richman

Zoe Richman Tams (1881-1965)

• Zoe married Josiah Oldham Tams on December 18, 1901.
• Biography of Zoe Richman Tams.

Zoe Richman Tams

George Sinfield Richman (1884-1961) & Estella Thomas

• Biography of George Sinfield Richman
• Obituaries of George Sinfield Richman and John Samuel Richman
• Funeral program (page 1 and page 2)
• George and his brother Leon married two sisters: Estella Thomas and Boston Obray Thomas, daughters of John Edward Thomas & Annie Shelton Obray.

George Richman and Estella Thomas

George Sinfield Richman & Estella Thomas

George Reese Richman (?), child of George Sinfield Richman & Estella Thomas

George Reese Richman, child of George Sinfield Richman & Estella Thomas

Edna Richman, daughter of George Sinfield Richman & Estella Thomas

Edna Richman

Edna Richman, daughter of George Sinfield Richman & Estella Thomas

Amos Sinfield Richman (1886-1970)

Read the biography of Amos Sinfield Richman & Eva Leona Farley Richman

Postcard from Amos Richman, July 19 1909. See back of postcard.

Amos Sinfield Richman

William Sinfield Richman (1888-1958) & Elizabeth Norris Richman

William married Elizabeth Norris 7 May 1913. Will was a farmer by trade, but he did a lot of odd jobs for many farmers who needed help. He would help build fences or what ever work he was asked to do.

Read the biography of William Sinfield Richman & Elizabeth Norris Richman

William Sinfield Richman, Elizabeth Norris Richman, and Ellis Eugene Richman

William Sinfield Richman (far right), with his sons Ellis, Lowell, and DaWayne

William Sinfield Richman (far right), with his sons Ellis, Lowell, and DaWayne

Jennie Richman (1889-1970) & Samuel George Housley (1879-1956)

Jennie Richman and Samuel George Housley

Jennie Richman Housley

Obituary of Jennie Richman Housley

Hannah Richman (1891-1951)

Hannah married Bert Shaw Howells on November 26, 1909.

Hannah was an excellent homemaker. She did all of the family sewing and mending and was an excellent cook. She also made her own soap and hand lotion. Hannah loved her yard and she loved beautiful flowers. She loved to make quilts. For several years, she had a severe pain on the left side of her head. She ended up in the St Marks Hospital in Salt Lake for tests. Hannah never came home. She passed away, cause of death a bubble on the artery (or an aneurysm as they call it today).

Aha Sinfield Richman (1893-1919)

Aha was kicked in the stomach by a horse and died from this accident. He was only 25 years old (almost 26) and was not married.

Aha Richman

Aha Richman

Nate Thomas and Aha Richman

Nate Thomas, Aha Richman, John James, and Horrace Obray

Clyde Thomas, Aha Richman, [unknown], Nate Thomas, and [unknown] at Paradise School. See black-and-white scan of this photo.

Aha Sinfield Richman

Leon Sinfield Richman (1897-1933)

See Leon Sinfield Richman‘s page.

Jane Charlotte Sinfield’s Parents

Samuel Sinfield (1820-1904) & Hannah Middleton (1822-1903)

• Samuel Sinfield life sketch
• Samuel Sinfield family group sheet with photos. His parents are William Sinfield and Elizabeth Pepper.

Samuel Sinfield Richman was born in Eversholt, England in 1820 to William Sinfield and Elizabeth Pepper Sinfield. Soon after he married his first wife, Phebe Cross, in 1841, Mormon missionaries called at their home. They accepted the gospel and were baptized in 1842. In 1852, they sold everything they owned to migrate to Utah. Unfortunately, Phebe died one week before they were to leave. Grieving, yet determined to go forward, Samuel and his two daughters boarded the ship for America. They came west with the pioneers and settled in Ogden, Utah, living in a dugout at first. They later had a home and farm on the site where the Depot and Railroad Yards of Ogden are now situated.

Hannah Middleton was born November 25, 1822 in England to John Middleton and Margaret Alderson. She joined the Church in 1846 at age 24. Her first husband, Foster Hawkey, was a shipwright by trade and was swept into the sea and drowned in 1852. In 1855, Hannah took advantage of the Church’s Perpetual Emigrating Fund to travel to Utah by ship and handcart. Delays in ships and trains made it so that the Martin Handcart Company was the last to leave Florence, Nebraska, on July 28, 1856. But with faith, Hannah set out with her 14-year-old boy James (from Foster’s first marriage) and two girls (ages 4 and 3). Her boy James died at the Platte River and was buried with many other Saints there. Relief parties finally found the Martin Company and brought Hannah and her two girls to Salt Lake, arriving on November 30, 1856. Hannah’s feet were frozen so severely that the toes burst open. But her woolen stockings helped prevent infection, so her feet didn’t have to be amputated. However, she was not able to walk until the following spring.

Samuel met Hannah in Utah and they were married during the summer of 1857. The family made their home in Ogden, Utah, in a pretty little two room adobe house which was located on what is now 24th Street between Wall Ave and Lincoln Ave. This is near where the railroad station was later built. South of the 24th Street viaduct was Samuel’s farming land. While living in Ogden three children were born to this couple: George Robert Sinfield, Jane Charlotte Sinfield, and Henrietta Middleton Sinfield.

When the railroad came to Ogden in 1869, Samuel believed that it would bring many questionable characters, so he sold his home and moved his family to Paradise, where he farmed until he died in 1904 at 84 years old. Hannah died at age 81.

Also see the family genealogy book Richard Ruscoe Howells, Melissa Elizabeth Shaw, John William Richman, and Jane Charlotte Sinfield, which contains the genealogies and personal histories of the four people mentioned in the title, as well as their children. Information about John William Richman and Jane Charlotte Sinfield begins on page 73. Also see John Tagg Richman and Sarah Ann Stephenson beginning on page 286. See Samuel Sinfield and Hannah Middleton beginning on page 293.

Samuel Sinfield (father of Jane Charlotte Sinfield)

Hannah Middleton (wife of Samuel Sinfield)

Samuel Sinfield and Hannah Middleton

Samuel Sinfield and Hannah Middleton home