The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: David Lloyd
Surname: Richards

Gender: Male

Birth date: 22 September 1862

Birth place: Lampeter, Cardiganshire, Wales

Death date: 13 September 1944

Death place: Naples, Uintah, Utah, United States

Burial date: 17 September 1944

Burial place: Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States

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Samira Susannah Harker (1867-1943)

Married 22 September 1862 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 04 September 1880 aboard the ship Nevada.
Arrived in New York, Kings, New York, United States on 16 September 1880.

David worked in the coal mines when he was a child. At the age of fourteen he heard the Elders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints preach the Gospel on the street corners of Lampeter. He became interested at once. His father opposed his association with the Elders and his attendance at the Latter-day Saint church; nevertheless, on September 13, 1878 David L. was baptized a member of the Church. In September of 1880, after the death of his father and just before David L. turned 18, both he and his stepmother [Jane Richards] traveled to Liverpool, England, where they boarded the steamship “Nevada” and emigrated to the United States of America. David L’s stepmother had 2 children from a former marriage, Jane & Charles Evans, which either came earlier or followed at a later date, but did not travel with them at that time. On September 4th 1880 David L. and his stepmother boarded the Nevada, and arrived in New York City September 16 in that year.”

After attending the LDS college in SLC (his professors were named Proffers, Talmage, and Done) David L. taught at the Church Academy at Panguitch and a District School at Cleveland, Garfield Co. On October 6, 1890 David married Samira Susannah Harker, the daughter of Joseph and Susannah (Sneath) Harker. Four years later, David moved his family to Vernal, Uintah, Utah. He farmed, taught school, and delivered mail the remainder of his life. He and his wife had 13 children, of which ten lived to adulthood.

The foregoing was written by Cinda Eastin's father, both descendants of David L. Richards.

The headstone is of David L. Richards' stepmother who is buried in the Murray City Cemetery.

David Lloyd Richards