The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-03
HENRY p. RICHMOND. DEAD.
VIII BE Buried This Afternoon
From the Independent Church.

VIII BE Buried This Afternoon
From the Independent Church.
The funeral of the late Henry Potts
Richmond will take place from the lee
ture room of the Independent Presbyterian
Church at o'clock this afternoon. The
body will be brought down from Atlanta
on the morning train. Mr. Richmond 5
death occurred at his residence, No. 222
West Peachtree street, in Atlanta at 8
O'clock Thursday night, after an illness of
nearly two months.
The deceased was until recent years
resident Of Savannah, having resided here
for the greater part of a long and busy
life, and was widely known and respected.
Through his long experience in the ferti-
lizer business he was probably as widely
known throughout Georgia and adjoining
states as any business man in the four
states.
The deceased was in his 65th year. hav-
ing been born at Claverack-on-the-H Hudson
March !, 1899. When a child he removed
20 this state with his parents, who located
at Augusta, where they both died and
are buried He came TO Savannah in 1851
and begun long and useful business ca
reer here with the large wholesale grocery
house of Stark, Alexander & Clark, then
one of the largest houses in this line in
the South. He took an active part on the
side of the Confederacy. In 1862 he assist
ed in raising company in Augusta and
later he was commissioned a captain
in the quartermaster's department, and
served throughout the remainder of the
war In the army Of Gen. Bragg. Imme-
diately after the war he returned to Sa-
vannah and became a member of the firm
of William II. Stark & Co, wholesale
grocers and commission merchants. This
firm went out of business in 1881.
Mr.. Richmonds main work since the
war has been in connection with the fer
tlizer business in which he has been more
actively engaged and was perhaps more
widely known throughout the South than
any man in the business. He was one of
the first to handle commercial fertilizers
in the South and his connection with the
business since has been constant. In 1888
he became conneced with Hammond, Hull
& Co., afterwards Conner, Hull & Co, and
later the Southern Fertilizer Company,
now merged in the Virginia. Carolina
Chemical Company. He was Office mana
ger for the three first named firms and
was at the time of his death connected
with the Atlanta office of the latter con-
Germ. He was not only one of the best
posted men IN his business. but was faith
full and untring in his work, being devoted
to the interests of the concerns with which
he was connected.
Mr.. Richmond's first wife was Miss Mary
Bayon, daughter of James e. Baynon of
Athens. Four children by this marriage
survive him, Edwin A., Henry L. and
Frank c. Richmond of Savannah, and Miss
Mary l.. Richmond His first wife dying
he was married. in 1898. to Miss jamie
Simpson of Atlanta, sister of Governor
and ex-Chief Justice Simpson of South
Carolina. He has also a sister living, Mrs.
Charles Stark of North Lyme, Conn. The
deceased was a member OF the Confeder-
ate Veterans Association of Savannah He
leaves many warm friends in Savannah to
sorrow at his departure.