Background
Richards, William Alford was born on March 9, 1849 in Hazel Green, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Truman Perry and Eleanor (Swinerton) Richards.
Richards, William Alford was born on March 9, 1849 in Hazel Green, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Truman Perry and Eleanor (Swinerton) Richards.
Common school education there and at Galena, Illinois.
Surveyor general Wyoming, 1889-1893. Governor Wyoming, January 1, 1895 to January 1, 1899. Assistant commissioner, 1899-1903, commissioner, 1903-1907, General Land Office.
Commissioner of taxation, state of Wyoming, February since 1909. Home: No Wood, Wyo.
Married Harriet Alice Hunt, December 28, 1874.