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Collection Summary
Collection: 00169 - McIntosh County Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00006
Title: Richard A. Larimer
Date: Circa 1890
Creator: Lilly, George W.,--1885-1940
Inscription/Marks: [Handwriting in blue ink on lower and right borders of print] Richard A. Larimer One of the First Judges in McIntosh County.
Summary: Richard A. Larimer, one of the first judges in McIntosh County, sits on horseback, likely somewhere in the county. He wears a dark suit and hat and a long beard. A house is visible in the distance at far right. __Another of the early pioneers of McIntosh County is the subject of this short history. Born at Bridgewater, Penn., on April 23, 1839, it was not until he was in middle life that Richard A. Larimer, then 47 years of age, together with his two sons, Herbert M. Larimer and James C. Larimer arrived in McIntosh County, as our informant says, on a load of lumber. Mr. Larimer at the time he came to McIntosh County was a widower, his wife having died some time prior to his arrival here. He filed on land in Section 6, Township 129, Range 70, southwest of Hoskins, where he and his two sons started housekeeping with the combined resources of the father and boys amounting to the magnificent sum of $13.00. A sod house consisting of one room ten by twelve feet was erected and thus began their lives in the new country. Farm equipment the first year consisted of a pick, a shovel, hoe, hand rake and a hand sled. Imagine a farmer in these days starting to farm with such an array of implements. The hand sled was about the most useful article on the farm, as it was used to haul hay for fuel, a distance of 3 or 4 miles. The second year things were improved, for by that time the Larimers had been able to acquire additional farm equipment, consisting of a yoke of oxen, a wagon, plow, harrow and a stone boat. Mr. Larimer served his country in the war of the Rebellion having at the age of 22, on May 13, 1861, enlisted as a private in Company "C" 24 th Regiment Volunteer Infantry of Ohio and served until June 22, 1864, when he was given an honorable discharge at Camp Chuso, Ohio. Mr. Larimer has the distinction of being the first elected Judge of Probate in McIntosh County; Mr. Alanson Richards held the office before him but was an appointee of the County Commissioners; he held this office from January 1, 1889 to January 1, 1893. Some years later Mr. Larimer made his home with his son James C. Larimer an his homestead about two miles northeast of Ashley, where on March 10, 1906, at the age of a little over 66 years he passed away. His two sons still live in Glendora, California.
Red ID: PH_I_20152 Image ID: 139732 Image Notes: 00169-00006

Collection: 00169 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: McIntosh County Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1890 - Circa 1915

Summary: This may have been part of MSS 10161 George W. Lilly which was .25ft. of notes for the WPA history of McIntosh County, no longer in database or on shelf. Or it may have been separated from the George W. Lilly Pioneer Biography Series 30529. Each photo is stamped Historical Data Project.

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