This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Richards Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/1158 Message Board Post: From "History of Grant County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 895. LANCASTER ORA C. RICHARDS, Deputy Sheriff, Lancaster; is a native of the town of Fennimore, began life as a farmer, following that business until 14 years of age; he then attended school in Boscobel for about four years, and made rapid progress; at the age of 18 years, he was appointed Deputy Sheriff of Grant Co., and now holds the same position for the fifth year, being appointed in 1877. [I am not related to this family. I'm just posting this as a service and hope it helps!]