Israel Biddle Richart

  General Notes:

Israel Biddle died of paralysis.

Vertical Files, Richart Carriage Shop, Research Center, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan, "History of the Richart Carriage Shop": "Around 1850, Israel Biddle (Richart) built a larger shop on a nearby lot. This is the building which now stands in pink and gray splendor in Greenfield Village. In 1855, Israel Biddle (Richart) moved is business to the thriving town of Tecumseh, and sold the shop to his brother, William".

After his marriage to Julia, "he moved to Tecumseh and became a prominent and respected citizen of the city, and dying at the age of eighty or more". [He and his wife and his descendants] "are buried in Tecumseh."

1893 Atlas of Lenawee County, Michigan: The home of Israel and Julia was located at the northwest corner of Sycamore and Potawatamie Streets in Tecumseh.

Gravestone inscription reads: "Isreal B. Richart 1823-1904"

Israel married Juliette Ford, daughter of Russell Ford and Unknown, on 23 Sep 1852 in Tecumseh, Lenawee County, Michigan. (Juliette Ford was born in 1829 in New York, died on 2 Apr 1882 in Tecumseh, Lenawee County, Michigan and was buried in Brookside Cemetery, Tecumseh, Lenawee County, Michigan.)