. History of Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut . Yale Clubs of New York and in the Graduates Club of New Haven. Hisjjolitieal endorsement is given to the republican party, and in 1910 he became a member ofthe state senate, where, during his two years service, he gave thoughtful and earnest con-sideration to the vital questions which came up for settlement. BENJAMIN ARTHUR RICHARDS. It is an old and trite saying that there is always room at the top, but a real recogni-tion of this fact should serve to inspire greater perseverance and determination on thepart of young business men.
. History of Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut . Yale Clubs of New York and in the Graduates Club of New Haven. Hisjjolitieal endorsement is given to the republican party, and in 1910 he became a member ofthe state senate, where, during his two years service, he gave thoughtful and earnest con-sideration to the vital questions which came up for settlement. BENJAMIN ARTHUR RICHARDS. It is an old and trite saying that there is always room at the top, but a real recogni-tion of this fact should serve to inspire greater perseverance and determination on thepart of young business men. It was an understanding of this condition that led BenjaminArthur Richards to so direct his efforts and activities that today he is occupying a promi-nent position in commercial circles in Winsted as the president and treasurer of theBenjamin Richards & Company, Incorporated, of Winsted. He was born April 14, 1887, in the city where he still resides. His father, BenjaminRichards, ^\as born in Birmingham, England, October 7, 1851, and came to tlie United. BENJAMIN RICHARDS WATERBURY AND THE NAUGATUCK VALLEY 393 States in May, 1875, when a young man of twenty-three years. He at once establishedhis home in Winsted. He brought with him his wife, having been married in England onthe 15th of December, 1873, to Miss Emma Knowles, who is still a resident of Winsted,where all of the five children were born. The birth of the mother occurred in Wednesbury,England, July 28, 1850. Her four living children are: Gertrude, who is the wife ofSamuel Newton Lincoln, of Waterbury, Connecticut; Jessie, who gave her hand in mar-riage to William J. Bailey, of New Haven, Connecticut; Alice, the wife of Ernest , of Winsted; and Benjamin Arthur, of this review. The father of this familypassed away on the 20th of February, 1911, when fifty-nine years of age, his death occur-ring very suddenly and being occasioned by heart trouble. Benjamin Arthur Richards was educated in the public schools of W
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