History of Decatur County, Iowa, and its people . sMr. Estes is a democrat, and for the past seventeen years he has beenidentified with the Knights of Pythias lodge. Both he and his wifeare well known in social circles of Leon and Mr. Estes is classedamong the successful business men of this section of Decatur county. ROYAL RICHARDSON. Royal Richardson, who is living on his place of fifty-four acreswithin the city limits of Pleasanton, has reached the venerable age of/eighty-eight years and still takes a keen interest in the affairs of hiscommunity. He was born on the 12th of February, 1827, i
History of Decatur County, Iowa, and its people . sMr. Estes is a democrat, and for the past seventeen years he has beenidentified with the Knights of Pythias lodge. Both he and his wifeare well known in social circles of Leon and Mr. Estes is classedamong the successful business men of this section of Decatur county. ROYAL RICHARDSON. Royal Richardson, who is living on his place of fifty-four acreswithin the city limits of Pleasanton, has reached the venerable age of/eighty-eight years and still takes a keen interest in the affairs of hiscommunity. He was born on the 12th of February, 1827, in Massa-chusetts, a son of James and Sophia (Danforth) Richardson, like-wise natives of the Bay state. The father farmed in Massachusettsduring his active life but after he retired removed to Pleasanton,Iowa, making his home with our subject until his demise. Royal Richardson received his education in Massachusetts andremained at home until he was fourteen years of age, when he leftthe parental roof and applied himself to learning the carpenters. ROYAL RICHARDSON HISTORY OF DECATUR COUNTY 357 trade. He followed that occupation in the east for ten years. In1854 he removed to Batavia, Illinois, and two years later came toPleasanton, Decatur county, Iowa, purchasing the fifty-four acreswhich is his present home. He also bought a sawmill, which he oper-ated for ten years but eventually turned his attention to the mercantilebusiness and conducted a store at the same time supervising his agri-cultural operations. Later he opened a hotel in the house where hestill lives and which he erected in 1860, and for twenty-two yearsconducted that business, becoming well known and popular to thetraveling public. In 1898 he organized a private bank but the cashierproved unworthy of trust and absconded with twenty thousand dollarsbelonging to our subject, who is now living retired, enjoying a periodof well earned rest. He was United States marshal four years soonafter the Civil war. In April, 185
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