Early Life
Richards was born in Mendon, Utah Territory. He was the oldest of ten children born to Stephen Longstroth Richards and Emma Louise Stayner. He was raised in the Cache Valley. He was the grandson of Willard Richards, an early apostle of the church and colleague of Joseph Smith. Willard Richards witnessed Smith and his brother Hyrum murdered by a mob in Carthage, Illinois. Willard Richards served as Brigham Young's Second Counselor in the First Presidency. He died before Stephen was born.
Stephen L Richards married Irene Smith Merrill (a maternal granddaughter of George A. Smith) in 1900. The couple had nine children.
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