Introduction

Biography

Richard was the son of Eliz­abeth Kin­zie, and hus­band of Ida Mae An­der­son.

He en­tered mi­li­tary serv­ice on Sep­tem­ber 19, 1861, from Ge­ne­seo, Il­li­nois, and dur­ing the Am­eri­can civ­il war, was a bug­ler in Com­pa­ny B, 9th Il­li­nois Cav­al­ry. Af­ter the war, he served as a bug­ler in Com­pa­ny A, 13th U.S. In­fan­try.

He lat­er taught mu­sic in Ge­ne­seo, Il­li­nois, but by the 1880s, he had moved to Kan­sas, and taught at the State Nor­mal School in Em­por­ia.

He lat­er taught mu­sic and sold pi­anos and or­gans in Cher­ry­vale, Kan­sas.

Works

• Gospel and Tem­per­ance Songs, with Charles Ga­bri­el (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: John Church, 1878)

His mu­sic There Was No Room for Them in the Inn was pub­lished in Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio, Il­li­nois, in 1880.