THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: David J. Richards; Born: 21 Apr 1879; Died: 31 Oct 1937.

U.S. Federal Census/Estero/Lee County/Florida--1920; Enumeration date: Jan 2, 1920; Enumerator: Henry D. Silverfriend; ED: 109; SD: 1; Fourth Precinct; Microfilm roll number: 1820221; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, Dec 1994: David J. Richards; Relation to head of family: Boarder; Place of residence: Log cabin place; Age 40; Single; Year of immigration to U.S.; 1898; Naturalized; Year of naturalization: 1914; Place of birth: Wales; Place of birth of mother and father: Wales; Occupation: Chiropractor/K.U. home.

U.S. Federal 1930 Census; Estero, Lee County, Florida; Election Precinct 12; Koreshan Unity Home; Enumeration Date: May 5, 1930; Enumerator: William Howell; ED: 36-17; SD: 6; Page: 199; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, January 2003: David J. Richards; Radio set: None listed; Sex: male; Color: white; Age at last birthday: 50; Marital condition: single; Attended school since Sep 1, 1929; no Whether able to read and write: yes; Place of birth: Wales; Place of birth of father: Wales; Place of birth of mother: Wales; Language spoken in home before coming to the U.S.: English; Year of immigration to U.S.: 1898; Naturalized: yes; Able to speak English: yes; Occupation: physician; Industry: Doctor of ?

Burial: Koreshan Unity Cemetery--lot 23; Inscription: David Richards/1876-Oct 1937.

FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready: Alex and David Richardson; "Brothers and Welsh. David was a chiropractor and a good person, I always thought. I did not know Alex."

COURT RECORD--Lee County Court House--WARRANTY DEED: David J. Richards; 25 Apr 1924; No. 26759; Deed Book 70, Page 209; Entry Number 1.

BROTHERS' LAUNDRY LIST: David Richards #107.

Evelyn Horn's notes: Dr. David J. Richards

"Dr. Richards was born in Wales, April 21, 1879. He studied chiropractic, a graduate of The Palmer School. He practiced in Flint, Michigan. David joined the Koreshan Unity on September 27, 1911. He became a naturalized citizen in 1914. Dr. Richards was a person of genial and pleasing personality. Whom to know was to admire. A loyal and untiring worker in the Koreshan cause."

He wrote religious and scientific writings, also Current Community Events (Community Current Events) in Estero for "The Flaming Sword." He was a speaker in the Art Hall for all Koreshan services. Dr. Richards was the Koreshan Unity doctor at the Sanitarium on the Estero River. He died of a very short illness of one week--of pnemonia (sic) --on October 31, 9:30 p.m. in 1937. David was a thin, tall man with fair skin and blue eyes, dark hair, greying at the temples. He dressed very neat, always in grey business suits."

FLAMING SWORD, Community Current Events by Adah J. Price, December 1937: "On October 3, at 9:30 p.m., our while community was shocked and grieved when learning of the death of Brother David J. Richards, following some two weeks illness, his passing caused by a complication of uremic poisoning and an abscess in the throat which later brought on pneumonia. Brother David was born in Wales April 21, 1879. He came to this country many years ago, working for a time in the steel mills in Ohio. He later studied chiropractic, graduating from the Palmer School, and practiced for a time in Flint, Michigan. From there he came to Estero September 27, 1911, becoming a naturalized citizen in 1914. Dr. Richards was a person of genial and pleasing personality, whom to know was to admire, and was a loyal, untiring worker in our Koreshan Cause. He will be deeply missed by a host of friends."

THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Thos. Alexander; Born: 1888, Wales; Died: 12 Oct 1915 (Brother of David J. Richards).

FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready: Alex Richardson;
"Brothers and Welsh. David was a chiropractor and a good person, I always thought. I did not know Alex."