Lucius D. Richards

Lucius Dunbar Richards (November 26, 1847 – August 19, 1931) was a banker and businessman who served as the mayor of Fremont, Nebraska, for two terms and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Nebraska in the 1890 election.

Early life Richards was born in Charleston, Vermont, on November 26, 1947, to parents Silas and Sarah Richards. At the age of 14 in August 1862, he enlisted in Company I, Fifteenth Vermont Volunteer Infantry to fight in the Civil War. He fought at the Battle of Gettysburg. Richards' regiment was commanded by Redfield Proctor, who later became United States Secretary of War and a United States Senator. Richards served nine months as Proctor's orderly which resulted in a lifelong friendship. While surveying for the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad, he platted the town sites of Nickerson, Hooper, and Scribner. In 1872, Richards left to work as an engineer in Costa Rica and became a railway superintendent there. and they had four children.