Latter-Day Saint History

The Richmond LDS branch was created on November 15, 1859 by Orson Hyde and Ezra Taft Benson, members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. The meeting home for the branch was the Issacs Shepheard home in the "Old Fort" and Thomas Tidwell was ordained as the Bishop of the branch and appointed Henry Gibson as Clerk and John Bair as Presiding Elder. Due to Bishop Tidwell being busy during the summer spending time tending to cattle in Nephi, Utah, Marriner W. Merrill was appointed Bishop of the Richmond Ward on Jun 30, 1861.

Bishop Merrill served without councilors for many years until June of 1877 when he called Christian L. Hyer as first councilor, and Wallace K. Burnham as second councilor. Bishop Merrill served for 36 years before receiving the call to serve as the Cache Stake president. William L. Skidmore was then called to serve as Bishop, along with Christian Hyer and Wallace K. Burnham until 1900. 

Sources: Bair, Amos W. (1976). History of Richmond, Utah. The Richmond Bicentennial Committee. pgs 86-87

Record of Members 1859-1912, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States & Canada 2nd Floor Film, Film 25601

Other Source https://ldsgenealogy.com/UT/Richmond.htm