William Dorris Hendricks
About
William Dorris Hendricks was born Nov 6, 1829 in Franklin, Kentucky to James and Drusilla Dorris Hendricks. William served as the first Mayor of Richmond.
Mayoral Term (1868 - 1872)
William D. Hendricks served as the first mayor of Richmond after it was incorporated as a city in February of 1868. He was sworn into office on May 28, 1868 with the first City Council members: Stillman Pond, Henry E. Gibson, David P. Rainey, Neriah Lewis, and Thomas L. Whittle with William Beers as City Recorder. He was in charge, along with the City Council, to hire individuals to fill in the necessary appointments for the city. Such were Christopher M. Olsen, City Treasurer; William F. Fisher, Assessor and Collector; William T. Van Noy, City Marshall; Christopher M. Funk, Supervisor of Streets; William H. Lewis and R. Marion Kerr, Chief of Police; David P. Rainey, Neriah R. Lewis, Marcus Funk, and George F. Burnham, Deputies of Police. Along with this, they had appointed the city seal, passed the first City Ordinance of constructing bridges across all ditches, and named the streets of Richmond.1
William Hendricks is the father of George G. Hendricks, making them the first father-son Mayors.
He was succeeded by Jesse Hobson on August 6th, 1872.
Epilogue
William Dorris Hendricks died May 6, 1909 in Lewiston, Utah. He was buried in the Richmond Cemetery.
Sources
Family Search, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (2019, August). Records of the city of Richmond, Cache County, Utah 1868-1948. Utah State Agricultural College (Utah State University). Cache Valley Historical Society (1955, November) Reel 16. Image Number 9. Familysearch.org. https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/image-details?page=1&place=5313423&rmsId=TH-7757-92521-33594-55&imageIndex=8&singleView=true