Richard Standridge was the son of John and Mary C. Standridge, he was born in Richland Township Newton County, Arkansas in 1844. When the Civil War broke out he enlisted in the Union Army. He was seriously wounded in a battle near Springfield, Missouri, during the early part of the war. The men picking up the wounded soldiers thought he was dead and passed him by. Some thirty hours later a woman who was searching the battle field for missing relatives found him alive and reported the fact to the soldiers. When he recovered from his wounds he went back to his company and served until the end of the war.

When the war ended he returned to Richland Township in Newton County, Arkansas where he married and settled near the head of Richland Creek. He was a successful farmer and a stock raiser.

His wife was Nancy Felkins. Richard Standridge lived to be about seventy years old.

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