Richard was born in 1875 in Fairfield County, South Carolina. He was the son of Richard Desportes and Harriett Lowther.
His father was a veteran Confederate soldier. RIchard lived in Fairfield County and later in Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina. He passed away in 1945.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6S8-GMQ : 15 July 2017), Richard S Desportes in household of R S Desportes, Township 8, Fairfield, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 74, sheet 178C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,229.
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