When Albert Richards was born on 28 October 1899, in Mount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, United States, his father, Knox Richards, was 31 and his mother, Anna Wilmina Wlecke, was 30. He married Blanche May Jolley on 21 November 1921, in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Compton, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930 and Compton Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 6 February 1952, in Richland, Benton, Washington, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside, California, United States.