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William Pinkerton*
Richardson 		-
 Mary Sophia**
Harmon (Harman)
version 47: 2 / 7 / 10
(son of  William B. Richardson
and Violet Jane Whitton))
(Click on their names for their own website.)
(daughter of John Harman
and Pauline Bartles (Bartlett?)
(Click on their names for their own website.)
married
 16 Aug 1899
 at Bynumville
 Chariton Co., MO

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Meet their
children.
** Alternate middlenames:(Sophie?) (Soffie) (Sofa) (Sophia) but in two handwritten notes from Mary, she spelled it Soffa or Sofa. Tombstone states it was spelled Sophia.

The only evidence that I have that Mary used Harmon as her maiden last name instead of her father's last name Harman is found on a handwritten note (see below) in which she used Harmon.

(view her website)






Mr. and Mrs. William Pinkerton Richardson

Photo taken at Nickell Photographters in
Marceline in Linn Co, MO.

Date: unknown but around 1900 soon
after their wedding I imagine.

On the back is written in pencil:
Mary Sofa Richardson
William Pinkerton Richardson

from collection of Donald DeWitt

* This photo is my source of William's middle name.
     It is also confirmed by his death certificate.

WILLIAM  PINKERTON  INFO

 b.  8 Sep 1866 in Hope, in Bartholomew Co, IN
        Date of birth and death are confirmed by his death certificate
        which can be obained via the Missouri State Archives
         at WILLIAM.  His place of birth and middle name are also
         confirmed.  (Or PDF: (Death Cert.))

 d.  8 Nov 1946 in McLarney Hospital in Brookfield, MO
        buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Marceline,
        Linn Co. MO on 11 Nov 1946.  (Directions)
        He died after he broke his left hip in an accident.
        Dates taken from his death certificate. (Death Cert.)
       (FindAGrave)

Death certificate also confirms his parent's names.
(aka Richeson in 1920 census & Richerson in 1930 census)

grave
Photo by Kevin Casey

MARY  SOPHIA  HARMON  INFO

 b. 30 Jun 1881 near Wien, Chariton Co., MO
    but Jun 1880 in 1900 Census



d. 30 Jul 1965 in Emmett, MI after living with her
    daughter, Bertha Ailor, in Michigan,
    and buried in Meadville Cemetery, Linn Co., MO
    Funeral on 3 Aug 1965
    Read her Obit: OBIT
    (FindAGrave)






grave
Photo by Terri Spencer
Details from William's Obit (undated): Read his Obit: OBIT

Mr. Richardson's family settled near Clifton Hill (south of Macon, MO in Randolph Co.) in 1867 and came to Chariton County in 1881 where he spent his adult life with the exception of five years in Colorado (at least 1887 see photo 1887) and four years in Nebraska (1909-1912?). When he was 18 (in 1884?) he became a member of the New Liberty Christian church in the Mike community. (It is located in the northwestern corner of Muscle Fork Township, Chariton, Co. MO.)

Obit says he has two sisters:
Alice Harlan of Moberly, MO (Mrs. John T. Harlan) and 
Blanche Lambert of Quincy, IL (Mrs. Charles J Lambert)
(note: in photo below, a sister is listed as Bell along with Alice and William)

Note also: Rev. Vencil E. Lambert of Bevier, MO conducted the services according to WP's OBIT.  Vencil was the son of Lester Lambert, who was the son of Charles J. Lambert and Blanche Richardson, WP's sister.  So the Reverend was WP's great-nephew.

One obituary also states that WP had one son precede him in death. That son would be Russell Howard Richardson who died as an infant in 1902.

The first obituary also states his birthdate as 1856 which is a typo.  All other information supports 1866.

(Death Cert.)

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Where did he go?

William P. Richardson:
Indiana: 1866 (Bartholomew Co -- from Obit) --->
Missouri: 1867 (Clifton Hill, Randolph Co.),   1870 (Randolph Co.),   1880 (Chariton Co.),   1900 (Chariton Co.)
Nebraska: 1910 (Thayer Co.)
Missouri: 1920 (Chariton Co., MO),    1930 (Chariton Co.),   1946 (Linn Co., --obit)   (Death Cert.)
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Children of William Pinkerton Richardson
(aka Richeson in 1920 census & Richerson in 1930 census)
Issue: Sex Born Birthplace Died Deathplace Married Date Children
Children of  William Pinkerton Richardson (b. 8 Sep 1866-7? d. 8 Nov 1946)
and Mary Sophia Harmon (b. 30 Jun 1881 d. 30 Jul 1965)
married 16 Aug 1899 at Bynumville, Chariton Co., MO
Harlan Harmon*
(aka Harley)
 M 12 Jan 1901 ** Westville, Chariton Co, MO


In 1920
a Harley Richardson, age 22 was living in Kansas City, MO as a roomer

Also, a H. A. Richardson, age 21
was living in Claibourne Co, LA in 1920

A Harmon Richardson, (b 1901) lived in South Dakota in 1930 with wife Rebecca, and children Robert, James, Doris and Lois.  Harmon was born in SD, not MO.
 Aft 1951
 because alive at brother Herbert's death in 1951.

Bef 1965
because not alive at time of mother's death in 1965.

(a Harold Richardson with the same birth date died in the Bronx,  NYC in Feb 1979)
SSDI

A Harmon Richardson died in Chariton Co, MO in Feb 1952. (Death Certificate)

According to the D.C. (see link above) he was born in 15 May 1874 and his wife was Effie (b 1879) and daughter was Lucille (b 1914).  He lived in Randolph Co. MO, in 1930
Also registered for draft in 1918 when he was 44 in Randolph Co, MO

He is NOT our Harmon, because his father was Buse Harmon Richardson and his mother was Martha Jane Conrad.
Family history says that he disappeared as a late teenager and was never heard from again.... but I found a Harlan H. Richardson, age 18, in the 1920 Census (shown below), living as a hired hand with M. Morgan, in Madison Township in Fremont Co, IA (ED 71, page 8A) on 23 Apr 1920. At the time of the census recording, Harlan would be 19 not 18.... so is this really our Harlan?... probably.  I can find no other Harlan H. Richardson in the US in 1920.
 ? ?
 ?
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Russell Howard M 18 Aug 1902

 Marceline,
 Linn Co, MO		 3 Dec
1902		 ? MO
 -

- -
Mildred
Ruth 		F 30 Dec 1903
from SSDI		 Marceline,
Linn Co, MO		 24 May
1973		 She is buried in
 Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Marceline, Linn Co., MO (Directions)
(FindAGrave)

 Fay Haley
b. 28 Sep 1888
d. 27 Apr 1972
(ref)
He is buried in
 Mt. Olivet Cemetery,
Marceline, Linn Co.,
MO (Directions)
(FindAGrave)


 20 Jun
 1922		 William Fay
b. 4 Apr 1927
 d. 1 Apr 1979
 Mt. Moriah Cem, Kansas City, MO

married
Peggy ?
Ruby
 Edith		 F 18 Jan 1906
(from Ruby's obit)		 Marceline,
Linn Co, MO		 7 Jan
1994
She died in Macon, MO and is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn Co., MO (Directions)  (FindAGrave) Arthur Lee "Buck" Shull
b. 11 May 1901
  Snyder, MO
d. 29 Jan 1944
burial: Newcomer Cem
Mendon, MO
(FindAGrave)

 (from Ruby's obit)

 Parents:
George William
  Shull and
Emily Emma
  Thomas Martin

 		9 Nov
1931		 Living
  Stanley Lamb
b. 9 Dec 1912
d. 10 Feb 2007
died in Brookfield, MO
buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn Co., MO
 (FindAGrave)

 		15 Apr 1950
(from Ruby's obit)

 		none
Herbert Chester
(see photo)

Living with parents in 1910 in Alexandria, Thayer Co., NE

Living with parents in 1920 in Clark, Chariton Co, MO

Listed as Herbert Rickerson by ancestry.com


 		M 22 Jul 1907
 (from OBIT)		 Westville, Chariton Co, MO

After high school graduation from Mendon HS, he moved to Cleveland OH until he enlisted in the Army in 1942
(from his OBIT)

A Herbert Richardson, born abt 1908 in MO with parents born in MO was living in Olean, Cattaraugus, NY in 1930 working as a cook in a hotel.

Also in 1930 another Herbert C Richardson, who was born about 1908 in Mississippi, was a soldier at Schofield Barracks, Honolulu, Hawaii Territory.  This is not our Herbert because this Herbert lived in Free Run, Yazoo Co, MS in 1920.

 14 Apr
1951
 (from OBIT)		 He died in Japan after an accident in the Army and is buried in Meadville Cemetery.
(Directions)  (FindAGrave)

 (Read Herbert's Obits: OBIT)


On 6 Mar 1942 a Herbert C Richardson who was born in 1907 enlisted in the US Army at Camp Perry Lacarne, in Cuyahoga Co, OH.

He had completed 1 year of high school but maybe they meant college?

Civil Occupation:    Student, Chemical Engineering
Marital Status:    Divorced, without dependents
Height:    71
Weight:    162

This information is consistent with the information found in his OBIT.

Apparently he remained in the Army for the rest of his life.

 Helen Voisiet
(Voisinet?)
 (later divorced)

A Helen Voisiet lived in Cleveland, OH in 1930 as a boarder to Anna Harmon.
 2 Feb
 1933


Divorced by 1942?
 none
Wilfred Ronald
(see photo)

(see photo2)

(aka Wilford)
(Wilfred on Marriage Lic.)
 		M 26 Aug 1909 Alexandria, Thayer Co., NE
(living there in 1910)
 9 Dec
1982
(from SSDI)
(listed as W. Richardson)

(Obit)
 		Chillicothe, Livingston Co., MO

buried in Resthaven Memorial Gardens in Chillicothe, MO

 (FindAGrave)
 1) Louise
Staats		 14 Apr
1935

Meadville, Linn Co, MO
 ?
  2) Dorothy ? ?
  3) Elizabeth
"Bessie" J.
Smith
b. 7 Aug 1908
d. Jun 1994

(See Wilfred's Obit for Bessie's last names)

buried in Resthaven Memorial Gardens in Chillicothe, MO

 (FindAGrave)

Her parents were
William H Smith
Eda Elvina
  Stufflebean


She married first:
George Andrew
  Walkup
  1894-1950
   They married 
   in 1943 and she
   was his wife
   at time of his
   death in 1950

 Aft 1950
 none

They lived their
lives in Chillicothe, MO
Norman Raymond M 20 Aug 1911 Alexandria, Thayer Co., NE
(living there in 1910)
 10 Nov
1999		 Kansas City,
Jackson Co, MO
 (from SSDI)		 Ofelita May
Brown (Turner)
b. Jul 1920
d.

Ofelita had a daughter from a previous marriage to ? Turner

 		1 Sep
1946
in Camdenton, MO

 		none
Marvin 
Virgil
(see photo) 		M 12 Apr 1913
(from Obit)		 Westville, Chariton Co, MO 30 Sep
 2001		 near Sacramento,
 CA		 Fern Marie Gillespie
b. 22 Jul 1914
d. 3 Jan 2005, age 90
(from Obit)

 		9 Oct
1937
 They moved to CA in the late 1930s.
 Living

Living
John Truman
(see photo)





 M 7 Mar 1915 Clark Township,
Chariton Co, MO

He was living with his parents in 1920 and 1930.
 4 Jul
1971
from SSDI

His obit was published on Thursday, July 8, 1971.
It says he died on Sunday which would have been July 4th.
Plano, IL
(Obit)

(FindAGrave)

 Helen Shreckhise
or Masters?
b.
d. alive as
     of 2006

(see obit of
daughter Vicki
and
grandson
Marcus, son of
daughter Vicki)

I am not sure if
she remarried and that is why her last name is Masters in the obit.



 17 Jul 1941
Brookfield, Linn, MO

They lived in the Chicago area in the 1960s.

such as Plano
and Aurora

 		Living

Living

Victoria
     "Vicki"
  b. 5 Dec
      1947
  d. 3 Nov
      2004
      burial
      River Hills
       Cem.
     (See Obit.)
     (FindAGrave)

    m. Tim Issel
        8 Jun
        1968
        b.
        d. -

     children:

    -  Marcus
       b 24 Jun 
        1987
        Geneva,
        IL
       d. 22 Nov
          2006
          Maple
          Park, IL
         (FindAGrave)

    -  Heather
       d. Bef
           2006

    -  Gail
       d. Bef
           2006
Bertha Elizabeth F 4 Sep 1917 Chariton Co, MO 27 Jun
1997		 Capac,
Saint Clair Co., MI
from SSDI

 Merle Ailor
b. 15 Apr 1916
d. Oct 1975
from SSDI 		12 Jun
 1938
Macon, MO
 Larry Keith
 b. 28 Sep 1939
 d. 25 Feb 1966

Darryl "Kim"
b. 30 Jun 1951
d. 26 Sep 2006
Capac, MI
Living
Mary Frances F 26 Dec
1919		 Chariton Co, MO 9 Dec
 1980		 She died in Royal Oak, Oakland Co., MI
 and was buried in
Meadville Cemetery,
 Meadville, Linn Co., MO
Her home was Huntington Woods, Michigan

(FindAGrave)

 Joel "Jim" S. DeWitt, Jr. 14 April 1938
 Living

Jimmy
b. 19 May
    1942
d. 19 May
    1942

Living
Fern
 Helen		 F 16 Dec 1922 Chariton Co, MO 23 Aug
1991		 East Detroit, MI
 Harold "Pete" Naeyaert
b. 17 Apr 1919
d. 16 Mar 1987
Macomb, MI
from SSDI 		? Living
Living
Living
Living


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Notes:
  • Birthdates:  Just when I was most frustrated, I started cleaning my office, and what do I find, written by Mary Frances Richardson DeWitt? A complete listing of all her siblings with their birthdates and birthplaces!!!! Wow!!! Thanks mom!
  • Harlan Harmon Richardson
    • Thanks to mom's list, the mystery of Harmon and Harlan is solved.... as it was only Harlan Harmon Richardson who was the first born son.  His name probably came from Mary Soffa's maiden name Harmon and maybe William Pinkerton's sister's married name of Harlan?
    • * WP Richardson's obit says Harlen Richardson is a son and that one other son had preceeded him in death (which is now known to be Russell Howard). Another obit calls Harlan, "Harley" and says he lives in Marceline in 1946!. Herbert's obit says Harlan H. was living in Chillicothe, MO in 1951. (Read Herbert's Obits: OBIT)
    • Harlan can be seen living with his family in Alexandria, Thayer Co., Nebraska in the 1910 census for the family
    • ** Family history says that he disappeared as a late teenager and was never heard from again.... but I found a Harlan H. Richardson, age 18, in the 1920 Census (shown below), living as a hired hand with M. Morgan, in Madison Township in Fremont Co, IA (ED 71, page 8A) on 23 Apr 1920. At the time of the census recording, Harlan would be 19 not 18.... so is this really our Harlan?... probably.  I can find no other Harlan H. Richardson in the US in 1920. 
    • How did I find this Harlan?  Ancestry.com has indexed the entire US 1920 census, so all you gotta do is type in the name.  Wow!

  • I can not find him in the 1930 census as Harlan, Harlen, Harlin, Harley, Harmon or Harman.
  • I assume Harlan died before 1965 because Mary S. Richardson's obit states three sons had preceeded her in death. I assume the sons are Russell, Herbert and Harlan?.  Family rumors state that he died of a heart attack.
  • Oddly, a Harold Richardson with the same birthdate of 12 Jan 1901 died in the Bronx,  NYC in Feb 1979 via SSDI
  • Russell Howard Richardson
    • He was the only child who did not survive to enjoy at least 40+ years in adult life. I wonder why he did not make it?  At least we now know who the son was that is mentioned in his parent's obituaries.
  • Mildred Ruth Richardson
    • Mary Frances' listing gives her birthday as 30 Dec 1903 which is consistent with the 1920 census. I found her middle name on this list as well.
    • More on Mildred can be seen below.
    • A great photo of Mildred, Ruby, Bertha, Mary Frances, and Mary Soffa Richardson with several husbands and children in the early 1940s can be see at CLAN. Norman is there too!
  • Ruby Edith Richardson
    • Mary Frances' listing gives her birthday as 18 Jan 1905 which is consistent with the 1920 census. I found her middle name on this list as well.
    • Her Obit however states she was born on 18 Jan 1906 which is even more consistent with the 1920 census.
    • A great photo of Mildred, Ruby, Bertha, Mary Frances, and Mary Soffa Richardson with several husbands and children in the early 1940s can be see at CLAN. Norman is there too!
  • Herbert Chester Richardson
    • Herbert lived in Cleveland before he joined the Army in 1942.  He married Helen but I do not know when they divorced or if she died.
    • On 6 Mar 1942 a Herbert C Richardson who was born in 1907 enlisted in the US Army at Camp Perry Lacarne, in Cuyahoga Co, OH.
      He had completed 1 year of high school but maybe they meant college?
      Civil Occupation:    Student, Chemical Engineering
      Marital Status:    Divorced, without dependents
      Height:    71
      Weight:    162

      This information is consistent with the information found in his       OBIT.
      Apparently he remained in the Army for the rest of his life.

    • I had no idea that Herbert had ever been maried, but I do not know when he and Helen Voisiet were divorced or if she died. What is really strange is that in the 1930 census (BELOW) a Helen A Voisiet (Voisinet?) is living as a boarder in the home of Anna Harmon in Cleveland Ohio!  This MUST be significant.  Anna Harmon is age 62ish as is widowed.  In 1920 she is also widowed. I can not find her in 1910.  I do not know who she is, but this would explain perhaps why Herbert went to Cleveland because a Harmon relative lived there.
 Voisiet
1930 Census: Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH 2 Apr 1930
Anna Harmon, age 64 (because 52 in 1920 census), her children, Joe L, Agnes M, Albert G., John T, and boarder Helen A Voisiet.
    • Mary Frances' listing gives his birthday as 22 Jul 1907 which is consistent with the 1920 census. I found his middle name on this list as well.
    • Read Herbert's Obits: OBIT
    • A great photo of Herbert, Wilfred and Marvin at Marvin's gas station can be seen at GAS.
    • A nifty photo of Herbert on his horse can be seen at HORSE
    • A Herbert C Richardson,
  • Wilford Ronald Richardson
    • Wilford was not present in the 1930 census.  Was he away that day or had he left home already?  In the 1920 census, it looks like Wilford was 10 which means he was born in 1910.  Mary Frances' listing gives his birthday as 26 Aug 1909 which is consistent with the 1920 census. I found his middle name on this list as well.
    • A great photo of Herbert, Wilford and Marvin at Marvin's gas station can be seen at GAS.
    • I had been calling him Wilfred, but have changed it to Wilford as he is also called Wilford in his father's OBIT
  • Marvin Virgil Richardson
    • Marvin's middle name was Virgil, his wife's name is Fern Gillespie and his birthday was 12 Apr 1913. All was confirmed by his oldest son.
    • A great photo of Herbert, Wilford and Marvin at Marvin's gas station can be seen at GAS.
  • Norman Raymond Richardson
    • A great photo of Mildred, Ruby, Bertha, Mary Frances, and Mary Soffa Richardson with several husbands and children in the early 1940s can be see at CLAN. Norman is there too!
    • He married Ofelita M. Brown in 1946.  She had a daughter by a previous marriage.
  • John Truman Richardson
    • A great photo of John with his car in 1942 can be seen at CAR.
    • He was living with his parents in 1920 and 1930.
    • He and his family lived in the Chicago area but I do not have any further information.
  • Bertha Elizabeth Richardson
    • Bertha E is listed as 15 in the 1930 census (7 Apr 1930). However the Social Security Records (SSDI state that she was born 4 Sep 1917. This corresponds well with the 1920 census which says that she was 3 on 29 Jan 1920. So on 7 Apr 1930, she should have been listed as 13. This date is consistent with Mary Frances' listing of the siblings. I found her middle name on this list as well.
    • A great photo of Mildred, Ruby, Bertha, Mary Frances, and Mary Soffa Richardson with several husbands and children in the early 1940s can be see at CLAN. Norman is there too!
  • Mary Frances Richardson
    • A great photo of Mildred, Ruby, Bertha, Mary Frances, and Mary Soffa Richardson with several husbands and children in the early 1940s can be see at CLAN. Norman is there too!
    • Mary Frances has her own website at: FRANCES


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1910

Where is Thayer Co., Nebraska??
Nebraska
ne


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1930
Notes:
*
 		Mildred was married to Fay Haley in 1922. Her age was 18.  The 1930 census says she is 25, but she is 27. More on Mildred can be seen below.
**
 		I found a Harlan H. Richardson living in Iowa at age 18 in the 1920 census. I have found the 1910 census showing Harlan living in Alexandria, NE.
***
 		The only information I have about Russell is from a listing written by Mary Frances.
****
 		The information I have about John's middle name is from a listing written by Mary Frances.  She also gave his birthdate as 7 Mar 1915 which would place him older than Bertha which is not consistent with the 1930 census. I had always grown up hearing that Bertha, Mary and Fern were the three youngest children.
I have arranged the family listing at the top according to the birthdates listed by Mary Frances.

I am leaving the listing here as shown in the 1930 census
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William Pinkerton Richardson

Photo taken in Foreman Studio, 
1537 Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado, in February 1887!

This photo card also had written on the back:

Mrs. V. J. Richardson, 
Marceline, Mo.

Is this WP's mother Violet?

From collection of Donald DeWitt



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William Pinkerton Richardson

Photo taken in Crowder Studio 
in Salisbury, MO
(which is in Chariton Co.)

Date: unknown

From collection of Donald DeWitt

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Farm Meeting
farm meeting
Identities... I think....

Left to Right:
  1. General Sherman Harmon, Jr (1898-1983)  (son of General Sherman Harman)
  2. Unknown...maybe John Odell Harmon (1895-1965) (son of General Sherman Harman)
    or... August Gus Harmon (1875-1940) (son of John and Paulina Harman)
  3. Frank Elec Harman (1869-1936)
  4. Fred Fuller Harman (1867-1941)
  5. William P. Richardson (1867-1946) (husband of Mary Sophia Harman)
  6. Mr. Turpin (next door neigbor according to writing on back of photo.)


Location: possibly Richardson farm, Chariton Co, MO
Date: before 1936 when Frank died.
This photo is from the Mary Sophia Harman Richardson collection owned by Don DeWitt


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Sisters of William P. Richardson

Photo taken: unknown

Date: unknown
    (BEF 8 Nov 1946 when WP died)

On the back of this snapshot style photo 
is written in pencil:
W.P. Richardson
Sister Bell 
(probably Anna Blanche Lambert)
and
Alice
(Sarah Alice (Harlan/Stamper))

From collection of
Don DeWitt


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sarah
Sarah Alice Richardson Stamper and family on Sarah's 93rd birthday
Left to right:

   Thomas J. Lowry    (husband of Lois Stamper)
    Sarah Richardson Stamper    (wife of Joseph Elgan Stamper and daughter of William B Richardson)
   Carlyle Stamper (behind)    (son of Finis and Anna Stamper)
    Lois Stamper Lowry    (wife of Thomas J Lowry and daughter of  Joseph and Sarah R. Stamper)
   Lida Alice Lowry Mayo    (daughter of Thomas and Lois Lowry and wife of Joe Allen Mayo)
   Kate Stamper Holman    (daughter of Joseph and Sarah R. Stamper and wife of William Holman)
   Finis Stamper   (son of Joseph and Sarah R. Stamper and husband of Anna Mason Stamper)

Photo location: ?

Date: 10 Sep 1949

From collection of Mary Sophia Harman Richardson



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Some of the Richardson Boys

Left to right:
Wilford Richardson
Marvin Richardson
Herbert Richardson

Photo taken: Marvin's Gas Station,
Laclede, MO

Date: unknown (after 1935?)

On the back of this snapshot style photo 
is written:
Mesom Middle
Bill Left
Herbert Right

From the collection of Marvin Richardson
provided 6/13/02 by his son. 

From family recollections:

Fern Richardson (Marvin's wife) does not
know if Marvin owned the gas station out
right or leased it but it was his station and
he did not own the station when she met
him.  Fern said dad had the station in
Laclede first, sold it, eventually had
another station in Hamilton, sold that one
and took a trip with the profits driving
out to the West Coast and back, and was
selling cars in Brookfield when she met
Marvin in May of 1937.  They married 5
months later after their meeting.

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Another of the Richardson boys:
John Truman Richardson and his car

Photo taken: the Richardson home on the Brunt farm near Mendon, MO

Date: 1942 from the license plate

Information obtained from Ofelita Richardson (widow of Norman Richardson) on 6/23/02.  She related to the son of Marvin Richardson the following:

The house is the "house on the Brunt's farm where the floods would take out the lower house floor only and the family would move to the upper floor during the flood. She explained, "finally the floods took the whole house". Asking where was the farm she explained "close to Mendon Missouri." She further explained that Grandpa Richardson, meaning Marvin's father, (WP Richardson) worked on the railroad as a laborer, laying track, and moved through Nebraska, Colorado, Idaho and Oregon as he followed his work."

Marvin's son related also:

"Dad said something once about a flood taking everything once and they only had beans to eat. As he explained it, I got the feeling that things were really bad at that moment and he never wanted to go through a situation like that again and as such had been able to protect our family."     


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John Truman's Obituary
Kendall County News, July 8, 1971
(Sent by Ann Sears, 7 Jul 2009)

JOHN T. RICHARDSON

John T. Richardson, 56, of 549 West Rock sTreet, Plano, passed away Sunday at S??? Community Hospital. He was born March , 1915 in the Township of Clark, Missouri.

He is survived by his wife, Helen; two daughters, Mrs. Tim (Victoria)Issel of Geneva and Mrs. Ronald (Stephanie) Burbank, Plano; one son, John W., of Aurora; two grandchildren, five sisters, Mrs. Mildred Haley of Marceline, Missouri, Mrs. Ruby Lamb of Van Nuys, California, Mrs. Bertha Ailor of Emmett, Michigan, Mrs. Mary Frances DeWitt, East Detroit, Michigan (actually Huntington Woods), Mrs. Fern Helen Naeyeart of Detroit (actually East Detroit), Michigan, three brothers, Norman of Brookfield, Missouri, Wilfred of Chillicothe, Missouri, Marvin of Sacramento, California,, and also many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers.

Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Larson Funeral Home, Plano,. Rev. Leonard Johnson officiated. Burial was at the Plano Cemetery.

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Another photo of one of the
Richardson boys:

Herbert Richardson and his horse
(I think it is Herbert.)

Photo taken: unknown

Date: unknown 

From collection of Donald DeWitt

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Views of Mary's Life:

(view her website)

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REFERENCES


Indiana
in
http://geology.com/state-map/indiana.shtml
Missouri
mo
http://geology.com/state-map/missouri.shtml
see Chariton Co., MO  MAP
see Linn Co., MO MAP
see Randolph Co., MO  MAP
see Sullivan Co., MO  MAP


Nebraska

ne
http://geology.com/state-map/nebraska.shtml

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