• Born August 17, 1840 in Perkins Grove, Illinois.
• Parents were STEPHEN RICHARDSON and EREPTA MELVINA WILDER.

• Married EMILY ANTOINETTE "EMMA" DAYTON on December 29, 1864. Emma was born September 22, 1841; and died December 31, 1910. Her parents were CHAUNCEY LEMON DAYTON and LYDIA BRAINARD.

• Died November 17, 1927.

1. MINNIE G. RICHARDSON, born July 20, 1866 in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois; died September 4, 1897. Married WILL FORREST JOHNSON on January 31, 1883.

2. IDA E. RICHARDSON, born January 24, 1868 in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois; died March 13, 1868.

3. ALIDA LYDIA RICHARDSON, born November 26, 1869; died September 22, 1886.

4. HOWARD A. RICHARDSON, born December 6, 1871; died September 12, 1873.

5. STEPHEN RICHARDSON, born in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois.

Source:

• Supplement to the Richardson Memorial by Isaac Richardson, Thurston Print, Portland, Maine, 1898; pages 27 & 28
• Descendants of Michael Dayton (1722-1776) : Watertown, Conn. by Lewis Scott Dayton, Self-Published, LaMoille, IL 1963. Page 25