James H. Richardson (1823 - 1911)

Born 11 Feb 1823 in Halifax, Windham County, Vermont

Descendants

Died May 1911 at age 88 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado

Biography

James H. Richardson was born February 11, 1823 in Halifax, Windham County, Vermont. He was the son of Josephus and Euphemia (Henderson) Richardson. ^[1] He is listed as next of kin on the Estate notice of Jonathan Richardson.

James married Mary H. Bartlett in 1842, probably in Amity, Allegany County, NY, where they made their home and where James worked as a Carpenter and a Butcher. They had five children: Harriet (Hattie), Frances (Parmelia), Josephus, Charles W., and Evangeline (Eva). ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Mary wasn't on the 1870 census and may have died about 1868. James was in Troy, Rensselaer County, NY, where his brother Jonathan lived, and where he worked as a carpenter. He had his daughter Harriet with him. His daughter Frances (Parmelia) had married Philip Olmsted and her two youngest siblings, Charles and Eva, were with her in Belmont, Allegany County, NY. Josephus was also in Belmont, living with his grandfather Bela Bartlett. ^{[5] [6]}

In early 1875, James Richardson's mother died in Troy, NY. He was enumerated in Troy that year as a "patternmaker" living at 78 Ferry Street. ^[7] By 1878, the family had moved on to Colorado, where the Philip Olmsted family had already settled.

Philip (and Florence) Olmsted left their tanning business in Colorado and moved to Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas. In 1880, Josephus Richardson continued the business of tanning in Greeley, Colorado. He married and stayed in Greeley. ^[8]

Eva Richards married Adam C. Koogle, a well digger. They settled in Denver and raised a family there. ^[9]

Charles Willard Richardson is probably the same Charles W. who divorced Alice M. Richardson on April 4, 1892 in Denver. ^[10] In 1900, he was in Lyons, Colorado. In 1910, Charles and his son James C. Richardson were in Dubois, Wyoming. Charles received a homestead patent about 2 miles from Dubois on May 16, 1916. ^{[11] [12]}

In 1885, James Richardson and his daughter Hattie were in Weld County, Colorado. His mother’s birth place was reported as Scotland, as it was in some censuses. ^[13] In 1900, James was “retired” and living with daughter Eva Koogle family in Denver. Hattie Richardson was with her brother Charles in Lyons, Colorado. Interestingly, she was listed as a widow. In 1910, Eva Koogle was a widow and her father was still living with her. Hattie was in Denver, living on her own and working as a “can washer.” She died in May 1910 in Denver.

James Richardson died May 1911 in Denver, Colorado and is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Denver. ^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8MR-ZM2 : accessed 5 December 2015), James Richardson, 11 Feb 1823, Birth; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,669.
2. ↑ U. S. Federal Censuses: 1850, Amity, Allegany County, NY
3. ↑ U. S. Federal Censuses: 1860, Amity, Allegany County, NY; “J H Richardson”
4. ↑ New York State Census, 1865, Amity, Allegany County, NY
5. ↑ U. S. Federal Census: 1870, Amity, Allegany County, New York, “P.O. Alfred Centre”
6. ↑ U. S. Federal Census: 1870, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York.
7. ↑ Troy Directory, 1858; U. S. City Directories, 1822-1995
8. ↑ U. S. Federal Census: 1880, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado.
9. ↑ U. S. Federal Census: 1900, 1910, Colorado, Arapahoe County, Denver, District 0053
10. ↑ Colorado Divorce Index 1851-1985; online database, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT
11. ↑ U. S. Census: 1900, Lyons, Boulder County, Colorado.
12. ↑ U. S. Federal Census: 1910, Wyoming, Fremont County, Dubois, District 0060.
13. ↑ Colorado State Census; 1885, Weld County, Colorado, District 4.
14. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 32172299; http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Richardson&GSiman=1&GScid=57513&GRid=32172299&