He married Annis "Annie" Buck at Easton, Massachusetts on 20 Mar 1844. They were the parents of eight known children. Wesley was a farmer and lived in Jay, Maine his entire life.
He died at Jay, Maine in 1888 and is buried there at the Richardson Cemetery.
Sources
"Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44Q-X7G : 10 February 2018), Westley Richardson, 08 May 1827; citing JAY,FRANKLIN,MAINE; FHL microfilm 11,037.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JG-58M : 22 December 2020), Wesley Richardson in household of John Richardson, Jay, Franklin, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF32-1JJ : 19 February 2021), Wesley Richardson, Jay, Franklin, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district ED 74, sheet 473B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,479
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132569853/wesley-richardson), memorial page for Wesley Richardson (8 May 1827–17 Apr 1888), Find a Grave Memorial ID 132569853, citing Richardson Cemetery, Franklin County, Maine, USA .
"Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM1-Q85M : 3 March 2021), Wesley Richardson, 1888; citing Burial, Jay, Franklin, Maine, United States, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,787,297
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