S. B. RICHARDSON is a prosperous agriculturist, enterprising citizen and patriotic ex-soldier of Fallowfield township. Richard Richardson father of subject, was born in 1810, in Washington county, Penn., and was a lifelong tiller of the soil. But in times of peace are soldiers trained for future service, and in that simple rural life his children gained the physical and mental power so especially necessary to success on the field of battle, whether the warfare be amid scenes of common every-day worldly strife, or in bloody carnage for "God and home and native land." Richard Richardson was united in marriage with Eliza Niblake, a native of this county, and she bore him the following children: Olive J., Josephine, Melvina, William M., S. B., Hannah, and Elnora (the last named being deceased). Mr. Richardson owns 300 acres of prime land. He is one of the most useful men in his l community, and has filled various local offices.
S. B. Richardson was born in 1845, in Fallowfield township, Washington Co., Penn. In 1864 he enlisted in Company A, Twenty-second Volunteer Cavalry (Ringgold Battalion), and served until the close of the war. He participated in all the engagements of his division, and at the battle of Cedar Creek was wounded in the left leg. After the war he returned to Washington county, and for two years was engaged in the hotel business at Coal Centre, then worked two years in a steam tannery, afterward engaging in mercantile life for one year. In 1886 he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Bigler, a native of this county, and she has borne him one daughter, Adair. Mr. Richardson has served his township in many ways; in 1890 he was appointed to take the census, and at present he is assessor and constable of Fallowfield township. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson reside on a pleasant farm lying one mile from Bentleyville, and eight miles south of Monongahela.
Text taken from page 1346 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).Transcribed February 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project.
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