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Subject: Richardson from SC to Round Prairie, Ark
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 12:31:02 EDT

Does anyone recognize any of this information?

Caucasian family. W. I. Richardson (may be Washington Irving) born in
1832-South Carolina. Died in Bloomfield, Arkansas in 1915. Buried in Bloomfield
Cemetery with wife Margaret (1848-1902)(possibly born in Illinois), and son
Robert (1873-1933). Plots R14-16,17,18. Daughter Della Richardson born
1872-19590 is buried with the Wilson family in R13-19 in the same cemetery. She married
Joe Ivey Wilson April 20, 1888. She had 5 sons. ?, Robert Irving, Albert,
Harold, and Lane. She was the eldest child of W.I. and Margaret. Probably born
in Boonesboro, Washington County, Arkansas. Younger siblings included brother
Robert, sister Mary born ca. 1875, brothers Thomas ca. 1877 and William
ca.1878. They were probably all born in Boonesboro. Family is on the 1870 and 1880
census in this town/county. On the 1900 census, the family had relocated to
Round Praire/Bloomfield. W.I. Richardson was a retail merchant there and age 68.
Family information has it that he served in the Civil War. Not sure if he
fought for the North or South.

Thank you, Maureen (Great-granddaughter of Della Richardson Wilson)

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