BIO:  RICHARDSON, Elijah E., s/o John & Mary Richardson

Submitted by:  phill@redrock.net   (Phyllis Hill)

RICHARDSON   HOLLON   CLYDE   RODARMEL   

History of Pike & Dubois Counties, Indiana; Chicago
Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers, 1885

Pike County, Marion Twp, p. 451

ELIJAH E. RICHARDSON is the son of John and Mary Richardson, who were natives
of Kentucky, born in 1809 and 1812, respectively.  In 1837 they removed to
Illinois, remaining one year, and then settled on a farm near Petersburg,
where his wife died in 1844.  Three years later he visited Kentucky with
his four children, and while there married Lucinda B. Hollon, his present
wife.  They became the parents of seven children.  Soon after his second
marriage he returned to Petersburg and sold his farm and then lived in
Kentucky, three years after which he again lived in Pike County, Ind.  At the
present time they are living in Huntingburgh.  Our subject was born March 11,
1836, and on the 19th of November, 1860, he married Mary Clyde, who bore
him one son, John T.  In 1862 she died, and five years later he married
Elizabeth Rodarmel.  They are the parents of four sons and one daughter:  
Ida A., William L., Joseph E., Elvis O. (deceased) and Nathan A.  In 1862
he enlisted in Company H, Eightieth Indiana Infantry.  He was in many
severe conflicts and was twice severely wonded and had to be sent to the
hospital, where he was exposed to the small-pox.  He was then sent to
Quincy, Ill., and confined in the pest house for six weeks.  His right eye
was injured by the disease, but he again returned to the service and was
captured in 1863 by Morgan's men and remained a parole prisoner until the
following May, when he was exchanged and returned to the service.  He 
received his discharge in April, 1865.  Since that time he has been a farmer.
He and family belong to the Baptist Church, and he is a member of the G.A.R.
and a National in politics.
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