Bio of Richardson, James G. (b.1837) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Richardson, James G., (page 1131), hardware dealer, Lake City, is a son of
John and Selina Richardson, of Connecticut. The family dwelt for some
generations in that commonwealth, and the subject of this paragraph was
born in Berlin, in 1837. The family soon after removed to New Haven, where
he was reared. At sixteen he began to learn carriage-making, which he
followed several years. In 1861 he went to Hilton Head, South Carolina,
and carried on a mercantile trade there three years. He returned to
Connecticut, and was married there in 1864, to Miss Adeline Judd, a native
of that state. This couple set out for Minnesota on a wedding trip. While
visiting friends in Lake City, Mr. Richardson met a Mr. Perrigo, who made
him an advantageous business proposition. The hardware and machinery firm
of Perrigo & Richardson was then organized, and the wedding trip of the
junior partner was prolonged to a period of five years. He was afterward
associated with a brother in the same line of trade, which has been
continued to the present. Mr. Richardson has been active in fostering the
schools of Lake City, and served some time on its school board; was also
mayor of the city three terms. He was baptized in the Episcopal church
when six years old, but is now an unbeliever; was many years treasurer of
the Episcopal Sunday school here. In political contests was always a
supporter of republican principles.
Revolutionary War
War of 1812