Biographical Sketch of Samuel Richeson, Washington County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Capt. Samuel Richeson has devoted the greater portion of his life to 
the pursuit of agriculture, and as a natural result is acknowledged to
be one of the foremost of the many prominent farmers of Washington 
County.  He is an enterprising and successful tiller of the soil, and
at the present time owns 360 acres of land, the improvements upon which
are above the average, while everything about his place bears evidence
of the thrift of the proprietor.  Mr. Richeson came originally from 
Virginia, being a native of Amherst County, where he was born September
24, 1830.  His father, Jesse Richeson, was also of Virginian nativity,
and lived and died in his native State.  His (Jesse's) wife was former-
ly Catherine Sied.  In a family of twenty-one children Samuel was the
youngest child.  He was reared in his native State, where he remained
until his removal to Washington County, Mo., in 1869, which has since
been his home, having devoted his entire attention to the cultivation 
of his farm.  December 8, 1853, he married Miss L. E. Millner, a native
of Virginia, whose parents were Lee and Mildred (Harris) Millner, of 
the same State.  Mr. and Mrs. Richeson have eight children, viz.: 
Samuel T., James M., Virginia J., Robert L., Charles H., William R.,
Josie and Jesse.  Politically, Mr. Richeson is a Democrat, and in his
religious preference he is a Baptist.

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