TUSCARAWAS COUNTY OHIO - BIO: RICHARDSON, Julius Miller (published 1925)
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Subject:  BIOGRAPHY: Richardson, 1925, Tuscarawas Co

Richardson, Julius Miller (4 NOV 1862 -- 27 DEC 1947)

From History of Ohio, Charles B. Galbreath, American Historical Society,
Inc., 1925


Vol IV, p. 203

JULIUS MILLER RICHARDSON for the past seventeen years has practiced law in
New PHiladelphia, and is a native of Tuscarawas County, where his character
and ability have made him prominent not only in his present profession but
also as an educator, public speaker and citizen.

Mr. RICHARDSON was born on a farm three miles northeast of Shanesville,
Tuscarawas County, November 4, 1862, son of Ambrose George and Catherine
(CORRELL) RICHARDSON.  The CORRELLs came from Pennsylvania Dutch stock. 
His paternal grandparents, George and Barbara (WALTER) RICHARDSON, came to
Tuscarawas County in 1812.  The great-grandparents, George and Mary
(MOREHEAD) RICHARDSON also came to Ohio about the same time.  George
RICHARDSON was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, and his wife in Ireland.
There is a well authenticated tradition that he ws a soldier in the
American Revolution, one proof of which is that he was given a land grant
in Ohio, his patent being signed by President Madison.  An acquaintance
told members of the family after his death that he had frequently heard him
say that he was a Colonial soldier in the struggle for American
Independence.  The RICHARDSONs are of English origin, their first place of
settlement in Colonial times being in the vicinity of Baltimore, Maryland,
and from there they moved in Loudoun County, Virginia, and then to Ohio. 
Ambrose George RICHARDSON was a
farmer and subsequently a weaver, was a democrat, and he and his wife were
Presbyterians.  His father, George RICHARDSON, had been a member of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church, and many of his descendents have held to the
same faith.

Julius Miller RICHARDSON was the second in a family of seven children.  He
grew up on a farm under the unfavorable conditions that followed the Civil
war, and had to become self reliant and begin earning his own living at an
early age.  He attended the public schools in the country until he was
sixteen, later the village schools at Shanesville, Ohio, and when he was
sixteen was given his teacher's license.  He began teaching at the age of
eighteen, and for nine consecutive years spent the winter seasons teaching
and the summer seasons farming.  In 1894, upon examination, he was granted
a high school life certificate to teach in Ohio.  Mr. RICHARDSON for ten
years had charge of the Mineral City schools, for one year was principal of
a school in Canton, resigning and for seven years serving as superintendent
of the McConnellsville schools.  While teaching he studied law and his
preceptor for several years was Charles H. FOUTS of McConnellsville.  Upon
examination
before the state board he was licensed to practice law June 18, 1907.  Mr.
RICHARDSON for many years was an instructor in county teachers' institutes,
and did a great deal of work as a lecturer during that period of his life.
For some time he was listed as a lecturer by the Grant Lyceum Bureau, and
appeared before Chautauqua and other audiences, his best known subjects
being Shakespeare and Robert Burns.

Since 1907 Mr. RICHARDSON has applied his time and energies to the practice
of Law at New Philadelphia, and has attained success in this profession, as
in teaching, through reliance upon his individual talent and great
industry. He is a staunch republican, but has never used politics as an aid
to success. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the
Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and Loyal
Order of Moose. 

Mr. RICHARDSON married, June 8, 1884, Miss Lena BRICK, a native of
Tuscarawas County.  Their four children are: Elizabeth, now Mrs. F. O.
DEIBEL; Milton Clarence, who married Sarah THOMPSON; Gertrude, now Mrs.
Dewey BEATY; and Katherine, wife of Howe TEBEAU.

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