Biography of James Richardson, 1902, Baker Co. Oregon: Surnames: Richardson.

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An Illustrated History of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties, pub. 
1902 by Western Historical Pub. Co. of Chicago. page 368

James Richardson, one of the most successful cattlemen in baker county, is,
like many others who have achieved a conspicuous success in different lines of
enterprise, a native of Ireland. He comes, too, from that thriftiest portion
of the Emerald Isle, the northern part, his birthplace being Belfast, and the
date of his advent into life August 12, 1839. He received his educational
discipline in the land of his nativity and resided there for some years after
he became a man, but in 1869 he set out for the new world. He came direct to
Baker county, settled on Clark's creek and engaged in mining, an enterprise
which continued to busy him for the ensuing decade. He then purchased a
quarter section of land a mile north of Bridgeport post-office, and embarked
in the cattle raising business. Success crowned his efforts from the start and
his herds grew until he now has an average of two hundred head. He was a
member of the old Malheur lodge of the I.O.O.F., but has never been identified
with any local organization of that fraternity since the charter of his first
lodge home was given up. He has never exchanged the freedom of celibacy for
the pleasures supposed to belong to the married state.