OBIT: William RICHARDSON, 1904, Ebensburg, Cambria County, PA

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Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, January 22, 1904
Volume XXXVIII, Number 4

William Richardson

  William Richardson one of the oldest residents of this place died at 
his home in the West Ward at 9:30 Sunday morning after an illness of  
about one week from a dropsical affection.
  Mr. Richardson was born near Morrison's Cove, Blair County, seventy- 
four years ago.  In early life he was a stage driver on the Pittsburg 
and Philadelphia pike and during this time drove many noted personages 
over Pennsylvania's first great highway. Among these was Louis Kossuth, 
whose visit to this country in 1852 aroused such a wave of patriotic 
sympathy.  The winter of 1852 was the most severe in the history of 
Pennsylvania and the great Hungarian made the trip over the mountain in 
a sleigh being escorted by more than a hundred prominent citizens of 
Cambria county and spent the night at Ebensburg.  Mr. Richardson who 
drove the sleigh always looked back on his past to the incident with 
pride.  He often recalled also that among his passengers in those days 
were Joshua Parrish, Esq., and his bride on their way to Pittsburg on a 
wedding trip. The couple celebrated their golden wedding about two 
years ago.
  Deceased is survived by his wife and the following children: James 
and William of this place; Annie, Rose, Fannie, Maud, married and 
living at different places in the state; Myra and Mattie, at home.  One 
daughter, Agnes, preceded him to the grave.