BIOGRAPHIES:  Charles RICHARDSON, Arkansaw, Pepin Co., WI

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Charles Richardson, farmer, P. O. Arkansaw, Pepin county, was born in
Silser, Bedfordshire, England, January 15, 1844, and is a son of Samuel
and Ann (Rands) Richardson.  His brothers and sisters were named
Thomas, Susan (Mrs. J. P. Holden), Elizabeth (deceased), William, and
Elizabeth (Mrs. Gray).  When Charles was eight years old his father was
drowned and his mother was afterward married to Levi McCourtie, who
died in March 1866; she then was married to Levi Chapman.  Charles
attended school until his father's death, after which he served as a
gentleman's valet until 1858, when he came with his mother to
Waterville, where his maternal grandparents, Robert and Elizabeth
Rands, had previously settled.  November 6, 1861, he enlisted in
Company G, Sixteenth Wisconsin infantry, and took part in the battles
of Shiloh, Corinth and Holly Springs.  At Corinth he was wounded in the
right arm, but did not leave his regiment.  His time having expired, he
re-enlisted December 1, 1863, and served under Gen. Sherman throughout
the memorable campaign to Atlanta and thence to the sea and back again
to Washington, where he took part in the grand review.  At the battle
of Kensaw Mountain he was color sergeant for his regiment, from which
he was parted only on a thirty-day furlough from the time of his first
enlistment until his discharge, July 12, 1865.  Of the 1,060 men who
composed the gallant Sixteenth regiment when it went out, only sixty
returned.  After the war Mr. Richardson engaged in farming.  He
purchased his present farm in 1867, where he makes a specialty of
breeding Poland China swine.

November 22, 1866, Mr. Richardson married Miss Mary Carrington, and
twelve children have blessed this union, namely:  Thomas I., Franklin
H., Maggie A., Albert C., Jessie E., Kirtland B., William C., Etta M.,
Charles W., Marly L., Flora E. and Roy C.  In politics Mr. Richardson
is an active republican, and often serves as a delegate to local
conventions.  He has served his townsmen as supervisor for several
years.  He is a member of the Soldiers' Relief Commission for Pepin
county and of Benjamin Allen Post G. A. R. at Arkansaw, of which he has
been commander for several terms.

-Transcribed from the "Historical & Biographical Album of the Chippewa
Valley Wisconsin, 1891-2," pages 719-720.


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