He was born in 1878, although tombstone indicates 1882, an error in information given to funeral home. He is listed in 1880 census of Jasper County, Tx as being two years old. Further evidence of his birth year being 1878 is an undated handwritten letter from his cousin Addie Richardson Gravis where she tells him that he was born 16 Apr 1878, she also told him where his parents were buried and their birth and date dates as they were on their tombstone.
Additional info: WWI Draft Registration card where he says he was born Apr 16, 1879.
Dolph Richardson was an engineer on sawmill trains in southeast Texas, working in Tyler, Hardin, Jasper, Newton and Orange counties. At the time of his draft registration he was working for the East Texas Gulf RR out of Hicksbaugh in Tyler County. He retired from this work probably sometime in the 1930s and moved to Hardin County, near Village Creek where he homesteaded some land which is now adjacent to the Turkey Creek unit of the Big Thicket National Preserve. The log house he constructed was destroyed by fire in the early 1950s.
Additional info: WWI Draft Registration card where he says he was born Apr 16, 1879.
Dolph Richardson was an engineer on sawmill trains in southeast Texas, working in Tyler, Hardin, Jasper, Newton and Orange counties. At the time of his draft registration he was working for the East Texas Gulf RR out of Hicksbaugh in Tyler County. He retired from this work probably sometime in the 1930s and moved to Hardin County, near Village Creek where he homesteaded some land which is now adjacent to the Turkey Creek unit of the Big Thicket National Preserve. The log house he constructed was destroyed by fire in the early 1950s.
He was born in 1878, although tombstone indicates 1882, an error in information given to funeral home. He is listed in 1880 census of Jasper County, Tx as being two years old. Further evidence of his birth year being 1878 is an undated handwritten letter from his cousin Addie Richardson Gravis where she tells him that he was born 16 Apr 1878, she also told him where his parents were buried and their birth and date dates as they were on their tombstone.
Additional info: WWI Draft Registration card where he says he was born Apr 16, 1879.
Dolph Richardson was an engineer on sawmill trains in southeast Texas, working in Tyler, Hardin, Jasper, Newton and Orange counties. At the time of his draft registration he was working for the East Texas Gulf RR out of Hicksbaugh in Tyler County. He retired from this work probably sometime in the 1930s and moved to Hardin County, near Village Creek where he homesteaded some land which is now adjacent to the Turkey Creek unit of the Big Thicket National Preserve. The log house he constructed was destroyed by fire in the early 1950s.
Additional info: WWI Draft Registration card where he says he was born Apr 16, 1879.
Dolph Richardson was an engineer on sawmill trains in southeast Texas, working in Tyler, Hardin, Jasper, Newton and Orange counties. At the time of his draft registration he was working for the East Texas Gulf RR out of Hicksbaugh in Tyler County. He retired from this work probably sometime in the 1930s and moved to Hardin County, near Village Creek where he homesteaded some land which is now adjacent to the Turkey Creek unit of the Big Thicket National Preserve. The log house he constructed was destroyed by fire in the early 1950s.
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