Homer R. Richardson was the son of Abigail Hatch (1813-1887) and William H. Richardson (1803-1882). Both of his parents were born in Orange County, Vermont and died in Monroe Center, Monroe Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio.
In early 1857, at the age of nineteen, he left Ohio and went to Kansas where he worked on the railroad, which were also known as roads at that time. On June 28, 1857, from Lawrence Kansas, he wrote to his brother Selva:
"Sir it is with great pleasure that I spend a few moments writing to you, it has been a long time since I heard from you. I don't know but you are mad a little because I haven't written to you. I have been at work on the road until yesterday. I don't know what I shall do yet. We used to think it was hard living to home but it's harder living in Kansas. I haven't ate or slept in a house until last night for two months nor had anything to eat but bread and meat and a few eggs and tea and coffee, no pie, no cake, slept on a buffalo robe laid on the ground with an Indian blanket over me. We lived in a tent and ate on a tin plate, but I am tough as a bear. ... I am in the great city of Lawrence today, perhaps I shall go to work on a farm Tuesday."
He married Naomi Elizabeth Riggs (1841-1872) on February 16, 1860 in Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas.
Children:
• William Samuel "Sam" (1861-1918)
• Lucy Amelia 'Mellie' (1866-1918)
• Elizabeth Atlantis 'Lizzie' (1868-1942) •
He enlisted in Company K, Sixth Kansas Regiment Volunteer Cavalry at Fort Scott Kansas on September 1, 1862, where he served under Captain John Rogers. He is listed under Additional Enlistments on the roster of the Sixth Regiment Kansas Volunteers - Cavalry, Company K. He served at Fort Scott, Kansas, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, Fort Smith, Arkansas, and DeValls Bluff, Arkansas. His reassignment to Company L was by Special Order # 70 dated April 8, 1865 which was signed by Major General J. J. Reynolds. He was discharged at DeValls Bluff, Arkansas on June 23, 1865. He was awarded a Civil War pension for injuries sustained during the war, his testicles were stepped on by a horse. However, he still sired two more children despite the injury.
Homer died from pneumonia, at his home on Lightning Creek, near Monmouth, Osage Township, Crawford County, Kansas, just twelve days after his daughter, Elizabeth Atlantis 'Lizzie', was born.
In early 1857, at the age of nineteen, he left Ohio and went to Kansas where he worked on the railroad, which were also known as roads at that time. On June 28, 1857, from Lawrence Kansas, he wrote to his brother Selva:
"Sir it is with great pleasure that I spend a few moments writing to you, it has been a long time since I heard from you. I don't know but you are mad a little because I haven't written to you. I have been at work on the road until yesterday. I don't know what I shall do yet. We used to think it was hard living to home but it's harder living in Kansas. I haven't ate or slept in a house until last night for two months nor had anything to eat but bread and meat and a few eggs and tea and coffee, no pie, no cake, slept on a buffalo robe laid on the ground with an Indian blanket over me. We lived in a tent and ate on a tin plate, but I am tough as a bear. ... I am in the great city of Lawrence today, perhaps I shall go to work on a farm Tuesday."
He married Naomi Elizabeth Riggs (1841-1872) on February 16, 1860 in Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas.
Children:
• William Samuel "Sam" (1861-1918)
• Lucy Amelia 'Mellie' (1866-1918)
• Elizabeth Atlantis 'Lizzie' (1868-1942) •
He enlisted in Company K, Sixth Kansas Regiment Volunteer Cavalry at Fort Scott Kansas on September 1, 1862, where he served under Captain John Rogers. He is listed under Additional Enlistments on the roster of the Sixth Regiment Kansas Volunteers - Cavalry, Company K. He served at Fort Scott, Kansas, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, Fort Smith, Arkansas, and DeValls Bluff, Arkansas. His reassignment to Company L was by Special Order # 70 dated April 8, 1865 which was signed by Major General J. J. Reynolds. He was discharged at DeValls Bluff, Arkansas on June 23, 1865. He was awarded a Civil War pension for injuries sustained during the war, his testicles were stepped on by a horse. However, he still sired two more children despite the injury.
Homer died from pneumonia, at his home on Lightning Creek, near Monmouth, Osage Township, Crawford County, Kansas, just twelve days after his daughter, Elizabeth Atlantis 'Lizzie', was born.
Homer R. Richardson was the son of Abigail Hatch (1813-1887) and William H. Richardson (1803-1882). Both of his parents were born in Orange County, Vermont and died in Monroe Center, Monroe Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio.
In early 1857, at the age of nineteen, he left Ohio and went to Kansas where he worked on the railroad, which were also known as roads at that time. On June 28, 1857, from Lawrence Kansas, he wrote to his brother Selva:
"Sir it is with great pleasure that I spend a few moments writing to you, it has been a long time since I heard from you. I don't know but you are mad a little because I haven't written to you. I have been at work on the road until yesterday. I don't know what I shall do yet. We used to think it was hard living to home but it's harder living in Kansas. I haven't ate or slept in a house until last night for two months nor had anything to eat but bread and meat and a few eggs and tea and coffee, no pie, no cake, slept on a buffalo robe laid on the ground with an Indian blanket over me. We lived in a tent and ate on a tin plate, but I am tough as a bear. ... I am in the great city of Lawrence today, perhaps I shall go to work on a farm Tuesday."
He married Naomi Elizabeth Riggs (1841-1872) on February 16, 1860 in Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas.
Children:
• William Samuel "Sam" (1861-1918)
• Lucy Amelia 'Mellie' (1866-1918)
• Elizabeth Atlantis 'Lizzie' (1868-1942) •
He enlisted in Company K, Sixth Kansas Regiment Volunteer Cavalry at Fort Scott Kansas on September 1, 1862, where he served under Captain John Rogers. He is listed under Additional Enlistments on the roster of the Sixth Regiment Kansas Volunteers - Cavalry, Company K. He served at Fort Scott, Kansas, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, Fort Smith, Arkansas, and DeValls Bluff, Arkansas. His reassignment to Company L was by Special Order # 70 dated April 8, 1865 which was signed by Major General J. J. Reynolds. He was discharged at DeValls Bluff, Arkansas on June 23, 1865. He was awarded a Civil War pension for injuries sustained during the war, his testicles were stepped on by a horse. However, he still sired two more children despite the injury.
Homer died from pneumonia, at his home on Lightning Creek, near Monmouth, Osage Township, Crawford County, Kansas, just twelve days after his daughter, Elizabeth Atlantis 'Lizzie', was born.
In early 1857, at the age of nineteen, he left Ohio and went to Kansas where he worked on the railroad, which were also known as roads at that time. On June 28, 1857, from Lawrence Kansas, he wrote to his brother Selva:
"Sir it is with great pleasure that I spend a few moments writing to you, it has been a long time since I heard from you. I don't know but you are mad a little because I haven't written to you. I have been at work on the road until yesterday. I don't know what I shall do yet. We used to think it was hard living to home but it's harder living in Kansas. I haven't ate or slept in a house until last night for two months nor had anything to eat but bread and meat and a few eggs and tea and coffee, no pie, no cake, slept on a buffalo robe laid on the ground with an Indian blanket over me. We lived in a tent and ate on a tin plate, but I am tough as a bear. ... I am in the great city of Lawrence today, perhaps I shall go to work on a farm Tuesday."
He married Naomi Elizabeth Riggs (1841-1872) on February 16, 1860 in Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas.
Children:
• William Samuel "Sam" (1861-1918)
• Lucy Amelia 'Mellie' (1866-1918)
• Elizabeth Atlantis 'Lizzie' (1868-1942) •
He enlisted in Company K, Sixth Kansas Regiment Volunteer Cavalry at Fort Scott Kansas on September 1, 1862, where he served under Captain John Rogers. He is listed under Additional Enlistments on the roster of the Sixth Regiment Kansas Volunteers - Cavalry, Company K. He served at Fort Scott, Kansas, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, Fort Smith, Arkansas, and DeValls Bluff, Arkansas. His reassignment to Company L was by Special Order # 70 dated April 8, 1865 which was signed by Major General J. J. Reynolds. He was discharged at DeValls Bluff, Arkansas on June 23, 1865. He was awarded a Civil War pension for injuries sustained during the war, his testicles were stepped on by a horse. However, he still sired two more children despite the injury.
Homer died from pneumonia, at his home on Lightning Creek, near Monmouth, Osage Township, Crawford County, Kansas, just twelve days after his daughter, Elizabeth Atlantis 'Lizzie', was born.
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Homer Richardson / Born Jan. 26, 1838. / Died / April 23, 1868. / Belles & Moody
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