Wife of Ferdinand D Richardson
Mother of F W Richardson clerk of the court of Fairfax County and aunt of Mrs J R Caton
Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume V
Ferdinand Dawson Richardson died October 13, 1880. He was a son of William Pierpoint Richardson, a descendant of an early Virginia family of note. Ferdinand Dawson Richardson married Mary Posey Grigsby, a sister of Hon. Alexander Spottswood Grigsby, who represented Fairfax county in the Virginia legislature prior to 1860, being at a later date elected to the same body from Campbell county. The Grigsbys were also prominent in Virginia during colonial days, bequeathing to posterity honorable names and records. Mrs. Richardson was a woman of high ideals, culture and refinement, transmitting to her children her intellectual tastes and strong moral character. She was the mother of five sons and five daughters. Of these: 1. Elmira Virginia, born in Fairfax county, Virginia, married Captain Thomas H. Holbrook, who served as captain in a regiment of Maryland infantry; children: Linwood Lee, Stockton S., Henry M., and Elton Richardson. 2. Monimia Fairfax, born in Fairfax county, unmarried. 3. Maude Hatcher, married (first) Robert Bruce Douglas, nephew of Beverly Douglas, member of Congress from Virginia, and (second) Edward W. Pierce, and has children, Elton Richardson and Ritchie Pierce
Update provided by Anne Rupert
Mother of F W Richardson clerk of the court of Fairfax County and aunt of Mrs J R Caton
Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume V
Ferdinand Dawson Richardson died October 13, 1880. He was a son of William Pierpoint Richardson, a descendant of an early Virginia family of note. Ferdinand Dawson Richardson married Mary Posey Grigsby, a sister of Hon. Alexander Spottswood Grigsby, who represented Fairfax county in the Virginia legislature prior to 1860, being at a later date elected to the same body from Campbell county. The Grigsbys were also prominent in Virginia during colonial days, bequeathing to posterity honorable names and records. Mrs. Richardson was a woman of high ideals, culture and refinement, transmitting to her children her intellectual tastes and strong moral character. She was the mother of five sons and five daughters. Of these: 1. Elmira Virginia, born in Fairfax county, Virginia, married Captain Thomas H. Holbrook, who served as captain in a regiment of Maryland infantry; children: Linwood Lee, Stockton S., Henry M., and Elton Richardson. 2. Monimia Fairfax, born in Fairfax county, unmarried. 3. Maude Hatcher, married (first) Robert Bruce Douglas, nephew of Beverly Douglas, member of Congress from Virginia, and (second) Edward W. Pierce, and has children, Elton Richardson and Ritchie Pierce
Update provided by Anne Rupert
Wife of Ferdinand D Richardson
Mother of F W Richardson clerk of the court of Fairfax County and aunt of Mrs J R Caton
Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume V
Ferdinand Dawson Richardson died October 13, 1880. He was a son of William Pierpoint Richardson, a descendant of an early Virginia family of note. Ferdinand Dawson Richardson married Mary Posey Grigsby, a sister of Hon. Alexander Spottswood Grigsby, who represented Fairfax county in the Virginia legislature prior to 1860, being at a later date elected to the same body from Campbell county. The Grigsbys were also prominent in Virginia during colonial days, bequeathing to posterity honorable names and records. Mrs. Richardson was a woman of high ideals, culture and refinement, transmitting to her children her intellectual tastes and strong moral character. She was the mother of five sons and five daughters. Of these: 1. Elmira Virginia, born in Fairfax county, Virginia, married Captain Thomas H. Holbrook, who served as captain in a regiment of Maryland infantry; children: Linwood Lee, Stockton S., Henry M., and Elton Richardson. 2. Monimia Fairfax, born in Fairfax county, unmarried. 3. Maude Hatcher, married (first) Robert Bruce Douglas, nephew of Beverly Douglas, member of Congress from Virginia, and (second) Edward W. Pierce, and has children, Elton Richardson and Ritchie Pierce
Update provided by Anne Rupert
Mother of F W Richardson clerk of the court of Fairfax County and aunt of Mrs J R Caton
Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume V
Ferdinand Dawson Richardson died October 13, 1880. He was a son of William Pierpoint Richardson, a descendant of an early Virginia family of note. Ferdinand Dawson Richardson married Mary Posey Grigsby, a sister of Hon. Alexander Spottswood Grigsby, who represented Fairfax county in the Virginia legislature prior to 1860, being at a later date elected to the same body from Campbell county. The Grigsbys were also prominent in Virginia during colonial days, bequeathing to posterity honorable names and records. Mrs. Richardson was a woman of high ideals, culture and refinement, transmitting to her children her intellectual tastes and strong moral character. She was the mother of five sons and five daughters. Of these: 1. Elmira Virginia, born in Fairfax county, Virginia, married Captain Thomas H. Holbrook, who served as captain in a regiment of Maryland infantry; children: Linwood Lee, Stockton S., Henry M., and Elton Richardson. 2. Monimia Fairfax, born in Fairfax county, unmarried. 3. Maude Hatcher, married (first) Robert Bruce Douglas, nephew of Beverly Douglas, member of Congress from Virginia, and (second) Edward W. Pierce, and has children, Elton Richardson and Ritchie Pierce
Update provided by Anne Rupert
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