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John Griffin Richardson

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John Griffin Richardson

Birth
St. Clair County, Illinois, USA
Death
16 May 1872 (aged 75)
Scio, Linn County, Oregon, USA
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Scio, Linn County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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The Richardsons were of English, Scotish and Irish descent. first record of the family was of George Richardson, a native of Pennsylvania. He moved to Kaskaskia, Illinois, where he was a typical trapper, hunter and Indian fighter. He reportedly fought in the Revolutionary War. He served in the army that quelled Indian troubles in Illinois and fought in the war of 1812.
George Richardson, father of John Richardson, drowned while trying to cross a swollen stream in Green Co., Illinois.

John Wesley Richardson was born in Adams Co., Illinois on Jan 1 ,1832. He had a farm of 300 acres six miles southeast of Scio. John Wesley was school Board director and clerk of Richardson Gap district for 30 years. He was also a Linn Co. "Thistle" commissioner. He was deacon at Scio christian Church. John W. Richardson died in 1914.

Source - 'Scio in the Forks of the Santiam' Book by Carol Bates.

NOTE - He was actually born in St Clair county. Monroe County was not "created" until 1816 from parts of St Clair and Randolph Counties.
The Richardsons were of English, Scotish and Irish descent. first record of the family was of George Richardson, a native of Pennsylvania. He moved to Kaskaskia, Illinois, where he was a typical trapper, hunter and Indian fighter. He reportedly fought in the Revolutionary War. He served in the army that quelled Indian troubles in Illinois and fought in the war of 1812.
George Richardson, father of John Richardson, drowned while trying to cross a swollen stream in Green Co., Illinois.

John Wesley Richardson was born in Adams Co., Illinois on Jan 1 ,1832. He had a farm of 300 acres six miles southeast of Scio. John Wesley was school Board director and clerk of Richardson Gap district for 30 years. He was also a Linn Co. "Thistle" commissioner. He was deacon at Scio christian Church. John W. Richardson died in 1914.

Source - 'Scio in the Forks of the Santiam' Book by Carol Bates.

NOTE - He was actually born in St Clair county. Monroe County was not "created" until 1816 from parts of St Clair and Randolph Counties.

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