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Name Wyatt H Richardson

Age 73

Birth Date 4 May 1813

Birth Place Kentucky

Death Date 4 Dec 1886

Death Place Farmington, Iowa

Source:

Iowa, U.S., Armed Forces Grave Registrations, 1835-1998

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Name Wyatt H. Richardson

Marriage Date 19 Jul 1827

Marriage Place Decatur, Indiana, USA

Source Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT

Microfilm 1516965 & 1516616

Spouse Mary Myers

Source:

Indiana, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1802-1892

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His first wife was Mary Meyers (or Hoffmeyer or Hoppmeyer according to daughter Nancy's death certificate.) who was born about 1801 in South Carolina. They divorced before 1855. She lived with her daughter Nancy (Stamper) in 1860 and 1870. It is noted that she retained her Richardson last name in those census records. Divorce is assumed because Wyatt married another woman in 1855.

Wyatt and Mary had four children:

-Mary Jane (Million) (1830-aft 1871)

-William B (1832-1920)

-Elizabeth (Williams) (1836-)

-Nancy (Stamper) (1840-1914)

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Wyatt married Elizabeth (Lastname ?) on 2 May 1855 in Cincinnati, OH after which they immediately moved to Farmington, Van Buren Co, Iowa.

They had one daughter:

- Inez Richardson (1858–1923)

who married Charles Brabham. Inez and Charles are both buried in this cemetery in unmarked graves.

They also adopted two children:

- Jane Richardson 1870–

- Eunice Richardson 1872–

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A last name of Call was found on Elizabeth's Widow's Pension form but it was her first husband's last name. He was George Call who died 2 Feb 1850.

Elizabeth's marriage to Wyatt Richardson was her 2nd marriage. It lasted from 1855 to 1880.

After Wyatt's death, she married

Jesse Wright on 1 Sep 1883 but

divorced him on 9 Nov 1889

in Van Buren Co, IA.

Elizabeth is buried with Wyatt. I do not know where Mary is buried.

The writing on the grave stone is no longer readable for Wyatt whereas the inscription for Elizabeth is clear enough to read as shown on her page. The identities were confirmed back in 1967 as well.

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Wyatt H Richardson

Residence: Iowa

Age at Enlistment: 44

Enlistment Date: 11 May 1864

Rank at enlistment: Private

State Served: Iowa

Survived the War?: Yes

Service Record: Enlisted in Company K, Iowa 45th Infantry Regiment on 25 May 1864.

Mustered out on 16 Sep 1864 at Keokuk, IA.

Birth Date: abt 1820

Source:

Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion

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Name Wyatt H. Richardson

Side Union

Regiment State/Origin Iowa

Regiment 45th Regiment, Iowa Infantry (100 days, 1864)

Company K

Rank In Private

Rank Out Private

Source:

U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865

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The author of this biography has found that he shares autosomal DNA genes with another person who has ties to a Hawkins family who lived in Kentucky at about the same time but no direct connection has been discovered.

Submitted by: DeWitt

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