OF ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH ANCESTRY
MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT OF GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD, RICHARD WARREN, AND FRANCIS COOKE
SISTER OF CIVIL WAR MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER, CAPT. AXEL HAYFORD REED
TWIN SISTER OF HULDAH BISBEE REED RICHARDSON
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A BIOGRAPHY OF LYDIA PHELPS REED RICHARDSON, by Larry Overmire (great great grandson), Aug. 2008:
Lydia Phelps Reed was born in Hartford, Oxford County, Maine, on Dec. 11, 1826, the fourth of eight children of Sampson and Huldah (Bisbee) Read. She was the twin sister of Huldah Bisbee Reed, though they do not appear to have been identical twins. Lydia was named after her great grandmother Lydia (Phelps) Read (1754-1833) whose parents came from Scotland.
At the age of 26, on June 3, 1852, in Hartford, Oxford County, Maine, she married 30-year-old Joseph Richardson, the son of Bradbury and Jane (Rideout) Richardson.
Soon after their marriage, Joseph and Lydia moved to Rochester, New York, where he engaged with the Rochester Brick & Tile Co. of Brighton, superintending the company's large factory there. He also engaged with a Mr. Ewing in refining crude oil and manufacturing "Vacuum Oil."
At Brighton, seven children were born to Joseph and Lydia: Ella Jane, Walter Jay, Lillie Blanche, Lydia Blanche, Axel Joseph, Lillian Mae, and Emma Daisy. The Richardsons lived there for 20 years at what was called "Brighton Twelve Corners," located near the brick and tile yards.
In May, 1865, not long after the assassination of President Lincoln, Lydia and her family were visited by her brother Axel Hayford Reed, who fought valiantly at the Battle of Chickamauga and at Missionary Ridge in the Civil War and would later be awarded the Medal of Honor for his gallantry.
In 1872, Joseph left the Brick & Tile Company and the Vacuum Oil Company and moved with his family from Rochester to Glencoe, Minnesota, where he engaged in the general merchandise business with his brother-in-law Axel Reed under the firm name of A. H. Reed & Co. This business continued until 1884, when it underwent a change and Joseph assumed the firm's business at Bird Island, Renville County, Minnesota, conducting a general merchandise and grain business under the name "J. Richardson & Co."
Joseph built a spacious home on an 80 acre farm adjoining Glencoe. Lydia and "Uncle Joe", as her husband was known, were prominent in church and social circles.
Lydia passed away in Glencoe at the age of 73, on Jan. 12, 1900, and was laid to rest in Mt. Auburn Cemetery there.
MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT OF GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD, RICHARD WARREN, AND FRANCIS COOKE
SISTER OF CIVIL WAR MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER, CAPT. AXEL HAYFORD REED
TWIN SISTER OF HULDAH BISBEE REED RICHARDSON
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A BIOGRAPHY OF LYDIA PHELPS REED RICHARDSON, by Larry Overmire (great great grandson), Aug. 2008:
Lydia Phelps Reed was born in Hartford, Oxford County, Maine, on Dec. 11, 1826, the fourth of eight children of Sampson and Huldah (Bisbee) Read. She was the twin sister of Huldah Bisbee Reed, though they do not appear to have been identical twins. Lydia was named after her great grandmother Lydia (Phelps) Read (1754-1833) whose parents came from Scotland.
At the age of 26, on June 3, 1852, in Hartford, Oxford County, Maine, she married 30-year-old Joseph Richardson, the son of Bradbury and Jane (Rideout) Richardson.
Soon after their marriage, Joseph and Lydia moved to Rochester, New York, where he engaged with the Rochester Brick & Tile Co. of Brighton, superintending the company's large factory there. He also engaged with a Mr. Ewing in refining crude oil and manufacturing "Vacuum Oil."
At Brighton, seven children were born to Joseph and Lydia: Ella Jane, Walter Jay, Lillie Blanche, Lydia Blanche, Axel Joseph, Lillian Mae, and Emma Daisy. The Richardsons lived there for 20 years at what was called "Brighton Twelve Corners," located near the brick and tile yards.
In May, 1865, not long after the assassination of President Lincoln, Lydia and her family were visited by her brother Axel Hayford Reed, who fought valiantly at the Battle of Chickamauga and at Missionary Ridge in the Civil War and would later be awarded the Medal of Honor for his gallantry.
In 1872, Joseph left the Brick & Tile Company and the Vacuum Oil Company and moved with his family from Rochester to Glencoe, Minnesota, where he engaged in the general merchandise business with his brother-in-law Axel Reed under the firm name of A. H. Reed & Co. This business continued until 1884, when it underwent a change and Joseph assumed the firm's business at Bird Island, Renville County, Minnesota, conducting a general merchandise and grain business under the name "J. Richardson & Co."
Joseph built a spacious home on an 80 acre farm adjoining Glencoe. Lydia and "Uncle Joe", as her husband was known, were prominent in church and social circles.
Lydia passed away in Glencoe at the age of 73, on Jan. 12, 1900, and was laid to rest in Mt. Auburn Cemetery there.
OF ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH ANCESTRY
MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT OF GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD, RICHARD WARREN, AND FRANCIS COOKE
SISTER OF CIVIL WAR MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER, CAPT. AXEL HAYFORD REED
TWIN SISTER OF HULDAH BISBEE REED RICHARDSON
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A BIOGRAPHY OF LYDIA PHELPS REED RICHARDSON, by Larry Overmire (great great grandson), Aug. 2008:
Lydia Phelps Reed was born in Hartford, Oxford County, Maine, on Dec. 11, 1826, the fourth of eight children of Sampson and Huldah (Bisbee) Read. She was the twin sister of Huldah Bisbee Reed, though they do not appear to have been identical twins. Lydia was named after her great grandmother Lydia (Phelps) Read (1754-1833) whose parents came from Scotland.
At the age of 26, on June 3, 1852, in Hartford, Oxford County, Maine, she married 30-year-old Joseph Richardson, the son of Bradbury and Jane (Rideout) Richardson.
Soon after their marriage, Joseph and Lydia moved to Rochester, New York, where he engaged with the Rochester Brick & Tile Co. of Brighton, superintending the company's large factory there. He also engaged with a Mr. Ewing in refining crude oil and manufacturing "Vacuum Oil."
At Brighton, seven children were born to Joseph and Lydia: Ella Jane, Walter Jay, Lillie Blanche, Lydia Blanche, Axel Joseph, Lillian Mae, and Emma Daisy. The Richardsons lived there for 20 years at what was called "Brighton Twelve Corners," located near the brick and tile yards.
In May, 1865, not long after the assassination of President Lincoln, Lydia and her family were visited by her brother Axel Hayford Reed, who fought valiantly at the Battle of Chickamauga and at Missionary Ridge in the Civil War and would later be awarded the Medal of Honor for his gallantry.
In 1872, Joseph left the Brick & Tile Company and the Vacuum Oil Company and moved with his family from Rochester to Glencoe, Minnesota, where he engaged in the general merchandise business with his brother-in-law Axel Reed under the firm name of A. H. Reed & Co. This business continued until 1884, when it underwent a change and Joseph assumed the firm's business at Bird Island, Renville County, Minnesota, conducting a general merchandise and grain business under the name "J. Richardson & Co."
Joseph built a spacious home on an 80 acre farm adjoining Glencoe. Lydia and "Uncle Joe", as her husband was known, were prominent in church and social circles.
Lydia passed away in Glencoe at the age of 73, on Jan. 12, 1900, and was laid to rest in Mt. Auburn Cemetery there.
MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT OF GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD, RICHARD WARREN, AND FRANCIS COOKE
SISTER OF CIVIL WAR MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER, CAPT. AXEL HAYFORD REED
TWIN SISTER OF HULDAH BISBEE REED RICHARDSON
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A BIOGRAPHY OF LYDIA PHELPS REED RICHARDSON, by Larry Overmire (great great grandson), Aug. 2008:
Lydia Phelps Reed was born in Hartford, Oxford County, Maine, on Dec. 11, 1826, the fourth of eight children of Sampson and Huldah (Bisbee) Read. She was the twin sister of Huldah Bisbee Reed, though they do not appear to have been identical twins. Lydia was named after her great grandmother Lydia (Phelps) Read (1754-1833) whose parents came from Scotland.
At the age of 26, on June 3, 1852, in Hartford, Oxford County, Maine, she married 30-year-old Joseph Richardson, the son of Bradbury and Jane (Rideout) Richardson.
Soon after their marriage, Joseph and Lydia moved to Rochester, New York, where he engaged with the Rochester Brick & Tile Co. of Brighton, superintending the company's large factory there. He also engaged with a Mr. Ewing in refining crude oil and manufacturing "Vacuum Oil."
At Brighton, seven children were born to Joseph and Lydia: Ella Jane, Walter Jay, Lillie Blanche, Lydia Blanche, Axel Joseph, Lillian Mae, and Emma Daisy. The Richardsons lived there for 20 years at what was called "Brighton Twelve Corners," located near the brick and tile yards.
In May, 1865, not long after the assassination of President Lincoln, Lydia and her family were visited by her brother Axel Hayford Reed, who fought valiantly at the Battle of Chickamauga and at Missionary Ridge in the Civil War and would later be awarded the Medal of Honor for his gallantry.
In 1872, Joseph left the Brick & Tile Company and the Vacuum Oil Company and moved with his family from Rochester to Glencoe, Minnesota, where he engaged in the general merchandise business with his brother-in-law Axel Reed under the firm name of A. H. Reed & Co. This business continued until 1884, when it underwent a change and Joseph assumed the firm's business at Bird Island, Renville County, Minnesota, conducting a general merchandise and grain business under the name "J. Richardson & Co."
Joseph built a spacious home on an 80 acre farm adjoining Glencoe. Lydia and "Uncle Joe", as her husband was known, were prominent in church and social circles.
Lydia passed away in Glencoe at the age of 73, on Jan. 12, 1900, and was laid to rest in Mt. Auburn Cemetery there.
Bio by: Laurence Overmire
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