OF ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH ANCESTRY
MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT OF GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD, RICHARD WARREN, AND FRANCIS COOKE
TWIN SISTER OF LYDIA PHELPS REED RICHARDSON
SISTER OF CIVIL WAR MEDAL-OF-HONOR-WINNER, CAPT. AXEL HAYFORD REED
AUNT OF LILLIAN MAE RICHARDSON TIFFT
MINNESOTA PIONEER
BUILT ONE OF THE FIRST LOG CABINS IN GLENCOE, MN
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A BIOGRAPHY OF HULDAH BISBEE REED RICHARDSON, by Laurence Overmire (great great nephew), genealogist and family historian, Aug. 2008:
Huldah Bisbee Reed was born in Hartford, Oxford County, Maine, on Dec. 11, 1826, the daughter of Sampson and Huldah (Bisbee) Reed and the twin sister of Lydia Phelps Reed.
On Nov. 11, 1855, at the age of 29, she married 25-year-old Bradbury Richardson, Jr., the son of Bradbury and Jane (Rideout) Richardson, in Rochester, New York. Her sister Lydia had married Bradbury's brother Joseph in 1852.
Bradbury Jr. was a farmer. He and Huldah moved to Glencoe, Minnesota, in 1857, built one of the first log cabins there and endured the hardships of pioneer life. They had three children: Clara Arnold, and twins Jennie Bisbee and Nettie Elizabeth.
During the Sioux uprising in August of 1862, Huldah was forced to flee their home in Glencoe with their three young children, the twins were only a couple months old, through what was called "The Big Woods" to the town of Carver, thirty miles away. They did not return until Little Crow's band of Santee Sioux had been driven away by soldiers.
Bradbury's whereabouts during this time are unknown, he may have been with Huldah, but it seems more likely he was with the men of the town somewhere dealing with the situation. We do know his brother Eliphalet was killed. The people of Glencoe were terrified and needed to know what was going on. Bradbury, it was reported, volunteered to ride out to Fort Ridgely and assess the situation, but Eliphalet said, "No, my brother. You have a wife and children to mourn your death, but I have none to mourn for me, if anything should happen to me while over there." Eliphalet seized the reins, sprang into the saddle, waved to the crowd and off he went. The danger was far greater than he knew. Near Fort Ridgely, the Indians quickly spotted him and gave chase. Eliphalet was cornered in a grove of trees by a river and killed on Aug. 22. He was robbed of $200 in gold and a watch. His tombstone reads, "Killed by the Indians at Fort Ridgely." His heroism probably saved the life of his brother Bradbury.
No doubt wanting to remove themselves from the dangers in Minnesota, Bradbury and his family moved back home to Maine. They were in Milton Plantation, Oxford County, on April 27, 1865, when Huldah's brother Civil War hero Axel Reed came to visit them. They were still in Milton at the time of the 1870 census, but moved back to Minnesota sometime after that.
Bradbury died in Glencoe in 1907. Huldah subsequently moved to Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota, to be with her daughter Jennie Buck and her family. She passed away there on Feb. 26, 1912, at the age of 85, and was laid to rest with her husband in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Glencoe.
MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT OF GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD, RICHARD WARREN, AND FRANCIS COOKE
TWIN SISTER OF LYDIA PHELPS REED RICHARDSON
SISTER OF CIVIL WAR MEDAL-OF-HONOR-WINNER, CAPT. AXEL HAYFORD REED
AUNT OF LILLIAN MAE RICHARDSON TIFFT
MINNESOTA PIONEER
BUILT ONE OF THE FIRST LOG CABINS IN GLENCOE, MN
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A BIOGRAPHY OF HULDAH BISBEE REED RICHARDSON, by Laurence Overmire (great great nephew), genealogist and family historian, Aug. 2008:
Huldah Bisbee Reed was born in Hartford, Oxford County, Maine, on Dec. 11, 1826, the daughter of Sampson and Huldah (Bisbee) Reed and the twin sister of Lydia Phelps Reed.
On Nov. 11, 1855, at the age of 29, she married 25-year-old Bradbury Richardson, Jr., the son of Bradbury and Jane (Rideout) Richardson, in Rochester, New York. Her sister Lydia had married Bradbury's brother Joseph in 1852.
Bradbury Jr. was a farmer. He and Huldah moved to Glencoe, Minnesota, in 1857, built one of the first log cabins there and endured the hardships of pioneer life. They had three children: Clara Arnold, and twins Jennie Bisbee and Nettie Elizabeth.
During the Sioux uprising in August of 1862, Huldah was forced to flee their home in Glencoe with their three young children, the twins were only a couple months old, through what was called "The Big Woods" to the town of Carver, thirty miles away. They did not return until Little Crow's band of Santee Sioux had been driven away by soldiers.
Bradbury's whereabouts during this time are unknown, he may have been with Huldah, but it seems more likely he was with the men of the town somewhere dealing with the situation. We do know his brother Eliphalet was killed. The people of Glencoe were terrified and needed to know what was going on. Bradbury, it was reported, volunteered to ride out to Fort Ridgely and assess the situation, but Eliphalet said, "No, my brother. You have a wife and children to mourn your death, but I have none to mourn for me, if anything should happen to me while over there." Eliphalet seized the reins, sprang into the saddle, waved to the crowd and off he went. The danger was far greater than he knew. Near Fort Ridgely, the Indians quickly spotted him and gave chase. Eliphalet was cornered in a grove of trees by a river and killed on Aug. 22. He was robbed of $200 in gold and a watch. His tombstone reads, "Killed by the Indians at Fort Ridgely." His heroism probably saved the life of his brother Bradbury.
No doubt wanting to remove themselves from the dangers in Minnesota, Bradbury and his family moved back home to Maine. They were in Milton Plantation, Oxford County, on April 27, 1865, when Huldah's brother Civil War hero Axel Reed came to visit them. They were still in Milton at the time of the 1870 census, but moved back to Minnesota sometime after that.
Bradbury died in Glencoe in 1907. Huldah subsequently moved to Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota, to be with her daughter Jennie Buck and her family. She passed away there on Feb. 26, 1912, at the age of 85, and was laid to rest with her husband in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Glencoe.
OF ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH ANCESTRY
MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT OF GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD, RICHARD WARREN, AND FRANCIS COOKE
TWIN SISTER OF LYDIA PHELPS REED RICHARDSON
SISTER OF CIVIL WAR MEDAL-OF-HONOR-WINNER, CAPT. AXEL HAYFORD REED
AUNT OF LILLIAN MAE RICHARDSON TIFFT
MINNESOTA PIONEER
BUILT ONE OF THE FIRST LOG CABINS IN GLENCOE, MN
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A BIOGRAPHY OF HULDAH BISBEE REED RICHARDSON, by Laurence Overmire (great great nephew), genealogist and family historian, Aug. 2008:
Huldah Bisbee Reed was born in Hartford, Oxford County, Maine, on Dec. 11, 1826, the daughter of Sampson and Huldah (Bisbee) Reed and the twin sister of Lydia Phelps Reed.
On Nov. 11, 1855, at the age of 29, she married 25-year-old Bradbury Richardson, Jr., the son of Bradbury and Jane (Rideout) Richardson, in Rochester, New York. Her sister Lydia had married Bradbury's brother Joseph in 1852.
Bradbury Jr. was a farmer. He and Huldah moved to Glencoe, Minnesota, in 1857, built one of the first log cabins there and endured the hardships of pioneer life. They had three children: Clara Arnold, and twins Jennie Bisbee and Nettie Elizabeth.
During the Sioux uprising in August of 1862, Huldah was forced to flee their home in Glencoe with their three young children, the twins were only a couple months old, through what was called "The Big Woods" to the town of Carver, thirty miles away. They did not return until Little Crow's band of Santee Sioux had been driven away by soldiers.
Bradbury's whereabouts during this time are unknown, he may have been with Huldah, but it seems more likely he was with the men of the town somewhere dealing with the situation. We do know his brother Eliphalet was killed. The people of Glencoe were terrified and needed to know what was going on. Bradbury, it was reported, volunteered to ride out to Fort Ridgely and assess the situation, but Eliphalet said, "No, my brother. You have a wife and children to mourn your death, but I have none to mourn for me, if anything should happen to me while over there." Eliphalet seized the reins, sprang into the saddle, waved to the crowd and off he went. The danger was far greater than he knew. Near Fort Ridgely, the Indians quickly spotted him and gave chase. Eliphalet was cornered in a grove of trees by a river and killed on Aug. 22. He was robbed of $200 in gold and a watch. His tombstone reads, "Killed by the Indians at Fort Ridgely." His heroism probably saved the life of his brother Bradbury.
No doubt wanting to remove themselves from the dangers in Minnesota, Bradbury and his family moved back home to Maine. They were in Milton Plantation, Oxford County, on April 27, 1865, when Huldah's brother Civil War hero Axel Reed came to visit them. They were still in Milton at the time of the 1870 census, but moved back to Minnesota sometime after that.
Bradbury died in Glencoe in 1907. Huldah subsequently moved to Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota, to be with her daughter Jennie Buck and her family. She passed away there on Feb. 26, 1912, at the age of 85, and was laid to rest with her husband in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Glencoe.
MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT OF GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD, RICHARD WARREN, AND FRANCIS COOKE
TWIN SISTER OF LYDIA PHELPS REED RICHARDSON
SISTER OF CIVIL WAR MEDAL-OF-HONOR-WINNER, CAPT. AXEL HAYFORD REED
AUNT OF LILLIAN MAE RICHARDSON TIFFT
MINNESOTA PIONEER
BUILT ONE OF THE FIRST LOG CABINS IN GLENCOE, MN
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A BIOGRAPHY OF HULDAH BISBEE REED RICHARDSON, by Laurence Overmire (great great nephew), genealogist and family historian, Aug. 2008:
Huldah Bisbee Reed was born in Hartford, Oxford County, Maine, on Dec. 11, 1826, the daughter of Sampson and Huldah (Bisbee) Reed and the twin sister of Lydia Phelps Reed.
On Nov. 11, 1855, at the age of 29, she married 25-year-old Bradbury Richardson, Jr., the son of Bradbury and Jane (Rideout) Richardson, in Rochester, New York. Her sister Lydia had married Bradbury's brother Joseph in 1852.
Bradbury Jr. was a farmer. He and Huldah moved to Glencoe, Minnesota, in 1857, built one of the first log cabins there and endured the hardships of pioneer life. They had three children: Clara Arnold, and twins Jennie Bisbee and Nettie Elizabeth.
During the Sioux uprising in August of 1862, Huldah was forced to flee their home in Glencoe with their three young children, the twins were only a couple months old, through what was called "The Big Woods" to the town of Carver, thirty miles away. They did not return until Little Crow's band of Santee Sioux had been driven away by soldiers.
Bradbury's whereabouts during this time are unknown, he may have been with Huldah, but it seems more likely he was with the men of the town somewhere dealing with the situation. We do know his brother Eliphalet was killed. The people of Glencoe were terrified and needed to know what was going on. Bradbury, it was reported, volunteered to ride out to Fort Ridgely and assess the situation, but Eliphalet said, "No, my brother. You have a wife and children to mourn your death, but I have none to mourn for me, if anything should happen to me while over there." Eliphalet seized the reins, sprang into the saddle, waved to the crowd and off he went. The danger was far greater than he knew. Near Fort Ridgely, the Indians quickly spotted him and gave chase. Eliphalet was cornered in a grove of trees by a river and killed on Aug. 22. He was robbed of $200 in gold and a watch. His tombstone reads, "Killed by the Indians at Fort Ridgely." His heroism probably saved the life of his brother Bradbury.
No doubt wanting to remove themselves from the dangers in Minnesota, Bradbury and his family moved back home to Maine. They were in Milton Plantation, Oxford County, on April 27, 1865, when Huldah's brother Civil War hero Axel Reed came to visit them. They were still in Milton at the time of the 1870 census, but moved back to Minnesota sometime after that.
Bradbury died in Glencoe in 1907. Huldah subsequently moved to Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota, to be with her daughter Jennie Buck and her family. She passed away there on Feb. 26, 1912, at the age of 85, and was laid to rest with her husband in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Glencoe.
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