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Descendants of Benjamin Richardson

23. JOHN ALLBRITTON⁴ RICHARDSON (JAMES³, JOHN², BENJAMIN¹) was born 02 March 1834 in Mississippi. He married NANCY LEE HARGROVE 24 December 1857 in Jasper County, Texas.

Notes for JOHN ALLBRITTON RICHARDSON:

John Allbritton's wife, Nancy Lee Hargrove, was the sister of James Marion
Richardson's first wife, Jane Hargrove. They lived on a farm adjoining his father's place until he moved his family to Fort Worth, Texas after 1880. He was a large man, perhaps the largest of the Richardsons as remembered by his nephew, the late L.D. Hargrove of Sylva, North Carolina.

John A. is also listed as "one-armed".

Jasper County census taken 28 July 1860 lists John Richardson (25), as head of household with wife Nancy (17), both born in Mississippi and Frances (1), born in Texas.

Jasper County census Precinct 4 taken 21 June 1880 list John A. Richardson (46) with wife Nancy L. (37), both born in Mississippi, Frances T. (21), Seborn (19), Mary F. (14), Sarah J. (11), Hellen S. (7), Emma A. (5), Llora R. (2), all born in Texas. Also in residence is Clarissa Richardson (22), niece. Page 167 Microfilm.

Children of JOHN RICHARDSON and NANCY HARGROVE are:

	i.		FRANCES⁵ RICHARDSON, b. 1859.
	ii.		SEBRON H. RICHARDSON, b. 1861, Jasper County, Texas.
	iii.		MARY T. RICHARDSON, b. 1865, Jasper County, Texas.
	iv.		SARAH J. (IRENA) RICHARDSON, b. 1868, Jasper County, Texas.
	v.		HELLEN S. RICHARDSON, b. 1873, Jasper County, Texas.
	vi.		EMMA A. RICHARDSON, b. 1875, Jasper County, Texas.
	vii.		LLARA R. RICHARDSON, b. 1878, Jasper County, Texas.

24. ANN⁴ RICHARDSON (JAMES³, JOHN², BENJAMIN¹) was born 11 January 1839 in Mississippi, and died September 1934 in Waco, McClennan County, Texas. She married THOMAS WARREN DAY Abt. 1861, son of JEREMIAH DAY and FRANCES HART.

Children of ANN RICHARDSON and THOMAS DAY are:

	i.		CONRAD⁵ DAY.
	ii.		HOWARD DAY.
	iii.		HATTIE DAY.
	iv.		MARY LAURISSA DAY, b. 1862, Jasper County, Texas; d. 1926, Limestone County, Texas; m. DAVE RUTHERFORD.
	v.		JAMES DURHAM DAY, b. 25 December 1867, Jasper County, Texas; d. 17 June 1931; m. EMMA HENRY.
	vi.		EUGENIA ANN DAY, b. 1872; d. November 1903; m. DAVID LOUIS CARTER.

25. NANCY⁴ RICHARDSON (JAMES³, JOHN², BENJAMIN¹) was born 04 January 1842 in Mississippi, and died 24 March 1910 in Jasper County, Texas. She married WILEY B. HARGROVE 30 March 1858 in Jasper County, Texas, son of HARDY HARGROVE and TOLITHA CHAPMAN.

Notes for NANCY RICHARDSON:
Nancy and Wiley lived with Nancy's mother, Mary Morris Richardson, on the old home place northwest of Buna that later became known as the Hargrove place.

Notes for WILEY B. HARGROVE:
Jasper County census Precinct 4 taken 21 June 1880 lists Wiley B. Hargrove (40) as head of household with wife Nancy (39), Talitha (19), Hardy (17), Mary Ann (15), James (13), Martha J. (11), Nathan (9), Starkie (7), Elam (6), Rose L. (5), Levi D. (2) and Bertha E. (2/12). Also in residence is Talitha Strawther (60), mother-in-law.

Children of NANCY RICHARDSON and WILEY HARGROVE are:

	i.	WILEY CADE⁵ HARGROVE, m. MARY WOMACK.
54.	ii.	TALITHA HARGROVE, b. October 1861, Jasper County, Texas.
55.	iii.	HARDY HARGROVE, b. November 1863, Jasper County, Texas.
56.	iv.	MARY ANN HARGROVE, b. October 1864, Jasper County, Texas.
57.	v.	JAMES HARGROVE, b. February 1867, Jasper County, Texas.
	vi.	MARTHA JANE HARGROVE, b. 1869, Jasper County, Texas; m. G.D. GOODE.
58.	vii.	NATHAN HARGROVE, b. March 1871, Jasper County, Texas.
	viii.	STARKEY HARGROVE, b. 1873, Jasper County, Texas; m. ARILLA FREEMAN.
	ix.	ELAM ALLBRITTON HARGROVE, b. 1874, Jasper County, Texas.
	x.	ROSA LEE HARGROVE, b. 1877, Jasper County, Texas; m. G.D. GOODE.
	xi.	LEVI DURHAM HARGROVE, b. 1878, Jasper County, Texas; m. EPSIE WOMACK.
	xii.	BERTHA EDNA HARGROVE, b. May 1880, Jasper County, Texas.

26. STEPHEN⁴ RICHARDSON (JAMES³, JOHN², BENJAMIN¹) was born 06 November 1843 in Mississippi, and died 26 June 1926 in Texas. He married EMILY DAY RICHARDSON.

Notes for STEPHEN RICHARDSON:
Stephen moved to Orange County so that his children could know someone besides Richardsons to marry.

Notes for EMILY DAY RICHARDSON:
Emily was the sister of Thomas Warren Day, Ann Richardson's husband.

Children of STEPHEN RICHARDSON and EMILY RICHARDSON are:

VERNON⁵ RICHARDSON, m. TELVA HATCH.

Notes for VERNON RICHARDSON:
Vernon was a barber.

	ii.	GENIE RICHARDSON.
	iii.	JAMES RICHARDSON.
59.	iv.	WALLIS W. (WILLIAM) RICHARDSON, b. 29 December 1867, Jasper County, Texas; d. 22 November 1909.
60.	v.	EDWARD (EDD) RICHARDSON, b. November 1869, Jasper County, Texas; d. 06 November 1936.
	vi.	LOUISE (LOU) RICHARDSON, b. 08 December 1871; d. 08 February 1931; m. GRIFFIN LOUIS ROPER.
	vii.	LEONARD (ELDER) RICHARDSON, b. 20 August 1878; d. 27 October 1952; m. LENNIE GIBSON.

Notes for LEONARD (ELDER) RICHARDSON:
Leonard was a popular preacher of the Primitive Baptist faith, and was loved and respected by everyone.

viii.

MACK H. RICHARDSON, b. 26 October 1883; d. 07 March 1939; m. KATIE CONN, 20 January 1909, J asper County, Texas.

27. ELIZABETH⁴ RICHARDSON (JAMES³, JOHN², BENJAMIN¹) was born 05 March 1846 in Jasper County, Texas. She married (1) JAMES NANTZ, son of ALBERT NANTZ and MELISSA WEST. She married (2) JEFFERSON CONN 1866.
Notes for JEFFERSON CONN:
Jefferson Conn was an ordained minister of the Primitive Baptist Church, but later because he had to reject that sect's doctrine of Absolute Predestination, he became a minister in the Missionary Baptist Church. Not only a minister of the Gospel, he was also a good businessman who finally settled in Handley in Tarrant County, Texas. A prosperous farmer, he was also a building contractor as well as a well-known revivalist.

Children of ELIZABETH RICHARDSON and JEFFERSON CONN are:

	i.		JACK⁵ CONN.
	ii.		EZRA CONN.
	iii.		IVA (ELLA) CONN.
	iv.		JOSEPH C. CONN.
	v.		EMILY (OR EMMA) CONN.
	vi.		DORSA CONN.

28. NATHAN⁴ RICHARDSON (JAMES³, JOHN², BENJAMIN¹) was born 17 December 1850 in Jasper County, Texas, and died 08 April 1915 in Texas. He married (1) AMANDA CAROLINE WALTERS 20 February 1873. He married (2) SALLIE ORTON Abt. 1899 in Jasper County, Texas.

Notes for NATHAN RICHARDSON:
Jasper County census Precinct 2 taken 21 June 1880 lists Nathan Richardson (29) as head of household with wife Amanda C. (22), Zoe C. (6), Emily J. (5), James A. (3), and William N. (1) in residence.

Nathan was one of the more colorful members of the Richardson family.
Good-natured and cheerful, the loved parties, dancing and hunting. He also believed in good company, good food, and yes, good drink. What is more, he wanted everyone around him to have a good time and did all he could to see that this happened. His wife was of a like nature and, fortunately, she was a woman who did not object to having her furniture moved around or out so that the floors could be made ready for a dance, and she was always ready to welcome a crowd of any size in her home. They had a large family and saw no reason why the children should not enjoy themselves also.

Over the years Nathan built up quite a reputation as a brewer of cane beer. Beer made by others in the community might turn bitter with age, but his - never. Nor did he mind rewarding his boys and their friends with a few nips from his jug after a hard days work or a lively hunt.

For all this gaity and the love of simple rural pleasures, like his father he was a good provider. People who had known him said the table was always set ready to serve anyone who happened to drop by and would eat

The barns, storehouses and cribs were full of dried beans, peas and corn. The smokehouse was never out of bacon, ham, sausage and dried beef and there was a year-round kitchen garden. Berries and fruits were plentiful in season, and out of season they were still there in the form of preserves, canned and dried fruits. Milk, butter and cream were never lacking in abundance. (Amanda, of course, deserves much of the credit for the food.

Altogether life in the Nathan Richardson home was more of less typical of southeastern Texas between Reconstruction and the first World War. People had little cash money, as the saying went, but they lived well in the sense that they had good food, shelter, adequate clothing and no dread of what the future might bring - or so it seems when hearing about them and their lives.

After Amanda's death, he married Sallie Ann Orton, who, too, had a happy, cheerful disposition but was different in that she did not lean so much to parties and dancing. Her home was always open to friends and relatives and she loved her church, enjoyed the meetings, especially all day church and dinner on the grounds, and never tired, so it was said, of music, singing, visiting and entertaining in a quiet way.

Children of NATHAN RICHARDSON and AMANDA WALTERS are:

	i.		ZOE CHARLOTTE⁵ RICHARDSON, b. 30 November 1873; d. 29 April 1952; m. JOE B. FERRELL.
	ii.		EMILY JANE RICHARDSON, b. 16 June 1875; d. 23 March 1939; m. T. BENNY WIGLEY, 04 January 1893, J asper County, Texas.
	iii.		JAMES ALLEN RICHARDSON, b. 02 June 1877; d. 30 April 1930; m. AMANDA CRAIG.
	iv.		WILLIAM NATHAN MACK RICHARDSON, b. 26 January 1879; d. 28 October 1945; m. ANNIE GANDY, 18 December 1901, J asper County, Texas.
	v.		GILBERT BEEBE RICHARDSON, b. 02 January 1881; d. 27 November 1950; m. (1) DORA CAMP; m. (2) RUBY MIDDLETON, 26 April 1902, J asper County, Texas.

Notes for GILBERT BEEBE RICHARDSON:
Gilbert's grandson, Jiles Perry Richardson Jr. was the "Big Bopper" and he was nearly a major figure in the post-Elvis rock era. He wrote and recorded "Chantilly Lace", a straight-talking rock tune that was the third most-played record in America in 1958 and was released in 37 other countries. On the night of February 2, 1959, with success at his heels and on leave from his job as a disc jockey and program director at Station KTRM in Beaumont, Texas, the Bopper appeared before 1,100 fans at the Surf Ballroom in Mason City, Iowa. Early the next morning, with Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens, he chartered a Beechcraft Bonanza to take them to Fargo, North Dakota. The plane went down 5 miles northwest of the airport, and no one heard the crash. J.P. Richardson was dead at the age of 24. His album of Chantilly Lace (1958) consisted of: Chantilly Lace, Pink Petticoats, Walking Through My Dreams, The Clock, Someone Watching Over You, Old Maid, Big Bopper's Wedding, Little Red Riding Hood, Preacher And The Bear, It's The Truth, Ruth, White Lightning, Strange Kiss, Singles.

	vi.		MARY REBECCA RICHARDSON, b. 29 October 1882; m. EDDIE WRIGHT.
	vii.		SEBORN CHARLES RICHARDSON, b. 10 December 1884; m. ERMA LOCKE.
	viii.		JOHN A. RICHARDSON, b. 17 December 1886; d. 30 May 1909; m. SUSIE JONES, 03 June 1906, J asper County, Texas.
	ix.		CECIL EDWARD RICHARDSON, b. 19 February 1889; d. 10 July 1957; m. SARAH MCDONALD.

Notes for CECIL EDWARD RICHARDSON:
Cecil was a dentist in Big Spring, Texas.

	x.		HENRY HALLER RICHARDSON, b. 05 November 1891; m. CASSIEBELL BYERLY.
	xi.		DURHAM CHESTER RICHARDSON, b. 07 November 1897; m. MARY TEAL.

Child of NATHAN RICHARDSON and SALLIE ORTON is:

xii.

INEZ⁵ RICHARDSON, b. 19 October 1900; m. MIKE ROGERS.

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