William RICHARDSON ¹

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census: 1850, Hamilton County, Illinois. ²

Dwelling 133, Family 135, 10th District
William Richardson, age 22, male, farmer, $300 real property, born in Tennessee
Harriet Richardson, age 17, female, born in Illinois
Margaret Richardson, age 1, female, born in Illinois

2. Census: 1860, Franklin County, Illinois. ³

Township 5 S, Range 4 E, Webbs Prairie P. O.
Dwelling 417, Family 417
William Richardson, age 33, male, farmer, $1050 real property, $400 personal property, born in Kentucky
Harriet Richardson, age 25, female, house keeping, born in Illinois
Margaret Richardson, age 10, female, born in Illinois, attended school
Hester Richardson, age 9, female, born in Illinois, attended school
Melvinia Richardson, age 6, female, born in Illinois, attended school
John L. Richardson, age 4, male, born in Illinois
Laura Richardson, age 1, female, born in Illinois

3. Census: 1870, Jefferson County, Illinois. ⁴

Township 3, Range 4 E, Lynchburg P. O.
Dwelling 38, Family 36
Richardson, William, age 40, male, white, farmer, $3000 real property, $1300 personal property, born in Tennessee
Richardson, Martha, age 39, female, white, keeps house, born in Illinois
Richardson, Alexander, age 17, male, white, farm hand, born in Illinois, attended school
Richardson, Melvina, age 16, female, white, at home, born in Illinois
Richardson, John L, age 14, male, white, farm hand, born in Illinois, attended school
Richardson, Laura, age 12, female, white, born in Illinois, attended school
Richardson, Jesse, age 10, male, white, born in Illiniois, attended school
Richardson, James C, age 1, male, white, born in Illinois
Richardson, William, age 4/12, male, white, born in Illinois

[It would appear Harriet died sometime after the 1860 census and that William married Martha. Query which children born after the 1860 census were Harriet's. I would guess only Jesse. Since Alexander did not appear in the 1860 census, query whether he wasn't Martha's child by a prior marriage.]

William married Harriet SCRIVNER, daughter of John SCRIVNER and 1st Mrs. John Scrivner, on 3 Sep 1848 in Franklin County, Illinois.¹ (Harriet SCRIVNER was born in 1833-1835 in Illinois ^{2 3} and died after 1860 in Illinois ⁴.)