1. THOMAS GOLDSMITH³ RICHARDSON (THOMAS², SIRJOHN¹)¹ was born July 08, 1804 in New York, NY or Isle of Mann (unsure)¹, and died June 07, 1883¹. He married MARGARET PRICE¹ December 12, 1828¹, daughter of EDWARD PRICE and DOROTHY POE. She was born 1812 in New Jersey¹.

In later years he worked as a farmer in Fulton township, Rock County, Wisc. His farmhouse, originally two houses were joined together in 1906, remained standing until the early 1980's. Often the site of Richardson-Price family reunions in years after Thomas G. Richardson's death, six generations of his family eventually lived at the home.

On March 14, 1860, the Rock County Board of Supervisors granted him a license to operate a ferry across the Rock River at Newville. For every rider on a horse, he could charge eight cents. Every foot passenger paid three cents.

The only known portrait shows a rocky-faced, burly, glowering man, with bushy eyebrows shadowing smoldering eyes.

Family tradition suggests he had already served in the Mexican-American war and visited California by 1854 or 1855, when he arrived in Rock County, settling on a 60-acre farm near Lake Koshkonog in 1860. ...compiled by Mark Scarborough

More About THOMAS GOLDSMITH RICHARDSON:

Fact 1: 1860, Wisconsin census listed Thomas as a shoemaker.¹

Fact 2: First two children died as infants, they were: James and Margaret.^{1                                                                Margaret Price Richardson}

Children of THOMAS RICHARDSON and MARGARET PRICE are:

i. ELIZABETH ANN RICHARDSON¹, b. March 03, 1836¹; d. May 21, 1901, Edgerton, Wisc.¹; m. WILLIAM SYLVESTER JONES¹, May 28, 1855, East Chester, New York¹.

ii. THOMAS GOLDSMITH RICHARDSON II2,3, b. April 14, 1837, New York, NY³; d. November 26, 1912, Fredericksburg, IA³; m. (1) FLORA ELLEN HARVEY³, December 04, 1862, Rock County, Wisconsin³; b. October 18, 1842, Maine³; d. February 04, 1891³; m. (2) SARAH BULLOCK³, November 09, 1891, Iowa³; d. 1908³; m. (3) NELLIE WALES³, 1909, Iowa³.

iii. LOUISE RICHARDSON3, b. 1839³; d. 1871³; m. LYMAN WOOD³.

iv. WILLIAM ELVENSTONE RICHARDSON3, b. April 02, 1842, West Chester Co., New York³; d. March 13, 1913, Fayette County, Iowa³; m. ELLEN JANET PAUL³, January 31, 1867, Newville, Rock Co., WI³.

v. AMANDA MELINDA RICHARDSON3, b. March 17, 1844³; d. March 14, 1884³; m. CASPER SHERMAN³, August 05, 1866³; b. September 10, 1839, transit on the Atlantic Ocean³; d. April 15, 1918, Newville, Rock Co., WI³.

vi. GEORGE A. RICHARDSON3, b. April 02, 1846, New York³; d. March 19, 1900³; m. (1) DENCIE ROSE³, December 10, 1867³; d. September 21, 1873³; m. (2) MATILDA WESTCOTT³, March 13, 1889³.

vii. EMMA C. RICHARDSON3, b. June 04, 1848³; d. September 05, 1921³; m. BRADLEY W. DICKINSON³, 1866³; b. September 02, 1831³; d. July 03, 1916³.

viii. JOSEPH WHITE RICHARDSON3, b. August 06, 1852³; d. August 25, 1924³; m. MYRA WHITNEY³, June 27, 1883³.

ix. MARY MATE RICHARDSON3, b. December 21, 1857³; d. 1938³; m. JOHN H. CLARKE³, December 19, 1883³.

 

1. Mylecharane Marriage, Date of Import: Jun 27, 2001.

2. Richardson Descendents, Compiled by Bill and Marilyn Knowles.