When Michael Richardson was born in July 1840, in Jellico, Campbell, Tennessee, United States, his father, Benjamin Richardson, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth L "Betsey" Perkins, was 19. He married Nancy Mahan on 6 August 1862, in Whitley, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Magisterial District 6, Whitley, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Bon, Whitley, Kentucky, United States in 1920. He died on 2 December 1921, in Whitley, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
On October 8, 1862, the Battle of Perryville took place between the Army of Ohio and the Army of Mississippi. It was the bloodiest battle on Kentucky soil. The Union lost around four thousand people and the Confederates lost around three thousand people. This was about one fifth of those that fought.
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Richard + -son. This surname is also very common among African Americans. Compare Ritson .
Americanized form (and a Swedish variant) of Swedish Richardsson or Rikardsson: patronymic from the personal name Richard , Rikard.
Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Richardsen or Norwegian Rikardsen, cognates of 2 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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