When Henry Sissen Richardson was born on 13 January 1817, in Otsego, Muskingum, Ohio, United States, his father, Jesse Putnam Richardson II, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Poole, was 32. He married Elizebeth Lumley on 17 May 1838, in Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Oroville, Butte, California, United States in 1860. He died on 15 April 1880, in Sherman, Grayson, Texas, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Ethel Cemetery, Ethel, Grayson, Texas, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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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