When Lewis Franklin Richardson was born on 18 January 1899, in Decatur, Wise, Texas, United States, his father, James Brent Richardson, was 39 and his mother, Lidie A McGlathery, was 24. He lived in Justice Precinct 1, Wise, Texas, United States in 1900 and Santa Anna, Coleman, Texas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 31 May 1982, at the age of 83, and was buried in Aurora, Wise, Texas, United States.