Richardson, Henry Brown, 1837-1909.

Henry Brown Richardson, son of Rev. Henry Richardson, a New England clergyman, was a chief engineer of the State Board of Engineers of Louisiana (1880-1904) and a member of the Mississippi River Commission (1904-1909). Richardson served in the Confederate Army as a member of the Corps of Engineers under the commands of Generals Jubal Early, Richard Taylor, and R. S. Ewell. In 1867, he married Anna (Nannie) Farrar, daughter of Thomas P. Farrar of Myrtle Grove Plantation near Saint Joseph, Louisiana.

From the description of Henry Brown Richardson family papers, 1834-1967. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 299054387