Richardson family.

Lucy (Marsh) Richardson Furber was born in Keokuk, Iowa on May 24, 1912 to John and Lucy Cherrill Marsh. Lucy attended the University of Iowa for 2 years before going to work for her father, a dentist and Episcopalian deacon. Lucy married Robert Dale Richardson, Sr., a Unitarian minister, in 1933. The couple moved from Wisconsin to Laconia, New Hampshire and then again to Medford, Massachusetts. In 1951, the Richardsons settled in Concord, Massachusetts, where they raised their 3 sons, John (who died in 1954), Robert Jr., and David. Lucy was involved with the League of Women Voters and was active in the First Parish Church of Concord where Robert Sr. was an interim minister. Robert Sr. passed away in 1969 and Lucy married his friend and Harvard classmate Holden Furber, a history professor, in 1981. Lucy remained in Concord until her death in 2005. (Concord Journal, April 14, 2005) Robert Dale Richardson, Sr was born on May 26, 1901 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Emmett Lee and Harriet Fyffe Richardson. Robert Sr. graduated from Harvard College in 1924, Queens College, Oxford, in 1926, and Meadville Theological Seminary in 1928. After graduating from Meadville, Richardson was ordained into the Unitarian Ministry. He served parishes in Laconia, New Hampshire, and Medford, Wayland, Concord, and Sharon, Massachusetts until the late 1950s. From 1959 to 1968, Richardson served as the Protestant chaplain at the Boston State Hospital and is the namesake of the hospital's Richardson Learning Center. Richardson died suddenly in 1969. (Andover-Harvard Theological Library bMS 108) Robert Dale Richardson, 1901-1969, is known throughout this collection as Robert Sr. However, he is presented in the 1977 genealogical report as Robert Dale Richardson II; his son, biographer Robert Dale Richardson Jr. (born 1934), is actually Robert Dale Richardson III. Holden Furber was born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 13, 1903. He earned his A.B. from Harvard in 1924 and his Ph.D. in 1929. Furber graduated from Oxford with a B.A. in 1925 and an M.A. in 1930. He specialized in the history of the British Empire and 18th century India and was a professor at Harvard University, the University of Texas, and the University of Pennsylvania. Furber also worked for the Office of Strategic Services and the U.S. State Department. He published many books and was considered the founder of modern Indian studies in America. Furber passed away in 1993. (Obituary, Boston Globe, 1993) Emmet Lee Richardson was born on November 9, 1870 in Evansville, Indiana. He attended Indiana University as an undergraduate and went to Stanford University in 1892 to conduct postgraduate research for his A.M degree. Richardson went on to study at the University of Paris and Heidelberg University and taught French at Vanderbilt University. He earned a degree from Harvard Law School in 1897 and studied at the University of Berlin from 1895 to 1896. Richardson married Harriet Fyffe in 1896 in Evansville, Indiana, where he practiced law with his father. The couple later moved to Milwaukee, where Richardson worked for several firms. After Harriet's death in 1952, he moved to Concord, Massachusetts to live with his son Robert Dale Richardson, Sr. Emmet Lee Richardson died on February 12, 1960. Harriet Fyffe Richardson was born on June 14, 1872 in Normal, Illinois. She attended Stanford University and graduated with the class of 1895. She met Emmet Lee Richardson while she was studying at Stanford and they were married in 1896. Harriet joined the Association of Collegiate Alumnae in 1898 and served on the College Club for over 20 years. She was also involved with the National Alliance of Unitarian Women, and was a director of the organization from 1925 to 1928. In 1945, Harriet wrote a book about her grandparents titled Quaker Pioneers. She died on October 28, 1952.

From the description of Richardson Family papers, 1807-2000. (Concord Public Library). WorldCat record id: 689764886