Richardson, Tony Gladwell

Gladwell Toney Richardson was born September 4, 1903 at Alvarado, Texas, His father, S.I. Richardson was a noted Navajo Indian trader who came to Arizona in 1896 when he was eighteen. His mother was part Choctaw Indian. Her father was an officer in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

Mr. Richardson's ancestors were Indian traders in Arizona and New Mexico. One great-great uncle, Fred Smith, was first a mountain man, then a pack train trader among the Navajo until killed in Navajo Canyon in l86l. Two great uncles followed him into Indian trading north of Flagstaff, G.W. McAdams in 1877 and J.H. McAdams in 1896. Both were nephews of Smith. Then his father became an Indian trader in 1896 and his two uncles after 1908. The Smith-McAdams-Richardson combination were all famous traders.

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