Richerson, Susan Margaret Settle, 1900-1977.

Susan Margaret Settle was born on August 7, 1900 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky to Tillie and Emmett Settle. She was the eldest of three girls; her younger sisters were Elizabeth Holbert Settle and Mary Belle Settle.

Susan Settle spent her entire youth growing up in Elizabethtown and attended public school there. In 1918 she entered Hamilton College, a Junior College for Young Women that was associated with Transylvania University. She graduated from Hamilton College in June 1920 and continued her education by entering the University of Kentucky that same year.

In June of 1922, she graduated from the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor of Arts degree, returned to Elizabethtown and married Edmund Richerson. She began a career at Elizabethtown High School teaching the subjects of English and French. Susan and Edmund Richerson had two daughters, Mary Jo Richerson and Margaret Settle Richerson. Susan Settle Richerson spent the remainder of her life in Elizabethtown until her death in January 1997.

From the description of Susan Margaret Settle scrapbooks, 1918-1923, 1970. (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 192134300