C.O. Richardson was co-proprietor with Lewis McIntosh of H. Richardson & Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (established 1840). Henry P. Richardson was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 28 September 1820; died [ca. 1867]. He was married to Caroline O. Eaton. Henry Preston Richardson, was born 15 January 1866 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and died 30 March 1939, Concord, Massachusetts. In 1883 married Maria Rebecca Smith and is listed in Concord vital records as a farmer and a grocer. Henry and Maria's children were Laurence Eaton Richardson (b.1883), Joseph Smith Richardson (b. 1884), Jeanie Noyes Richardson (b. 1886), and Wilbur Preston Richardson (b. 1888). Laurence Eaton Richardson was born in Concord, Massachusetts on 10 December 1883, the son of Henry Preston and Maria (Smith) Richardson. He attended Concord Public Schools and graduated from Harvard College in 1916. Mr. Richardson served as a U.S. Army Captain with the military police during World War I and in France during World War II as a Second Lieutenant with the 101st Field Artillery. A lifelong Concord resident, he was active in town government and community organizations. He wrote several volumes on Concord history, including Concord River (1964) and The Concord Independent Battery (1973). Laurence Richardson was married to Anne (Weed) Richardson and together they had three daughters. Both Laurence and Anne Richardson died in 1985.Joseph Smith Richardson was born in Concord, Massachusetts on 5 January 1884, the son of Henry Preston and Maria (Smith) Richardson and brother of Laurence Eaton Richardson. He was married to Gladys Spencer and they had two sons and a daughter. Joseph Richardson's service includes five years as Sergeant, Battery A, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, prior to World War I. During the war he was a First Lieutenant, B Battery, 5th Regiment Field Artillery, France. (Joseph Richardson went to France as a civilian to join the French Ambulance Corps. When the United States entered the war Americans in the Ambulance Corps were inducted into the U.S. Army.) Mr. Richardson was a member of the Social Circle in Concord (elected 1932). He died in 1955.
From the description of Richardson family collection, [ca. 1855]-1985. (Concord Public Library). WorldCat record id: 694196820
