Daniel Albert Richardson

   
Name Daniel Albert Richardson233, GGGG Uncle
Birth 1810/1811, Kentucky237
Death 14 May 1874, Monroe County, Iowa233
Burial 20 May 1874, Oakview Cemetery, Albia, Monroe County, Iowa397,399
Burial Memo Old Part North - B - 8 - 28
Residence 1848, Albia, Monroe County, Iowa399, Page 296
Reside Memo House on Northeast corner of village square. See notes.
Honors 1851, Monroe County, Iowa399, Page 154
Honors Memo County Judge. See Note
Father William Alexander Richardson (1784-1866)
Mother Jane Ball (1788-1846)
Notes
In 1848 the village of Albia was chiefly a grass plat. The public park in the center of the Square was a tangled mass of wild grass and "shoe string" willows. John Marck and family lived in a little frame building on the southeast corner, where the Albia Union office now stands. Then about half way across the Square, on the south side, stood the shanty of Dr. Warrick. On the west were the little sheds occupied by Messrs. Park, Harrow, and Buchanan. On the east were Scott Arnold and the court house, and on the northeast corner was Dan Richardson's. 399, Page 296

From 1851 to 1861 the county was under the rule of an autocracy, consisting of a single officer, called the County Judge. Those who served as County Judges were D. A. Richardson and James Hilton. In 1855 J. N. Massey was elected to the office, but it was decided that he was ineligible to the office, owing to the fact that when elected he held the office of School Fund Commissioner. John Phillips was his opponent, and as he was also incumbered with a Federal office, being postmaster of Albia, the office was declared vacant, and Judge Richardson held over. The case was contested by John Webb, and Judge Richardson, Lewis Arnold and Hillah Hayes constituted the tribunal to try the case. They held that the office was vacant. 399, Page 154
Military
Black Hawk War. 399, Page 84
Spouses
1 Lucy Neale233
Birth abt 1813, Kentucky
Marriage 4 Aug 1841, Sangamon County, Illinois233,396, Vol A/B
Marr Memo Illinois Marriage Record says 4 Aug 1831
Children Mary Jane

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