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Family: John Corteous Richardson / Lois Wright (F5885)

• Father | Male John Corteous Richardson

  
  

  Born	10 Aug 1824	Spotsylvania Co, VA
  Died	24 Mar 1889
  Buried
  Married	25 Dec 1846  [1]	Bath Co, VA  [1]
  Father	John M Richardson | F5886 Group Sheet
  Mother	Virginia A Underwood | F5886 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Lois Wright

  
  

  Born	25 Nov 1825	County Kent, England
  Died	8 Oct 1903	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Buried
  Father	William Wright | F5887 Group Sheet
  Mother	Anna Knowlden | F5887 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male John C Richardson

  
  

  Born	Mar 1849	Gilmer County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Mary Jane Gordon | F5889
  Married

  
  

  Child 2 | Male William Richardson

  
  

  Born	Abt 1851	Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 3 | Male James Richardson

  
  

  Born	Abt 1853	Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 4 | Female Anna Frances Goodman Richardson

  
  

  Born	30 Dec 1855	Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
  Died	24 Feb 1919	Sandyville, Jackson Co, WV
  Buried
  Spouse	Isaac Reed Spears | F5888
  Married	10 Aug 1869	Nelson Co, Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Sarah Elizabeth Richardson

  
  

  Born	Mar 1858	Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
  Died	Bef 12 Jun 1941
  Buried
  Spouse	Archibald Phillips | F1661
  Married	30 Jul 1874	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Spouse	Daniel D Rhodes, Jr | F1660
  Married	19 Aug 1883	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

• Notes

  1860 Rockbridge, VA John C Richardson, 35, Baptist preacher, VA Lois 34, ENG John 11 Wm 9 James 7 Annie 4 Sarah 2 Sarah Coffman 23 1880 JC E Ripley Dist, # 297-299 Richardson, John Corteous, 53, Minister, VA Lois, 54, wife, England Emma V, 6, GD, WV 1900 JC Ripley Dist l/w dau Annie Richardson, Lois mil, 11/1825 wd 8-3 ENG ENG ENG John House: Ripley The Baptist Church. The first society of this denomination was organized by the Reverend Jonathan Smith, mainly through the strenuous efforts of Reverend Richardson. In 1874, in connection with the lodge of Free Masons, they erected a two story building, the lower story being used as a Church, and the upper for lodge purposes. John C. Richardson was a Baptist minister. He lived in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, during the war between the states. He came to Ripley about 1873, was instrumental in building up the Baptist Church at that place. Before his death in 1889, he moved to a house in the cove, near where Isaac Spears now lives. His wife, Lois Wright Richardson, was born in England, in 1812, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Spears, in October, 1903. Their children were: John Richardson. A daughter married D. D. Rhodes. A daughter married Isaac Spears.

  
  

• Sources

  [S175] Census, Jackson Co, annotated.