RICHARDSON,

RICHARDSON, KRAUS

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Date: 10/4/2001 at 13:09:22

From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) Pages 669-697
Biographical Sketches of Clinton Residents

THOMAS RICHARDSON, barber and Secretary of the Union Building Association, Fourth street; is a native of England, born in 1836; when 6 years of age, his parents came to America, and he was brought up in Missouri ; he lived in Central Illinois for six years, and came to Clinton County in 1865, and engaged in his present business; he has been connected with the Union Building Association since it was organized, Sept. 26, 1873, holding the office of Secretary. Mr. Richardson had nothing when lie began life; never went to school after he was 11 years old; is now worth over $8,000; he is the first charter member of both the Walhalla Lodge, I. 0. O. F of Clinton, and Schiller Lodge, A. 0. U. W.; although an Englishman, he speaks German very fluently. In 1858, he married Miss F. M. Kraus; she lived in Missouri but is a native of Germany; they have five children-John, George, Henry, Anna C. and Sarah.