Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

A. RICHARDSON, farmer; P. O. Wilmington; was born in Vermont, June 23, 1805, and is the son 
of William and Mary (STARKS) RICHARDSON; father was a shoemaker; with his parents he moved 
to New York; here he remained until 1856, and with his wife and nine children emigrated to 
Illinois, and settled on the present homestead; here he has remained ever since. He holds 
the office of Justice of the Peace; this office he has held for the last twelve years. 
Married Miss Martha GOODWIN, of New York. Mr. RICHARDSON is a Republican in politics; owns 
170 acres of improved land; one son, Joseph W., enlisted in the late war, in 39th I. V. I., 
First Lieutenant; died of sickness in the war.