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 Ira RICHARDSON Jr.48,49 was born on 6 Oct 1816 in Waitsfield
Township, Washington County, VT.27,38,39,50
. He appeared in the census in 1830 in Fayston Township, Washington County,
VT.36 He appeared in the
census in 1850 in Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT.50 (His family is listed household number 68 on image
0012, page 8 of 603, in the census records on Ancestry.com.)
. In Oct 1850 he was a peddler in Fayston Township, Washington County, VT.50 He appeared in the census in
1860 in Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT.51 His occupation was listed as "Merchant" and
the value of his real estate was listed as $9,000 and his personal property as
$4,000.
. He appeared in the census in 1870 in Waitsfield Township, Washington County,
VT.44,45 His household consisted of Ira; his wife, Harriet;
their son Orville, age 18, born in Vermont; and their son, Merriden L, age 15,
born in Vermont. Ira's occupation was listed as "... of Leather and Farmer"
and his real estate was listed as $26,000. He was one of the wealthiest people
in Waitsfield Township.
.
He died on 17 Dec 1877 in Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT.27,38,43 He was buried in Irasville,
Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT.38
in the Irasville Cemetery.
His gravestone contains inscriptions for him and his wife on one side; for Harriet
E. Richardson, his daughter, on another side; for Lovila W. Richardson, a sister,
on the third side; and for Ira Richardson, Sr., his father, and Rachel Durkee,
his mother, on the back.
Gravestone Inscription: "Ira Richardson 1816-1877" He has Ancestral
File Number 18WP-34L.27
Relative: Charles. Edmund RICHARDSON Ira RICHARDSON Jr. and Harriet F. CHAPMAN
were married on 6 Apr 1843 in Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT.39
Harriet F.
CHAPMAN was born in 1818 in Of Fayston Township, Washington County, VT.27,38,50 She appeared in the census in
1850 in Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT.50 She appeared in the census in 1860 in Waitsfield Township,
Washington County, VT.51
She appeared in the census in 1870 in Waitsfield Township, Washington County,
VT.44 She appeared in the
census in 1880 in Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT.45 She was living with her son Clarence and his family.
She died in 1882.38 She
was buried in 1882 in Irasville, Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT.38 in the Irasville Cemetery.
Gravestone Inscription: "Harriet F. Chapman His Wife 1818-1882"
Ira RICHARDSON Jr. and Harriet F. CHAPMAN had the following children:
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