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- MALACHI LANGDON RICHARDSON, an early settler of
- Janesville, dates his residence in this county from Dec.
2, 1855. He is a native of the Green Mountain State, and was
born in the town of Sutton, Caledonia County, April 20, 1828.
The paternal grandfather, Bradbury M. RICHARDSON, removed from
Moultonboro, N.H., to Vermont in an early day. Jonathan RICHARDSON,
the father of our subject was born on the same farm as was his
son, and married Nancy INGALLS, who was of Scotch descent, and
a daughter of Joseph INGALLS. Her grandfather settled in Massachusetts,
having removed from Nova Scotia. Jonathan RICHARDSON and his
wife continued to reside in Vermont until death, and in that
State a family of seven children was born unto them, three sons
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- four daughters, only two of whom are now living, in 1889.
Of these two, Malachi is the elder, the younger being a sister,
Comfort C., who is living in Pennsylvania.
- Our subject was reared to manhood in his native State, and
during his boyhood days assisted his
- father in the labors of the farm, following farming as his
chief occupation in early life. He received an academic education
at Lyndon Academy, and at the age of eighteen years engaged in
teaching, which profession he has followed throughout almost
his entire life, having taught nearly every winter term from
the time he began at the age of eighteen years, until 1880. He
taught thirty-two terms of school, twenty-nine of which were
winter terms. His field of teaching since he came to Wisconsin
has been in Rock and Green counties.
- Mr. Richardson was married in Caledonia County, Vt., to Miss
Juliet C. DOW, a native of that
- county. Their only child, Lillie, died in early infancy.
They have a pleasant home on St. Mary's avenue, and Mr. Richardson
is at present engaged in the culture of tobacco. He has long
been one of the leading educators of Rock County, and has even
been prominent in the promotion of its educational interests.
For a considerable time he was connected with the school board
of the city of Janesville, in the capacity of president, and
his long and successful experience as a teacher was of much value
in promoting the interests of the city schools while a member
of that body. He is one of the progressive men of Rock County,
and a well-known and esteemed citizen. In his political sentiments
he is a supporter of the Republican party, and entertains very
liberal views on theological questions.
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- Taken from "Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock
County Wis." (c)1889, p. 393; lithograph from same book.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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