Family Heritage Series

Richardson Family

Source: Compiled in 1968 by Beverly R. Porter for the Richardson Shuttle, vol. 2(11), February 1968.
This history is written as a compilation of stories and annecdotes from Edna' life.
"Name It," later known as the Richardson Shuttle, Volume 1, Number 2 (June 13, 1945).
The "1853 Diary of the Reverend George F. Whitworth," Whitworth College Archives, Spokane, WA (unpublished manuscript: Whitworth, George Frederick, 1816-1907. Diary, 1853).  Used by permission from the Whitworth College Archives.
In 1853, Edmund Richardson traveled with his small family, his mother-in-law, sister-in-law and her husband toward Oregon to help establish a religious colony in Oregon Territory under the direction of the Reverend George F. Whitworth, whose 1853 diary provides an indirect account of the Richardsons' trail experiences west from Indiana on the Oregon Trail.
Source: The autobiography of Edmund Richardson was originally written in the handwriting of his wife and signed by him. This account was published in the inaugural edition of the Richardson publication "Name It," later known as the Richardson Shuttle, Volume 1, Number 1 (February 13, 1945), pages 1-2.
Source: An account, written by her sons, Charles Edmund & Sullivan Calvin Richardson, published in the inaugural edition of the Richardson publication "Name It," later known as the Richardson Shuttle, Volume 1, Number 1 (February 13, 1945), pages 1, 3-4.
Source: Letters transcribed by Tony Carbine from originals in his posessions, September-October 2003. Grammer and punctuation have been unedited, and are as Mary Frost Adams (mother of Sadie Adams Richardson) penned them.