History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 893, Union Township
Alvah S. Richardson was born in Harrison Co., Md., Sept. 8, ’36,
and is the son of Pliny and Elizabeth (Pierce) Richardson, who started
West in an ox wagon when Mr. R. was but 10 days old, and settled in
Knox Co., Ill. Mr. Richardson was educated in the common schools of
Knox Co., and settled in this county in 1868; was married, April 1,
’57, to Ann Eliza Dagget, by Chas. B. Housh, J. P., in Warren Co. Mrs.
R. was born in Knox county April 1, ’39. They are the parents of 11
children, of whom 9 are living, - Eden S., Samuel A., Rodric R., Sarah
E., Harmonia, Christina W., Minerva C., Orpha D., and John P. They are
Universalists. He is a farmer and stock-raiser. P. O., Avon.
