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Richardson Family Bible
Page Four
The entries on this page are several of my direct ancestors.
"Robert R. Richardson Died March 16th 1874
. . . " is my Great-great-grandfather.
"Mary E. Richardson, wife of Robert R. Richardson
died Jan 7th 1891." My Great-great-grandmother.

"Mattie Richardson (nee Coon) wife of RHRichardson
Died Jan 21 AD 1901" is my Great-grandmother, my maternal
grandfather's mother. She is Martha "Mattie"
Coon, married
to Reverdy Hunter Richardson. Here is a photo of the
Coon Family Cemetery
where she is buried.
"Reverdy Hunter Richardson Died April 12th
1916" is
my Great-grandfather, my maternal grandfather's father.
The last entry on this page is my maternal grandfather,
Clarence James Richardson,
who married Annie Lee Dudding, my maternal grandmother.
There are two tragic stories recorded here.
- My Great-grandmother Mattie Coon Richardson died in January 1901.
In 1906, my Great-grandfather Reverdy Hunter Richardson re-married to Nettie
Ethel DuBose. They had five children, one of whom was name Mattie
after R. H. Richardson's first wife.
Mattie Richardson was born in 1908 and died in 1912 --
"She came to her death by burning." Another
source states that her mother went into another room of the house then heard
the child screaming; her mother ran to her and found her clothing had caught
fire because Mattie got "too close to the fire."
- The second is the death of "Richard H.
Richardson, son of RHR and Mattie Richardson died Dec 6, 1900. Age 4
months." He was the youngest son of Reverdy Hunter
Richardson and Mattie Coon Richardson. His mother, Mattie Coon
Richardson, died one month later in January 1901. Because the child
died in December and the mother in January, I wonder if their deaths were
related -- possibly a result of a difficult birth, or, illness such as
pneumonia or flu.
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