Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeBios/54 Surname: RICHARDSON, FOSTER, AGNO, BALL, HYTER ------------------------- (Please note: I am not related to the following persons.) Transcribed from The History of Lee County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, Greenbay Township, page 882: "RICHARDSON, S. F., far., Sec. 8; P. O. Wever; son of David Richardson, who was born in New Jersey, in 1795; in 1812, his parents moved to Hamilton Co., Ohio, where David grew to man's estate, and married Jemima, daughter of Absalom Foster, an early emigrant from Maryland to Hamilton Co.; after their marriage, they moved to Hancock Co., Ind., remained until 1846, when they came to Lee Co. and settled near Fort Madison, where he died in 1864, leaving two sons and two daughters; S. F., the youngest, was born in Hamilton Co. [Ohio], in 1833; came with his parents to Iowa; he received an education in the common schools. In 1854, in company with A. Agno, of Fairfield, Joseph Ball and William P. Hyter, of Lee Co., purchased a large drove of cattle, and crossed the plains to California – were five months on the route; they disposed of their cattle to good advantage, and, in 1855, returned home via Nicaragua and New York. In September, 1856, he married Catharine [sic] Hyter, a sister of Samuel Hyter; she was born in Dearborn Co., Ind., in 1833; after their marriage, they settled in Hancock Co., Ill., until 1859, when he removed to his present farm, consisting of 167 acres, valued at $45 per acre; have five children – R. A., born in December, 1858; Alice, Nov. 5, 1867; Ida, Dec. 20, 1871; Caroline, Jan. 6, 1875; Samuel Clyde, Feb. 15, 1877. Mr. Richardson is a Democrat; his wife is a member of the Christian Church.”