NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11507 HART CO – AMOS W. RICHARDSON – Richardson, Brown, Terry, Hardy, Owen 11507 A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY BAPTISTS from 1769 to 1885 by J. H. Spencer, Vol. II, 1886. (Hart Co). AMOS W. RICHARDSON was born of Methodist parents, in Hart county, Ky., Jan. 9, 1839. His parents being poor, his educational advantages, during his minority, were very meager. At the age of nineteen, he obtained a good hope in Christ; and was baptized into the fellowship of Boiling Spring church, in his native county, by the venerable William W. Brown, in September, 1858. Feeling impressed with the duty of preaching the gospel, he determined to procure such an education as would enable him to pursue that holy calling. Accordingly, he left the humble home of his parents, with two suits of home made jeans, the woof of which he had spun with his own hands, and twenty-five cents in his pocket, to accomplish his noble purpose, without assistance. He worked as a common laborer and went to school, alternately, until he was sufficiently advance to teach a common school. After this he taught and attended school, alternate sessions, until he obtained a fair academic education, which he has continued to improve by application and study. On the 22nd of February, 1866, he was licensed to preach, by Pleasant Hill Church, formerly called Green River, and now known as Lonoke, where he also was ordained to the ministry, by N. G. Terry and J. G. Hardy, Feb. 2, 1867. He was soon afterwards called to the care of the church that ordained him, and has served it eighteen years. He served Gilead church, in Hart county, fourteen years; Big Spring, in LaRue county, seven years; Salem, in Barren county, and several others, for shorter periods. He was married to Idaline T., daughter of deacon John S. Owen, Oct. 18, 1881, and settled near Rowletts, in his native county. He is much esteemed as a pastor, and few preachers enjoy more fully the confidence and affection of the people among whom they labor. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx