FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Friday, December 23, 1904 DEATH OF CAPT. RICHESON OF POTOSI Capt. Samuel Richeson, father of Mrs. Philip S. Cole of this place, died at his home in Potosi December 15th, 1904, in the 75th year of his age. Capt. Richeson was born in Amhurst county, Va., where he was married December 8th, 1853, to Miss Leanna E. Milner. To them thirteen children were born, eight of whom are living. Mrs. Richeson died in March, 1903. Captain Richeson was captain of a home guard company during the civil war and looked after supplies for the Confederate army. After the war, in 1869, he removed with his family to Missouri, locating near Potosi, Washington county, where he made his home up to the time of his death. He was a member of the Baptist Church, but several years before his death united himself with the Presbyterian Church, there being no Baptist Church at Potosi. He engaged in farming and mining all his life, and was successful in all his business affairs. He was a man of genuine worth and character and one of the most prominent and best known citizens of Washington county. His surviving children have the sympathy of a host of friends in this and Washington counties in their sorrowful bereavement.