Monday, January 12, 2015

1877-1880s Autograph Album of Edward C. Richardson of Hartland, Vermont, with one 1911 sentiment


1877-1880s autograph album that belonged to one of the Richardson brothers of Hartland, Vermont.  Because all of the brothers that I found, except one, inscribed pages in the album, it apparently belonged to Edward C. Richardson.

Another post features the 1863-1875 autograph album of Edward's oldest brother, Leonard H. Richardson.  That album contains pages inscribed by two of their sisters, Martha Ellen (Richardson) Woodward, "Nell", and Marion H. (Richardson) Metz Headle, both of whom inscribed pages in Edward's album as well.

The album, a large one, measures approximately 8-1/2" x 7" and contains the sentiments of 112 of Edward's relatives and friends, including those met on trips out west to the Midwest, Dakota Territory and Oregon.  An alphabetical surname list and an alphabetical list of the signers, together with any personal information they offered, appear at the end of this post.

From brief online research, hopefully correct:  [corrections and additions welcome!]

Edward C. Richardson was born January 21, 1855 at Hartland, Vermont, the son of Paul Demedes Richardson and Nancy Taylor (Hamilton) Richardson.  I found Paul's middle name was on his granddaughter's application to the California State Society of the Colonial Dukes of the 17th Century.

Edward's mother, Nancy Taylor (Hamilton) Richardson, inscribed the first page in his album on April 12, 1883, though she was not the first to inscribe a page.


Edward's oldest brother, Leonard H. Richardson, who died in 1882, inscribed a page at Boston, Massachusetts, on March 21, 1880.


Other siblings who inscribed pages were:

  • Sister Marion H. (Richardson) Metz, who inscribed her page at Hartland, Vermont, on January 7, 1879.  Marion's first husband, Emanual Metz had died in 1877.  She would marry Reuben W. Headle in 1887.
  • Sister Martha Ellen (Richardson) Woodward, "Nell", wife of George W. Woodward, inscribed a page at Portland, Oregon, on March 2, 1885.
  • Sister Sarah M. (Richardson) Clark, wife of Daniel Campbell Clark, who shared the page with her, inscribed a page on November 18, 1879.
  • Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Connor, who inscribed a page at Manchester, Vermont, on August 26, 1879.  Mrs. Connor was Harriet (Richardson) Connor, Edward's sister.
  • Brother John P. Richardson of Clarence Centre, New York, inscribed a page on January 29, 1883.
  • Brother William T. Richardson inscribed a page at Cambridge, Massachusetts, on August 12, 1879.  William's daughter Nancy H. Richardson signed the only 1900s autograph in the album beyond the 1880s, in 1911.  Edward was living with William and his family at the time of the 1910 Census of Hartland, Vermont, so it would have been plausible for Nancy to inscribe a page in the album, if it had suddenly come to light.
Many more relatives and in-laws inscribed pages in the album.  I tried to describe family connections as best I could in the list of signers, but I undoubtedly missed a few.

I don't believe that Edward ever married.  He died in Putney, Vermont in 1939.

Even though probably  not a relative, the two page sentiment left by someone in Boston named Brown, with ornate initials, just begged to be included here.  The design is one of the most intricate and beautiful that I've encountered.



Surnames in the Album


AEMS
Ainsworth [2]EastmanM ?S ?
AlexanderFMeaderScott [2]
Allen [2]FieldMetz [4]Slade
AltonGMeyetteSlayton [2]
BGereMillerSmith [2]
B ?GillNSpaulding
BartlettGilsonNealStahlschmidt [2]
BensonGoveNoonanSteele [2]
Blackburn [2]HPSturtevant [2]
Blocher [2]HandleyPalmer [2]Sumner [2]
BreboniusHardingParkerV
BrettHeadlePatrickVan Peyma
BrittonHealyPierceW
BrownHemenwayPrinceWakeman [2]
CJRWallis
CarltonJohnson [2]ReeceWardner
CarpenterKRichardson [8]Weston
ChellisKennardRichmond [2]Whitcomb
Clark [2]KetchumRodgersWillis
ClayKnightRuggWinch [3]
CliffordLWoodward
Connor [2]Labaree [5]
Creighton [2]Lamb
Cross [2]Lester
Cushman

Signers in the Album        [Note: Given names within a specific surname may not be in alphabetical order.]

A
  • Edwin S. Ainsworth of Hartland, Vermont, signed on March 21, 1879
  • Hattie H. Ainsworth, signed at Hartland, Vermont, on March 21, 1879
  • Minnie W. Alexander of Hartland, Vermont, signed on November 3, 1881.  Shared the page with Marion M. Allen
  • Marion M. Allen of Hartland, Vermont, signed on November 3, 1881.  Shared the page with Minnie W. Alexander.
  • Mrs. Amey Allen of Providence, Rhode Island, signed at Saratoga Springs, New York, on August 11, 1879
  • William Alton, Jr. of Chicago, Illinois, signed "At sea"
B
  • G. S. B.
  • R. Bartlett, M.D. of 134 West 48th Street, New York
  • Anna E. Benson of Quechee, Vermont, signed at Hartland, Vermont, on March 2, 1882
  • J. W. Blackburn of Park Place, Jamestown, Dakota Territory, "Brother Farmer", signed on May 12, 1993 at Warsaw, Indiana.  Shared the page with D. W. Miller
  • Mrs. J. W. Blackburn of Jamestown, Dakota, signed in May 1888 [not sure of year]
  • Ida M. Blocher of Clarence Centre, New York, signed on December 30, 1882
  • Maria M. Blocher of Clarence Centre, New York, signed on December 30, 1882
  • Georgina Brebonius; shared the page with W. J. M.
  • George S. Brett of Jamestown, Dakota Territory, signed on May 12, 1883
  • Kate Britton of Hartland, Vermont, signed on March 4, 1880
  • Very ornate initials: ? Brown of Boston, Massachusetts, signed on May 23, 1879; beautifully intricate bird design on the facing page.
C
  • Mary A. Carlton of Spiritwood, Dakota Territory
  • E. M. Carpenter of Gloucester, Massachusetts, signed at Hartland, Vermont, on August 10, 1881
  • Mary L. Chellis of Meriden, New Hampshire, signed at Portland, Oregon, on November 26, 1886
  • Sarah M. Clark of Orford, New Hampshire, signed on November 18, 1879.  The album owner's sister, Sarah M. (Richardson) Clark, wife of Daniel Campbell Clark, who shared the page.
  • D. C. Clark.  Daniel Campbell Clark, husband of the album owner's sister Sarah M. (Richardson) Clark, who shared the page with him.
  • Effie L. Clay of Gaysville, Vermont, signed at Hartland, Vermont, on November 30. 1879. Future wife of album owner's brother William Thomas Richardson.
  • E. W. Clifford of Rutland, Vermont, signed on January 23, 1880
  • Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Connor, signed at Manchester, Vermont, on August 26, 1879; presumably Mr. and Mrs. Alvin B. Connor.  Mrs. Connor was Harriet (Richardson) Connor, Edward's sister.
  • Hattie H. Connor of Manchester, Vermont
  • Mrs. Creighton of Spiritwood, Dakota Territory on October 28, 1883. She also mentioned Wallace, Nova Scotia, which may have been her native home.
  • J. W. Creighton
  • Hattie J. F. Cross of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, signed at Saratoga, New York in 1879
  • Mrs. Daniel Cross of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, signed at Saratoga, New York, on August 12, 1879
  • Jennie K. Cushman of Matteson, Illinois, signed on July 29, 1878
E
  • Mabel A. Eastman of North Hartland, Vermont, signed on November 2, 1881
F
  • Fred G. Field, signed at "Springs", presumably Saratoga Springs, on August 9, 1879
G
  • Mrs. H. L. Gere of Albion, New York, signed at Saratoga, New York, on August 12, 1879
  • Stanley Gill of Hartland, Vermont, signed on September 5, 1922.
  • Annie S. Gilson of Hartland, Vermont, signed on November 2, 1881
  • Ada L. Gove of Hartland, Vermont, signed on June 4, 1880
H
  • Mrs. Emma Handley, signed at Spiritwood, Dakota Territory on May 22, 1883.  Shared the page with Mrs. Elva S?
  • Nettie B. Harding of Hartland, Vermont, signed on November 14, 1881.  Shared the page with Florence S. Hemenway.
  • Emma C. Headle of Hartland, Vermont, signed on December 15, 1879. She was Emma A. (Clay) Headle, first wife of Reuben W. Headle. After Emma's death, Reuben married the album owner's sister Marion H. (Richardson) Metz, widow of Emanual Metz.
  • Laura E. Healy of Providence, Rhode Island, signed at Hartland, Vermont, on August 10, 1881
  • Florence S. Hemenway of Hartland, Vermont, signed on November 14, 1881.  Shared the page with Nettie B. Harding.
J
  • Orpha E. Johnson, signed on October 20, 1879
  • Sarah T. Johnson, signed at Hartland, Vermont, in October 1879
K
  • J. Spencer Kennard of Boston, Massachusetts, signed on August 12, 1879
  • Grace Ketchum of Hartland, Vermont, signed on July 12, 1880
  • Ida C. Knight of Boston, Massachusetts, signed at Hartland, Vermont, on September 3, 1880
L
  • Hattie C. Labaree; signed at Hartland, Vermont, on July 31, 1879.  Shared the page with William Parker
  • Elmina L. Labaree; signed at Hartland, Vermont, on October 15, 1878. Shared the page with Alice C. Labaree
  • Alice C. Labaree; signed at Hartland, Vermont, on October 15, 1878.  Shared the page with Elmina L. Labaree
  • Maud Labaree of Hartland, Vermont, signed on June 9, 1880
  • Benjamin F. Labaree, signed at Hartland, Vermont, on January 23, 1880
  • Harriet Lamb, signed at Hartland, Vermont, on April 11, 1883
  • Libbie A. Lester of Clarence, New York, signed on January 12, 1883
M
  • W. J. M.; shared the page with Georgina Brebonius
  • Cousin Mrs. George Meader, signed on January 6, 1877 [not sure of last digit]
  • Laura Metz of Clarence Centre, New York, signed on January 29, 1883.  Presumably the sister of Mary Metz, who would marry the album owner's brother John P. Richardson.
  • Marion R. Metz, signed at Hartland, Vermont, on January 7, 1879. She was Marion (Richardson) Metz, sister of the album owner and wife of Emanuel Metz. He had died in 1877; she would marry Reuben W. Headle in 1887
  • Frank Metz of Clarence Centre, New York, signed on January 29, 1883. Emanuel Metz, first husband of the album owner's sister, Marion H. (Richardson) Metz Headle, had a brother Benjamin Franklin Metz and at least one nephew with the same name. The handwriting seems to me to be more of the nephew's generation.
  • Mary A. Metz of Clarence Centre, New York, signed on January 12, 1883.  Presumably the Mary A. Metz who married the album owner's brother John P. Richardson.  She was the niece of Emanuel Metz, first husband of the album owner's sister Marion H. (Richardson) Metz Headle.
  • Nelson Meyette of Hartland, Vermont, signed on July 15, 1879
  • D. W. Miller of South Bend, Indiana, signed on May 18, 1883.  Shared the page with J. W. Blackburn
N
  • Racelle M. Neal of Neponset, Boston, Massachusetts, signed on September 3, 1880
  • John A. Noonan of Hartland, Vermont, signed on March 21, 1879
P
  • Rosa M. Palmer of Saratoga Springs, New York, signed at Circular St. House on August 11, 1879
  • John Palmer of Saratoga Springs, New York, signed at the Circular St. House on August 6, 1879
  • William Parker of Galesburg, Illinois, signed at Hartland, Vermont, on July 31, 1879.  Shared the page with Hattie C. Labaree.
  • R. L. Patrick of Windsor, Vermont, signed on September 2, 1878
  • Nina E. Pierce of Hartland, Vermont, signed on October 16, 1879
  • Julia Love Prince of LeRoy, New York
R
  • Jessie B. Reece of Chicago, Illinois, signed at Hartland, Vermont, on August 10, 1882
  • Edward C. Richardson of Hartland, Vermont, presumably the album owner, by process of elimination.
  • "Your loving Mother", inscribed on April 12, 1883. Nancy Taylor (Hamilton) Richardson, wife of Paul Demedes Richardson.
  • Miss Nancy H. Richardson, 1903-1911. Daughter of signer William Thomas Richardson. Nancy was born in 1903, and apparently wrote the sentiment in 1911. Her father's unmarried brother, Edward C. Richardson, who I believe was the album owner, was living with the family at the time of the 1910 Census.
  • J. P. Richardson of Clarence Centre, New York, signed on January 29, 1883.  Album owner's brother John P. Richardson. 
  • William T. Richardson, signed at Cambridge, Massachusetts, on August 12, 1879; album owner's brother.
  • L. H. Richardson, signed at Boston, Massachusetts, on March 21, 1880.  Leonard H. Richardson, brother of the album owner
  • T. H. Richardson, or T. A. Richardson, signed on January 21, 1887
  • Sidney Richardson, signed at ?, possibly North or South, Columbia, California, on January 16, 1887. Cousin of the album owner. Sidney Ward Richardson, son of Ward C. Richardson and Sarah Lavina (Hoisington) Richardson. Ward was the brother of the album owner's father Paul Demedes Richardson.
  • Lizzie M. Richmond of Everett, Massachusetts
  • Mary F. Richmond of Everett, Massachusetts, signed on August 31, 1878
  • A. Rodgers of White River Junction, Vermont; middle initial could be W or M
  • D. F. Rugg of Hartland, Vermont, signed on May 23, 1880. Presumably David F. Rugg
S
  • Mrs. Elva S ?, signed on May 22, 1883; surname something like Stickson.  Shared the page with Mrs. Emma Handley
  • Minnie M. Scott of Hartland, Vermont, signed on November 17, 1882.  Shared the page with Emma E. Scott.
  • Emma E. Scott of Hartland, Vermont.  Shared the page with Minnie M. Scott.
  • Elmer S. Slade of Hartland, Vermont, signed on November 1, 1881 and again at Jamestown, Dakota Territory on May 18. 1883
  • Maud L. Slayton of Hartland, Vermont, signed on November 3, 1881.  Shared the page with May L. Slayton.
  • May L. Slayton of Hartland, Vermont, signed on November 3, 1881.  Shared the page with Maud L. Slayton
  • Emma L. Smith of Chelsea, Massachusetts, signed on August 3, 1878
  • Carrie L. Smith of Hartland, Vermont, signed on February 24, 1882
  • Willie O. Spaulding of Hartland, Vermont, signed on November 18, 1881
  • Hannah Stahlschmidt of Clarence Centre, New York
  • Sarah Stahlschmidt of Clarence Centre, New York
  • Mrs. M. S. Steele of Hartland, Vermont, signed on September 25, 1879; middle initial could be L.
  • Mary H. Steele of Hartland, Vermont, signed on September 10, 1880
  • Foster E. Sturtevant of Minneapolis, Minnesota, signed at Hartland, Vermont, on August 27, 1880
  • George F. Sturtevant of Hartland, Vermont, signed on August 27, 1880
  • Mrs. Harriett M. Sumner, signed at Hartland [no state written but presumably Vermont], on January 15, 1880
  • William A. Sumner, signed at Hartland [no state written, but presumably Vermont], on January 13, 1880
V
  • W. Van Peyma, signed at Clarence Centre, New York, on January 19, 1883
W
  • Wakeman, possibly S. H. Wakeman, signed at Saratoga Springs, on August 11, 1879
  • John Wakeman, signed at Saratoga, New York, on August 12, 1879
  • Benjamin F. Wallis of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, signed at Saratoga, New York, on "8/9/79"
  • Mary J. Wardner of Felchville, Vemont, signed at Hartland, Vermont, September 26, 1879
  • W. H. Weston of Jamestown, Dakota, signed in May 1883. Also mentions Danvers, Massachusetts; not sure if Danvers was the signer's place of birth or if the page was inscribed there, but I believe the former.
  • Marion E. Whitcomb of Hartland, Vermont, signed on July 31, 1879
  • Abbie M. Willis of Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, signed at Hartland, Vermont, on August 31, 1878
  • J. H. Winch, signed at Northfield, Vermont, on October 28, 1880
  • F. M. Winch of Hartland, Vermont, signed on February 3, 1881. Presumably Frank M. Winch, whose wife Emma Dearborn (Heath) Winch signed the right facing page
  • Emma Winch of Hartland, Vermont, signed on February 3, 1881; presumably Emma Dearborn (Heath) Winch, whose husband Frank signed the left facing page.
  • M. Ellen Woodward of Portland, Oregon, signed on March 2, 1885.  The album owner's sister Martha Ellen (Richardson) Woodward, wife of George Woodward. In the companion autograph album that belonged to brother Leonard H. Richardson, she signed as "Nell".
Hartland, Vermont

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