Dudley Hastings Richardson

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Dudley Hastings Richardson was born 8 Mar 1879, in Erin, Houston County, [[Tennessee]], the son of William B Richardson of [[Maryland]] and his wife Josephine Dudley of Stewart County, [[Tennessee]].

He married Ollie Lucille Shackleford between 1918 and 1920, probably in Clark County, Arkansas.  They had one child, born Aug 1930, who is still living.  Ollie filed for divorce 24 Sep 1930 in Peoria, Maricopa County, [[Arizona]] (Degree #32512) "...the address listed for him was unknown."  He has no tombstone at Rose Hill Cemetery in Arkadelphia but "Dudley's family is buried there."

William B Richardson was born Feb 1831 in Maryland.  By 1867 he was in the area of Stewart County, Tennessee when he married on 29 Mar 1867 to [[#Josephine Ada Dudley|Josephine Ada Dudley]] who may be the daughter of Ransom Dudley.  In 1870 they are living with Ransom in Stewart County, but by 1880 they had moved to Houston County, Tennessee.

*Charles G "Charley", born Feb 1868 in Stewart County, Tennessee; he moved to Arkadelphia with the family by 1900 when he is enumerated, unmarried, in the household of his parents; he was a painter and has a article writen about him in the book ''Clark County Past and Present''; He was enumerated in Arkadelphia in 1920 with his sister Myrtle living with him;  He died in Clark County 12 Feb 1948 ([http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=Richardson&sx=&rg_f20__date=&rs_f20__date=0&f23=&f21=&rg_f22__date=&rs_f22__date=0&gskw=clark&prox=1&db=ardeathindex&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=2&recid=93147&recoff=3+19 here] in the ''Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950''). He is buried in [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=richardson&GScid=56010&GRid=6841031& Rose Hill Cemetery, Arkadelphia].  His tombstone reads : "Charles Richardson, Artist, 1869 - 1948".  A request to the Clark County Clerk in Arkadelphia brought the response "After looking thru all of our probate records, I only found one thing that was even close to Charles Dudley Richardson, and I do not believe it is what you are looking for.  It is Charlie Richerson, heir to Calvin Richerson. Charlie was 17 in 1937.";

 

 

*Eugene born 1873 in Tennessee; d 1892; In 1900 his mother says "mother of 8, 4 living". "EUGENE RICHARDSON - Richardson, Eugenie, son of Mr. & Mrs. W.B. Richardson, died in this city Sunday with congestion. He had been sick but a few days....was buried on Wednesday morning, the funeral services being conducted by Rev. H.D. McKennon" (9-30-1892 p3c5) (It's unknown what paper this obit was from, but perhaps it was the Southern Standard Paper.) He is buried in the [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=richardson&GScid=56010&GRid=6840442& Rose Hill Cemetery, Arkadelphia]. His tombstone reads : "Eugene Richardson, Died at Age 17";

*Dudley 8 Mar 1879 (see his full biography above).

Sometime between 1880 and 1892, the family relocated again to Arkadelphia (except perhaps for daughter Sarah), where William died in 1908 and Josephine died Apr 1911. William is buried at [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=richardson&GScid=56010&GRid=6840443& Rose Hill Cemetery], Arkadelphia.  His tombstone states : "William B Richardson, 1831 - 1908"

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=Richardson&sx=&f5Day=&f5Month=&f5Year=&f6=Stewart&f0=&f1=&f2=&f3=&gskw=&prox=1&f5=++&db=tnmarr1851&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=7&recid=54425&recoff=16+31 Tennessee Marriages, 1851-1900] showing : "W B Richardson to Josephine A Dudly (sic), 29 Mar 1867 Stewart County [,Tennessee]"

*Clark County Past & Present, "Charles Richardson"<blockquote>Charles Richardson was born on 18 Feb 1868 in Houston, TN, son of William B & Josephine A (Dudley) Richardson.  He had four siblings: (1) Eugene died at age seventeen.  (2) Dudley, a musician, played cornet in Dwight Blake's band and in 1916 became director of the Arkadelphia Band.  He married an Okolona girl and taught music and tuned pianos in that town until his death.  (3) Myrtle studied art at both the Arkadelphia colleges and at the Cincinnati Art Academy.  She taught art and elocution at Amity for several years.  She never married and spent the years until her death in 1942 with Charles in the family home at 1210 Richardson Street in Arkadelphia.  (4) Sallie graduated from Henderson College in 1905; she married George Bragg and resided in Nashville, TN.</blockquote><blockquote>Charles Richardson studied art at Arkadelphia Methodist College.  The 1900 U.S. Census listed Charles' profession as carpenter, a vocation he followed most of his lfe.  From 1901 - 1905, he studied at Cincinnati Art Academy and graduated with highest honors.  For the next twenty-two years, he practiced his vocation as carpenter and house painter, working for a time with V.G Kaufman and later with J W Byrne.  In 1907 he was awarded the contract to paint the outside woodwork on the courthouse.  The same year, he lettered a sign for the Farmers Union warehouse. In 1917 he did a large painting of the Caddo River, which was presented to First Baptist Church.</blockquote><blockquote>In 1928 Charles began the most artistically productive years of his life.  he devoted more time to his art and less to carpentry.  He exhibited his work at the Arkansas State Fairs in 1928, 1929 and 1930, and the Tri-State Fair in Memphis in 1931.  At each such exhibition, his work was awarded high honors or prizes.</blockquote><blockquote>Richardson received more than local recognition in an article published in the Tidewater Arts Review published by the Norfolk Virginia Museum of Arts and Science in 1939.  The article spoke of Charles Richardson as "...painting with an honesty and integrity which would put many an art center to shame.  There is nothing pretentious about his work; his style has a sparkle and a brilliance that is entirely its own.  his medium is oil and the predominant influence is plainly Impressionism..."  In 1932 Charles Richardson was named Professor of Art at Ouachita Baptist College to reinstitute the Art Department there, following the suspension of art programs at both Ouachita and Henderson during the Depression.  In 1935-936 he taught art classes for the WPA Adult Education Program.</blockquote><blockquote>He died 19 February 1948 and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery where his tombstone reads, Charles Richardson, Artist. &mdash; Submitted by Wayne McAfee</blockquote>

Josephine Ada Dudley was born July 1845 in Stewart County, Tennessee the daughter of Ransom Dudley of Virginia. On 29 Mar 1867 in Stewart County, Tennessee she married W B Richardson.  They stayed in Stewart County through the 1870 census, but by 1880 had moved to Houston County, Tennessee.

 

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=Richardson&sx=&f5Day=&f5Month=&f5Year=&f6=Stewart&f0=&f1=&f2=&f3=&gskw=&prox=1&f5=++&db=tnmarr1851&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=7&recid=54425&recoff=16+31 Tennessee Marriages, 1851-1900] showing : "W B Richardson to Josephine A Dudly (sic), 29 Mar 1867 Stewart County [,Tennessee]"

*Clark County, Arkansas Obituaries and Death Notices, Vol 2, 1901-1913, from the Southern Standard Newspaper (20 Apr 1911, page 1 col. 5.) "Josephine Richardson has died after several months illness. She was one of our oldest and most highly respected Christian ladies, being an advocated member of the Methodist Church and will be greatly missed in this community. She leaves a sister, Miss May Dudley, two daughters and two sons. Funeral services were held at 4:30 Sunday afternon being conducted by Rev. H.W. Wheeler and her remains interred in Rose Hill cemetery beside that of her husband who preceeded her a few years ago."

*Clark County, Arkansas Obituaries and Death Notice, Vol. 3, 1914-1921 from the Southern Standard (29 Apr 1920 page 5 col. 3) "May Dudley, age 72 years, (born 1848) died Sunday and the funeral services were conducted Monday morning at 10 o'clock by Dr. W.R. Richardson at the home of Charles Richardson. The burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery."