He is married to Mary Elizabeth Garrett.
They got married on January 2, 1806 at Cumberland, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten.
Child(ren):
To Shadrach and Betsy were born twelve children, seven boys and five girls: Solomon, Montillion, Shadrach, Thomas, Lorenzo, George, John, Zannastacia, Delilah, Comfort, Polly and Betsy. In the year 1833 they decided to try their fortunes in a new country and moved with their family of twelve children to Illinois.
He was nearly twenty one years old when they moved to Kentucky and records indicate that he married a Mary Elizabeth Garrett, known as "Betsy". It is not known whether they knew each other prior to their move or not, since no specific information has been found relative to her family. It is believed that she was the daughter of a Thomas Garrett who lived in Cumberland County not far from the Richardson farm on Illwill Creek near Burkesville, Kentucky.
In 1833, they moved with their family of twelve children to Cass County, Illinois near Beardstown. In a book, History of Cass County by William Henry Perrin, information is given about the type of country where Shadrach took his family in an effort to provide for them. They took up residence on land known as the Frederick Bower farm located on the "sickly bottoms of the Sangamon (river)".
(The oldest son,) Shadrach Richardson, was a soldier in the war of 1812. In fact he was one of the 300 Kentucky riflemen with Jackson at the battle of New Orleans January 8, 1815. (The Richardson Family).
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