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Personal data John Smythe Richardson 

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Household of John Smythe Richardson

(1) He is married to Adrianna L C McDonald.

They got married in the year 1842 at Sumter, Alabama, he was 36 years old.Source 2


(2) He is married to Sophia Hyatt.

They got married on April 9, 1827 at Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, he was 21 years old.Source 2


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Notes about John Smythe Richardson

John Smythe Richardson was the second child of Judge John Smythe Richardson, and was born in 1805. He was educated at South Carolina College, Columbia, and at Brown University, Providence, R. I., graduating from the last named institution in 1827. In the same year he married Sophia Hyatt, daughter of Sea-Captain Charles Hyatt, of Providence, R. I. His home was near Sumter, S. C. He practiced law and also by employing agents engaged in agriculture of which he
was very fond.

His wife, who was always delicate, died March 14, 1840. She was the mother of eight children, three of whom died in infancy. Col. John Smythe Richardson married the second time Adrianna L. C. McDonald, of Sumter, S. C. There were no children of this marriage. About 1843, Col Richardson became a minister in the M. E. Church, South, but never joined the itineracy and he never preached for pay.

After the close of the Civil War, he and his wife moved to Georgia. He had two sons: Dr. Charles Hyatt Richardson and Dr. William Buford Richardson living in Georgia. He died in 1871, in his 66th year. His remains were taken back to Sumter, S. C. and laid to rest in the Sumter Cemetery.
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    Birthday August 31, 1805

    • The temperature on August 31, 1805 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
    •  This page is only available in Dutch.
      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1805: Source: Wikipedia
      • March 17 » The Italian Republic, with Napoleon as president, becomes the Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King of Italy.
      • April 7 » German composer Ludwig van Beethoven premiered his Third Symphony, at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
      • May 26 » Napoléon Bonaparte assumes the title of King of Italy and is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in Milan Cathedral, the gothic cathedral in Milan.
      • July 22 » Napoleonic Wars: War of the Third Coalition: Battle of Cape Finisterre: An inconclusive naval action is fought between a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve of Spain and a British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder.
      • November 1 » Napoleon Bonaparte invades Austria during the War of the Third Coalition.
      • November 16 » Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Schöngrabern: Russian forces under Pyotr Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under Joachim Murat.

    Day of marriage April 9, 1827

    • The temperature on April 9, 1827 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
    •  This page is only available in Dutch.
      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1827: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 28 » The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
      • March 15 » University of Toronto is founded.
      • July 4 » Slavery is abolished in the State of New York.
      • August 17 » Dutch King William I and Pope Leo XII sign concord
      • August 22 » José de la Mar becomes President of Peru.
      • October 17 » Bellini's third opera, Il pirata, is premiered at Milan.

    Day of death May 26, 1871

    • The temperature on May 26, 1871 was about 11.8 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
    • In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • January 3 » In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.
      • March 18 » Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
      • March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
      • July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
      • July 29 » The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
      • October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
    

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