Seventh Generation

36. Dewitt Clinton RICHARDSON^7,10 was born on 31 January 1828 in Fayston Township, Washington County, VT.^9,13,79,80 He appeared in the census in 1830 in Fayston Township, Washington County, VT.¹⁶ He appeared in the census in 1840 in Fayston Township, Washington County, VT.¹⁷ Dewitt appeared in the census in 1850 in Bernett Township, Dodge County, WI.¹⁸ His occupation was "Farmer." He appeared in the census in 1860 in Eau Claire Township, Eau Claire County, WI.⁸¹ His occupation was "Farmer." He appeared in the census in 1870 in Lincoln Township, Eau Claire County, WI.²⁰ His occupation was "Farmer." Dewitt appeared in the census in 1880 in Lincoln Township, Eau Claire County, WI.⁸² His occupation was "Farmer." He lived at his home in Eau Claire, Eau Claire Township, Eau Claire County, WI in 1894.⁴¹ He died on 5 December 1898 at the age of 70 in Augusta, Eau Claire County, WI.^33,80,83 (A search of the Lakeview, Forest Hill, Oak Grove, St. John's, St. Patrick's and Sacred Heart cemeteries in Eau Claire failed to find his gravestone or that of his wife.) Dewitt has Ancestral File Number 18WP-3WC.¹³ He was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Eau Claire, Eau Claire Township, Eau Claire County, WI.⁸⁰

Dewitt Clinton RICHARDSON and Ann Eliza GIDDINGS were married on 7 April 1850 in Chester Township, Dodge County, WI.^9,23 Ann Eliza GIDDINGS was born on 8 September 1834 in Portage County, OH.^12,20,80 She appeared in the census in 1850 in Bernett Township, Dodge County, WI.¹⁸ She appeared in the census in 1860 in Eau Claire Township, Eau Claire County, WI.⁸¹ Ann appeared in the census in 1870 in Lincoln Township, Eau Claire County, WI.²⁰ She appeared in the census in 1880 in Lincoln Township, Eau Claire County, WI.⁸² She died on 5 October 1903 at the age of 69 in St. Paul, Ramsey County, MN.⁸⁰

Obituary Notes: "Mrs. D. C. Richardson dies at St Paul Monday morning Oct 5, 1903 at the residence of her daughter Mrs. Flora E. Finney. Her remains will arrive this evening in Eau Claire and taken to the residence of her daughter Mrs. W. L. Gile, from which place the funeral will be held Wednesday at 10 am. Burial will be at Forest Hill Cemetery."

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Ann was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Eau Claire, Eau Claire Township, Eau Claire County, WI.⁸⁰

Dewitt Clinton RICHARDSON and Ann Eliza GIDDINGS had the following children:

+61	i.	James Ira RICHARDSON.
+62	ii.	Mary L. RICHARDSON.
63	iii.	Flora E. RICHARDSON was born about 1856 in Wisconsin.20 She appeared in the census in 1860 in Eau Claire Township, Eau Claire County, WI.81 She appeared in the census in 1870 in Lincoln Township, Eau Claire County, WI.20 Flora appeared in the census in 1880 in Lincoln Township, Eau Claire County, WI.82
+64	iv.	Emma Lucinda RICHARDSON.
+65	v.	Adeline Ella "Addie" RICHARDSON.
66	vi.	Duane M. RICHARDSON was born in 1864 in Fall Creek, Eau Claire County, WI.20,80 He appeared in the census in 1870 in Lincoln Township, Eau Claire County, WI.20 He appeared in the census in 1880 in Lincoln Township, Eau Claire County, WI.82 Duane died on 8 August 1888 at the age of 24 in Eau Claire, Eau Claire Township, Eau Claire County, WI.80 He was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Eau Claire, Eau Claire Township, Eau Claire County, WI.80
+67	vii.	Jessie Anna RICHARDSON.