Edward G. Richardson

As printed in 1890

Edward G. Richardson is a stock-buyer and shipper of Zearing, Iowa, but was born in LaSalle County, Ill., in 1849, the second of three children born to the marriage of George R. Richardson and Susan Anthony Hoxie, of Massachusetts. The names of their other children are: Azelia (wife of Henry Hammond, of Southern Illinois), and Susan (Mrs. William Radley, of Sandwich, Ill. Edward's paternal grandfather, David Richardson, was born in Gloucester, R. I, April 26, 1780, and died October 6, 1861. His grandmother, Chloe Wilbur Richardson, was born in Adams, Mass., August 13, 1793, and died March 30, 1870. His grandfather on his mother's side, Isaac Upton Hoxie, was born in Adams, Mass., April 1797. The maternal grandmother, Hannah Anthony Hoxie, was born in Adams, Mass., June 18, 1797. George Reed Richardson was born in Adams, Mass., May 1, 1818, and his wife, Susan A. Hoxie, in the same place, March 10, 1822. Edward G. Richardson grew to manhood in Illinois, receiving a good common-school education, and in 1867 was married to Miss Sarah Burton, a native of Ohio, by whom he has had a family of seven children: Nellie (wife of Arthur Lewis, of Zearing), George, Edward, Lena, Grace, Burton and Chester. Mr. Richardson came with his family to Story County, Iowa, in 1875, and was an honest miller of the soil until 1883, when a railroad was surveyed through his farm and a town was laid out on his land. Since that time he has been engaged in buying and shipping stock, but has also managed a farm, which he purchased one and a half miles from town, with excellent results. He is enterprising and industrious, and the fine property of which he is now the owner has been earned through his own unaided efforts. His land is a fertile and valuable tract, well adapted to the purposes of general farming. He has always supported the principles of the Democrat party, and is a member of the following social orders: A. F. & A. M. and the I. O. O. F. His wife is a consistent and worthy member of the Christian Church.

I. A. Ringheim has been engaged in the general mercantile business, in Nevada, Iowa, since the 3d of June, 1 865, and from a small beginning has built up a large trade, his general stock being such as would compare favorably with that of larger establishments, in places double the size. His success is due largely to strict attention to business, study of the wants of his customers, and fair dealing. Mr. Ringheim was born in Norway, February 1, 1835, and was the fifth of seven children, five now living, born to Anders K. and Britha (Klove) Ringheim, both of whom were born in Norway, in 1800, and died there in 1841 and 18S0, respectively. I. A. Ringheim was reared to a knowledge of farm life in Norway, where he was also educated. In 1856 he came to the United States, and on the 29th of October, settled in Winneshiek County, Iowa, where for some time he worked as a farm hand, after which he became a clerk in a general store in Decorah, where he continued for four years. After a residence of nine years in Winneshiek County, or until the spring of 1865. he came to Nevada, where he has since resided. He is the oldest dry-goods merchant now doing business in the place, and his first store stood on the site of the present one, which is an excellent brick structure, erected in 1877, the first one of the kind to be krailt in Nevada. He was married to Mrs. Lorinda T. Johnson, on the 19th of December, 1867, but her death occurred March 11, 1872, in Nevada. She was a native of Norway, and at her death left the following children to mourn her loss: Severe L. Johnson, and Ada J., Emma C, Jennie M. and Andrew L. Ringheim; the last named died

August 20, 1872. Mr. Ringheim married his second wife, May 6, 1874, her maiden name being Jennie Sime. She is a daughter of Colben and. Britha Sime, and was born in Norway, January 9, 1850. To her and Mr. Ringheim the following family of children have been born: Lydia B., Charles I., Bessie J., Edwin A., Sarah C, Noah A. and David T. Ringheim. Mr. Ringheim has always been an uncompromising Republican, and he and his family are members of the Lutheran Church. ' He is a man that has always been interested in the welfare of the county, is a patron of education, and takes much interest in educating his children.

As printed in Biographical and historical memoirs of Story County, Iowa (1890). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.