Individual Details

Married Margaret Elizabeth Patton - she died 18 Dec 1887

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" Was Col. Ed Richardson of New Orleans. Was called 'Cotton King' because he owned the largest cotton plantation in the world. Was director of the 'Cotton States Exposition' in New Orleans in 1884. His daughter Sue was queen of the Mardi Gras carnival when only 13 years old. It seems that the man who contributes most to the expenses names the queen. When son Jim learned that Col. Ed must name the queen, he persuaded his father to let Sue be the queen. She was well grown, and when dressed for the part seemed 'a real young lady.'" - Notes by Mrs. Stacy, 1939, found in collection of Katherine Foster Colley, probably inherited from her father.
Sources:
Title: Waddills and Richardsons of Virginia and Kentucky, Genealogical Records
Author: Stacy, Pocahontas Hewell Hutchinson
Publication: Unpublished, 1939
Repository:
Note: Elinor Colley Duke
Media: Manuscript

One reference indicates Edmond died in New Orleans - another says Jackson, MS. Said to be listed in the New Orleans death records.

Birth	28 Jun 1818
Death	11 Jan 1886	New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Father	James Richardson II ( - 1826)
Mother	Ann Payne Ware (1791 - 1876)
Sibling	William Ware Richardson ( - )
Sibling	Susan Payne Richardson (1814 - 1887)
Sibling	James Richardson (1816 - )
Sibling	Robert Payne Richardson (1820 - 1909)
Sibling	Mary Ann Richardson (1823 - )
Sibling	Elizabeth Richardson (1825 - )