City: Brownsville
RICHARDSON, William Lebbens, educator and farmer; born Haywood Co., Tenn., June 31, 1839; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John and Mary C. (Wright) RICHARDSON; father’s occupation farmer and mechanic; paternal grandfather Lebbens RICHARDSON, paternal grandmother Francis (Wilkins) RICHARDSON, maternal grandfather William WRIGHT, maternal grandmother Rebecca (Smith) WRIGHT; married Amanda Jane MCMURRAY April 12, 1860; was Orderly Sergeant and Lieutenant Co. A., 38th Regiment Tennessee Volunteers, and Provost Marshal of Wright’s Brigade, Confederate States army; wounded and captured at Perryville, Ky., Oct. 28, 1862; spent two months in prison; discharged from the army in 1864 and returned home; member of Patrons of Husbandry, Past Master of the State Grange of Tennessee; represented Haywood Co. in Tenn. 1893-95; Member M. E. church, South.
