Israel Ferdinand 'Fred' RICHARDSON

1844 - 1932  (87 years)

• Name	Israel Ferdinand 'Fred' RICHARDSON
  Birth	01 Jul 1844
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Jan 1932	National City, San Diego Co., CA   [1]
  Burial	12 Jan 1932	San Bernadino, San Bernadino, CA   [2]
  Person ID	I471	Benham Family Tree
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Israel Eustace (2) RICHARDSON,   b. 06 Apr 1820, Lawsville, Liberty Twp., Susquehanna Co., PA d. 23 Jan 1887, Detroit, Wayne Co., MI (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Cordelia Elvira TRUESDELL,   b. 24 Oct 1823, Vestal Center, Broome Co., NY d. 28 Dec 1862, Seville Twp., Gratiot Co., MI (Age 39 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	29 Jan 1842
  Family ID	F90	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Florence EMERY
  Children	1. Archie RICHARDSON  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F140	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Carrie UNKNOWN,   b. 1863   d. 1921 (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F141	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Fred started out as a farmer. He is listed in the 1870 Census in Juddville, Shiawasse Co., MI. In 1883 the Charles H. Benham family went there. Belle and Mary were born there. They stayed until 1888, when they moved to Onaway. Fred was in that area, in Harbor Springs and was a Seventh Day Adventist by then. Fred had one child, Archie, by Florence Emery. They were divorced, and he married Carey ?. He became an Adventist missionary and minister. Their two children died in Africa about the time they were born. Archie and his mother lived in Montana? Fred was a missionary in Jamaica, before he went to Africa. When he returned from Africa he went through the "Holy Land". CFB had an olive wood souvenir that Fred gave to Alice, his sister. He spent the last years of his life in San Bernardino, CA, where he founded the Adventist San Bernardino Sanatorium. 1880 Census. Michigan Richardson, Fred w m 30 farming born NY Florence L. w f 29 wife teaching born NY Archie w m 8 son at school b Mich

  
  

• Sources

  Footnote: Paradise Valley San & Hosp; Death Cert. #32-004865, San Diego Co., CA. Footnote: Death Cert. #32-004865, San Diego Co., CA.