The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-04-27

DEATH OF DIR. WILLIAM s. RICHARDSON
Bel Air, Monday, April %, about O'Clock in
the afternoon. His death was caused by heart
disease, superinduced by an attack of grip
from which he suffered last winter and never
fully recovered. His death, however, was I'M
expected and was surprise and great shock
to his many friends in Hartford as well as else
where. The funeral, which took place from
his late residence in Bel Air, on Wednesday,
April %, at II O'Clock, A. NJ, was very.largely
| attended. The services were conducted by
Rev. E. d. Finney, of the Presbyterian Church,
| Bel Air. assisted by Rev. s. A. Whitcomb, of
! the Protestant Episcopal Church, and Rev. s.
A. Hoblitzell of the Methodist Protestant
Church. The pail bearers were DR.. W. B.
Munnikhuysen, G. Smith Norris, John 5.
Richardson, ST., John G. Rouse, Judge James
D. Walters, John Bauer, C. w. Proctor and
j. Thomas C. Hopkins. He was laid to rest
in the Presbyterian Cemetery, at Churchville,
| beside the body of his wife, who died October
20, 1890.
William Speed Richardson was born in Bel
served as Deputy Clerk during part of the
first term of the late Capt. A. Lingan Jarrett.
He studied medicine, first at Jefferson College,
Philadelphia, but was expelled, together with
a number of Southern students, on the break
Ing out of the late war, for expressions of
sympathy with the South. He was then ad-
mitted to the University of Pennsylvania,
| from which he was graduated in the spring of
1861. Afterwards he took a course at the
Maryland University. He was married on
February s, 1864, to Miss Elizabeth r. Bissell,
daughter of Capt. William Bissell, c. s. A,
and grand daughter of Capt. John A. Webster,
who was in command of the famous Six-Gn
Battery at Baltimore during the war of 1872
IA. He was elected Register of Wills of Har-
ford county in 1878 and again in 1879. In the
last campaign, in the Democratic primary
election, he received the largest individual
vote ever cast In Bel Air district, showing the
esteem in which he was held by his neighbors.
Since his retirement from the Office in 1885 he
has not followed the practice of his profession
actively, but has kept in touch with it as a
member of the firm of DR.. VIM. s. Richardson
& Son, druggists. He was Past Master of Mt.
| Ararat Lodge, A. F. and A. NJ.
To record the chronological history of DR..
Richardson's life is easy, but when we come to
speak of his private virtues, words fail utterly
to convey any just conception of his great
goodness of heart and rectitude Of purpose.
His manner was always sweet and gentle and
| his voice was vibrant with kindness. To his
family he was most kind and indulgent and
to his acquaintance uniformly courteous and
obliging To the poor he was kind benefac-
tor and an unfailing friend, and as such will
be sadly missed by them. His place in the
world may be filled but no one can substitute
his position in the hearts of the people.
One brother and one sister survive him,
Henry Richardson, Esq, who lives near Be-
Air, and Mrs. Cynthia Rutledge, of San Fran
cisco, Cal His children are Miss Bessie NJ,
Messrs. William B., John A. W. and DIR. E
Hall Richardson.