CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
Birth DateOct 1840 [4658], [4662], [4663, p.97], [4670], [5273, p.13]
Birth PlaceMassachusetts, United States
MemoOr 1838 or 1837 or 1839
Census Date14 Jun 1870 [4670]
Census PlaceWoodside Twp., Essex Co., New Jersey, United States
Reside DateSep 1871 [5273, p.240]
Reside PlaceChicago, Cook Co., Illinois, United States
Reside Date1892 [5273, p.256]
Reside PlaceManhattan, New York, New York, United States
Memo256 West 100th Street
Census Date15 Jun 1900 [4658]
Census PlaceManhattan, New York, New York, United States
Memo256 100th Street
Death Date5 Dec 1900 [4662], [5273, p.258]
Death PlaceRome, Italy
MemoObituary was published 6 Dec 1900.
Burial PlaceManchester, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, United States [1498, Memorial# 95683906]
MemoValley Cemetery
OccupationTeacher [4663, p.97]
OccupationActress [4662]
OccupationAuthor [4658]
Misc. Notes
Author of "Garnered Sheaves from the writings of Albert D. Richardson” [4655]
After Albert RICHARDSON’s death, Abby went to live with her step-children in Woodside Twp., Essex Co., New Jersey, where Albert owned a house that had been built by Miles I’ANSON, on Summer Avenue. [4676, p.199-200] They subsequently moved to Chicago, and were present when the city burned down, 8 Oct 1871. [5273, p.240]
1900 census shows she had a son named William SAGE (born May 1864 in New Hampshire). [4658]
Findagrave Memorial# 95683906 (as of 03-MAY-2019), incorrectly lists her date of death as 28 Dec 1900 in Queens Co., NY. It also says she was born in 1847, which doesn’t agree with my other sources.
After Albert RICHARDSON’s death, Abby went to live with her step-children in Woodside Twp., Essex Co., New Jersey, where Albert owned a house that had been built by Miles I’ANSON, on Summer Avenue. [4676, p.199-200] They subsequently moved to Chicago, and were present when the city burned down, 8 Oct 1871. [5273, p.240]
1900 census shows she had a son named William SAGE (born May 1864 in New Hampshire). [4658]
Findagrave Memorial# 95683906 (as of 03-MAY-2019), incorrectly lists her date of death as 28 Dec 1900 in Queens Co., NY. It also says she was born in 1847, which doesn’t agree with my other sources.
Spouses
Birth Date1820 [4662], [4663, p.21, 97], [4673], [5273, p.15]
Birth PlaceIreland
MemoOr 1818
Census Date11 Jun 1880 [4673]
Census PlaceLeadville, Lake Co., Colorado, United States
MemoOak Street, 4th Ward
Misc. Notes
After marriage, Daniel and Abby relocated to Madison, Wisconsin, but moved again, to New York City, in February, 1858. [4663, p.98], [5273, p.26]
It may be that Daniel’s parents were born in Ireland, while he was born in the United States. [5273, p.15]
Daniel made two attempts to kill Albert D. RICHARDSON, and the second time he succeeded. He was put on trial for the murder but was not found not guilty. The defense had built a case for insanity. [5273, p.225] Daniel was last seen in Leadville, Colorado, in April of 1880. [5273, p.252-3]
It may be that Daniel’s parents were born in Ireland, while he was born in the United States. [5273, p.15]
Daniel made two attempts to kill Albert D. RICHARDSON, and the second time he succeeded. He was put on trial for the murder but was not found not guilty. The defense had built a case for insanity. [5273, p.225] Daniel was last seen in Leadville, Colorado, in April of 1880. [5273, p.252-3]
Marr Date14 Dec 1857 [4662], [4663, p.21, 97], [5273, p.16]
Marr PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Marr MemoOr 1858
Div Date20 Oct 1869 [4655], [4662], [4663, p.44], [5273, p.125]
Div PlaceMorgan Co., Indiana, United States
Birth Date6 Oct 1833 [1498, Memorial# 87204007], [4655], [4659], [5273, p.9], [5319, p.783]
Birth PlaceFranklin, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, United States
MemoOr West Springfield, Massachusetts
Reside Date1857 [5273, p.12]
Reside PlaceKansas Territory, United States
Census Date20 Aug 1860 [4926] Age: 26
Census PlaceDenver, Arapahoe Co., Kansas Territory, United States
MemoIn 1861 this became Denver, Colorado.
Death Date2 Dec 1869 [1498, Memorial# 87204007], [4655], [4659], [4660], [4663] Age: 36
Death PlaceNew York, New York, United States
Burial Date4 Dec 1869 [1498, Memorial# 87204007], [4663, p.35]
Burial PlaceFranklin, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, United States
MemoCity Mills Historical Cemetery
OccupationJournalist [4926]
OccupationAuthor [4655]
Misc. Notes
During the Civil War, as a war correspondent, Albert became an acquaintance of General Ulysses S. Grant. [5273, p.42] After the war he wrote a book about Grant: “A Personal History of Ulysses S Grant” (1868). https://books.google.com/books?id=0G1LAAAAYAAJ
In May, 1863, Albert, along with a few other correspondents, was captured by Confederate soldiers and taken prisoner. He expected to be released as part of a noncombatant prisoner exchange, but instead was placed in Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia. After 4 months he was moved to Castle Thunder. After 5 months there, he was moved to Salisbury, North Carolina, February, 1864. He was still there when his wife died. His daughter, Mary Louisa, also died while he was in prison, but she had also been born after his capture, so he never saw her. In October, 1864, conditions at Salisbury suddenly became orders of magnitude worse, with the addition of at least 9,000 more prisoners. It may have been comparable to Andersonville. Luckily, on 18 Dec 1864, Albert and three others managed to escape, taking with them a list of 1500 men who had died at Salisbury. In 1865 he published a book about his war experiences: “The Secret Service, the Field, the Dungeon, and the Escape”. [5273, p.60-73], [5316]
On two separate occasions, Daniel McFARLAND attempted to shoot Albert, with the first attempt in 1867, which resulted in only a flesh wound, and the second, in 1869, resulted in Albert’s death about a week later, just 60 hours after marrying Abby. [4663, p.22, 24], [4690], [5273, p.1, 127]
Albert had a brother, Charles A. RICHARDSON. [5024], [5273, p.10]
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_D._Richardson
In May, 1863, Albert, along with a few other correspondents, was captured by Confederate soldiers and taken prisoner. He expected to be released as part of a noncombatant prisoner exchange, but instead was placed in Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia. After 4 months he was moved to Castle Thunder. After 5 months there, he was moved to Salisbury, North Carolina, February, 1864. He was still there when his wife died. His daughter, Mary Louisa, also died while he was in prison, but she had also been born after his capture, so he never saw her. In October, 1864, conditions at Salisbury suddenly became orders of magnitude worse, with the addition of at least 9,000 more prisoners. It may have been comparable to Andersonville. Luckily, on 18 Dec 1864, Albert and three others managed to escape, taking with them a list of 1500 men who had died at Salisbury. In 1865 he published a book about his war experiences: “The Secret Service, the Field, the Dungeon, and the Escape”. [5273, p.60-73], [5316]
On two separate occasions, Daniel McFARLAND attempted to shoot Albert, with the first attempt in 1867, which resulted in only a flesh wound, and the second, in 1869, resulted in Albert’s death about a week later, just 60 hours after marrying Abby. [4663, p.22, 24], [4690], [5273, p.1, 127]
Albert had a brother, Charles A. RICHARDSON. [5024], [5273, p.10]
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_D._Richardson
Misc. Notes
Marriage performed by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and Rev. Octavius Brooks Frothingham. [5273, p.132]