Richardson, John, bishop of Ardagh, was a na- tive of Chester, England, but took his <legree of D.D. at the University of Dublin. Of his early life we know nothing, save that he was appointed preacher to the state in 1601. He was consecrated bishop of Ardagh in 1633, and held the archdeanery of Derry, the rector}'^ of Ardstra, and the vicarage of Granard for a %'ear after. In 1641, being in dread of the rebellion which broke out in October, he removed to England, and died in London, Aug. 11, 1654. He was a man of profound learning, well versed in the Scriptures, and skilled in sacred chronology. His works are, Choice Observations and Explanations upon the Old Testament (1655, fol.) : — Sermon of the Doctrine of Justification (Dublin, 1625, 4to). He also wrote the " Assembly's Annotations" on Ezekiel. See Harris, Ware ; Lloyd, Memoirs, p. 607. — Chalmers, Biog. Diet. s. v.
Richardson, John P., a minister of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, South, was born in Virginia, 1829, and was admitted into the Memphis Conference in 1848 or 1849. After five or six years his health failed : he located, studied medicine, and graduated as a physician. He was readmitted into the Mississipjii Conference in 1860, and after a year's successful labor volunteered as a soldier in the Confederate army, re- ceiving the appointment of chaplain. At the fall of Fort Donaldson, he was taken prisoner and carried to Camp Chase, Ohio, where he died, JIarch 4, 1862. Mr. Richardson was a superior preacher, a close and inde- fatigable minister, and active and zealous as a Chris- tian.— Minutes of Annual Conf, M. E. Church, South, 18(!2, p. 384.
Richardson, Lyman, a Presbyterian minister, was born in Attloboroiigh, Mass., in 1790. In 1806 his parents removed to Harford, Pa.; he had at this time a fair education, with some knowledge of Latin,~and in, the winter of 1807-8 he taught his first school, which employment he continued in subsccpient years. He was converted in 1809, and immediately turned his at- tention to the ministry. A friend secured for him the position of assistant in the academy at Wilkesbarre, Pa., of which he subsc(iuently became principal; he re- mained there three years, devoting all his spare time to his classical studies, and then returned to Harford, Pa., and opened a select school for youths pursuing the higher branches of study. He remained at Harford three years, during wliich he studied theology under Rev. Ebenezer Kingsbury, and in 1820 was licensed by Susquehamia Presbytery, and soon after entered upon his ministry at Louisville, now Franklin, Pa. Subse- quently he was ordained as an evangelist, and as such lie preached .it Wyalusing, Pike, and Orwell, Pa.; at Win<isor, N. Y., three years; at IMoLuit Pleasant and Bethany, Pa.; and at VVysox, Pa. In 1840 he returned to Harford, Pa., to take charge of the academy, then a
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very popular institution. This work suited him exact- Iv, and he entered into it with great zeal and success, until 1865, when disease and old age induced him to give it up. He died Dec. 1, 1807. As a preacher, Mr. Ifichardson was characterized by the power of glowing representations of truth and earnest love for souls; as a teacher, by kindness of manner and spirit, and by his wise counsel. See Wilson, Presb. II id. Almanac, 1808, p. 225. (.J. L. S.)
Richardson, Manoah, a Methodist preacher, was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., June 21, 1814; went to Missouri in early life, and settled in Chariton County. He joined the Church in 18ol ; was licensed to preach Jan. 10, 1841 ; entered the itinerancy Oct. 10, 1841 ; and was ordained deacon Oct. 1, 1843; elder Oct. 7, 1845. He did effective work for six j'ears, when he superan- nuated, owing to failing health, and located at the end of a year. In 1868 he was readmitted into the Mis- souri Conference, and labored until about four weeks previous to his death, which occurred in Bloomington, IMacon Co., Mo., April 18, 1871. He was a good man and a faithful preacher. — Minutes of Annual Conf.M. E. Church, South, 1871, p. 606.
Richardson, Marvin, D.D., a prominent Meth- odist minister, was born in Stephentown, Rensselaer Co.. N. Y., June 10, 17811, but went, with his parents, in early youth to Brooklyn. He professed conversion in May, 1800, and united with the Sands Street Methodist Episcopal Church in that city. On Oct. 1, 1808, he was I appointed to fill a vacancy on Croton Circuit, and was admitted into the New York Conference in 1809, of which he continued to be a member for sixty-seven vears. He received his regular appointment as an ef- fective minister forty-two consecutive j'ears. He was a member of eight successive General Conferences — 1820-52. Mr. Richardson in his early ministry endured the hardship, deprivation, and toil of pioneer life. The record, of his life is one of early and deep religious ex- perience, of consistent piety, of ardent love to God and the Church, of a successful ministry, and at the close a record of patient waiting and holy triumph. His last words were, " I have no fear." He died at Poughkeep- sie, N. Y.. June 14, 1876. — Minutes of Annual Conferences M.K Church, 1877, p. il.
Richardson, Robert Hugh, a Presbyterian min- ister, was born at Liberty, Va., March 13, 1834. After receiving a preparatory education, he entered the Union Theological Seminar^' in 1860, and, taking the full course, graduated in 1863. He was appointed — after he had been duly licensed by the New York Presbytery — a city missionary of New York, and remained in that office till he died, Oct. 0, 1803. Though his ministerial life was brief, it was not without its usefulness or good fruits. (W. P. S.)