Sarah Carter Richardson

Photograph of

Sarah Carter Richardson

Date of photograph

~1905

Location of photograph

Fort McCoy, Marion County, Florida, United States

Description

Copy of portrait of Sarah Carter Richardson, hand-colored.

Sarah Richardson (~1831-unknown) was the widow of Mark Richardson, Sr. who was born about 1840 in South Carolina. She and many of her immediate family left South Carolina for Florida after the death of her husband Mark.

Sarah worked as a midwife. She had moved from South Carolina to Fort McCoy, Marion County, Florida with her twin sons Mark and Matthew, as well as two of her grandchildren Arthur and Esther Richardson. Her son Robert, his wife Martha, and their three children. Her only daughter and son-in-law also moved with Sarah to Florida.

Colorized by John Smith

Type

Photograph

Format

JPG

Rights

Public Domain | All records should be cited as coming from the Center Family History at the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.

Donated By

Marsha Sampson-Gilliam