Eighth Generation

69. Lucinda C. RICHARDSON^1,2 was born on 14 February 1824 in Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT.^16,18,19,20 She appeared in the census in 1830 in Fayston Township, Washington County, VT.²² She appeared in the census in 1840 in Fayston Township, Washington County, VT.²³ Lucinda appeared in the census in 1860 in Chester Township, Dodge County, WI.⁸⁵ She lived in Waupaca, Waupaca County, WI in 1876.²⁹ She died on 24 April 1901 at the age of 77 in Waupun, Dodge County, WI.⁴⁰
Lucinda has Ancestral File Number 18WN-F81.¹⁹

Lucinda C. RICHARDSON and Robert A. MOSHER were married on 11 April 1849 in Dodge County, WI.^18,29 The had three children, who all died young. Robert A. MOSHER was born on 17 May 1825 in Delaware County, OH.¹⁸
ROBERT MOSHER was born in what is now Morrow County, Ohio, May 17, 1825, a son of Obadiah MOSHER, who was born in Rhode Island, and grandson of Asa MOSHER, who was also born there, but removed to Washington County, N.Y., with his family, and after a few years to Ohio, his family consisting of eleven children.
Obadiah MOSHER accompanied his father to Ohio, although at that time a young man, and was married in the Buckeye State to Nancy ALLEN, a native of Vermont, a daughter of Robert ALLEN, who was a soldier of the Revolutionary War, and a cousin of the famous Ethan ALLEN. The members of his family afterward received a pension for the services he rendered his country during that long and sanguinary struggle.
After his marriage Mr. MOSHER was engaged in farming for a number of years, but in 1845 moved to Wisconsin, and became one of the honored first settlers of Chester Township, Dodge County. He entered 160 acres of Government land, cleared and fenced the same and opened up a farm. After a number of years he moved to Minnesota, and located in Wauseka County, where the last years of his life were spent. His widow passed away in 1891, at the age of ninety-three years, and both lie buried in Minnesota.
Robert MOSHER was one of a family of five sons and three daughters born to his parents, three brothers and two sisters of whom survive. One brother, John MOSHER, is a business man of Waupun; Asa resides in Wauseka, Minn.; Esther is a widow and resides in Minneapolis, Minn., and Mary is the widow of Judge J. A. CANFIELD. I n 1862 Robert MOSHER became a member of the Thirty-second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry and went South, to Mississippi, with his regiment and participated in a number of skirmishes. After a time he was taken sick in Mississippi, and after being in the hospital for some time was sent to St. Louis, where he was in the hospital also for some time. He was then discharged, and came home, being accompanied by his physician, and recovered some months later.
He helped his father to clear and open the farm in Dodge County, and was here united in marriage April 11, 1849, to Miss Lucinda RICHARDSON, a native of Vermont, and who was reared and educated there and became a successful teacher. Her father, Capt. Ira RICHARDSON, was a soldier of the War of 1812, and was afterward captain of militia in his native State. After his marriage Mr. MOSHER settled on an eighty-acre tract of land in Chester Township, which he had previously entered. He cleared and built on this place and resided on the same for some five years, but in 1854 removed to La Crosse County and bought a 200 acre tract of raw land, and there opened up a nice farm and lived for three years. He then sold out and returned to this county and purchased a fine farm in Chester Township, which he tilled very successfully for years.
In 1889 he moved to Waupun, bought some residence lots, and built thereon a neat and substantial residence, in which he now lives in the enjoyment of the fruits of his early industry. Since moving to Waupun he has sold his farm. He has always been a Republican in his political views up to within a few years, and has since supported the Prohibition party.
He and his wife are the parents of three children: Jessie, who died at the age of five years, and the other two children died in infancy. Mr. MOSHER is a member of the I.O.O.F., is past grand of his lodge and is also a member of the Encampment. He has represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge of the State, and as a citizen has ever been public spirited and law-abiding. He died on 3 July 1901 at the age of 76 in Waupun, Dodge County, WI.¹⁸

Lucinda C. RICHARDSON and Robert A. MOSHER had the following children: