Henry Richardson was born around 1829 in Boston, Massachusetts. He married a woman named Fanny around 1850, and they had at least two children: James born around 1851; and Wilbur, born around 1853. The family moved to Cuyahoga County, Ohio, sometime in the 1850s. By 1860, Richardson was working as a shoemaker, and he owned $50 of personal property. He enlisted in the Union army on June 1, 1861, and mustered in as a 2^nd lieutenant in Company B of the 23^rd Ohio Infantry the following day. He was promoted to 1^st lieutenant on July 23, 1861. On February 1, 1862, he was promoted to captain and transferred to Company E of the 54^th Ohio Infantry. The regiment took part in the Battles of Corinth and Shiloh. Richardson resigned on December 11, 1862, and returned to Cuyahoga County. By 1870, he was working as a boot and shoe agent, and he owned $500 of personal property. By 1880, he and Fanny were living in their son James’s household in Cuyahoga County. He died of typhoid fever there on September 30, 1884.

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