James R. Richardson
Today is the eighty-first birthday anniversary of Former Mayor James R. Richardson, who was born July 1, 1823, in Allegheny City, Pa. He came to Mansfield in 1871 and engaged in the manufacture of mineral and soda water. Upon the death of Isaac Gass in 1875, Mr. Richardson was elected to fill the unexpired term as mayor and was re-elected two years later, on the Democratic ticket. Since then he has served several terms as justice of the peace. Fraternally he is a Mason, an Odd Fellow, a Pythian Knight and a member of the Knights of Honor, having for a number of years been an active worker in several of these orders.
From The Mansfield News, Friday, July 1, 1910, p. 9