Notes for Georege Hall Samuel Richardson

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Notes for Georege Hall Samuel Richardson

Mysterious George Hall Richardson, an English sailor who jumped ship in the Northwest and was the first teacher at the Sehome School when it opened in 1861. He dropped his last name, presumably to avoid detection by the British, and was known as George Hall, but his descendants later took the last name again. After a few years, he disappeared from the written records we have consulted and we hope that a reader will have more information about him.

[Update 2008: Donna Sand discovered George's obituary in a brief item in the July 15, 1871, issue of the Olympia Transcript, which noted that he died from accidentally shooting himself while on a hunting trip on Orcas Island.]

Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960
Name: Samuel Richardson
Gender: Male
Spouse: Fannie
Child: Fannie Mcdowell