Person:Russell Richardson (6)

Personal history

Russell likely completed two years of high school.^[8] He married Laura Bell Yazell on November 6th, 1928.^[5]

Russ started working at American Rolling Mill Company at least as early as 1928,^[5] and was still working there in 1940 as a tracing clerk.^[8] In 1940 he indicated he worked about 40 hours per week.^[8] Russ made $1,300 in 1939,^[8] which is about $22,460 in 2016 dollars. And his dad, Arch, had also worked for the same company.^[3]

Russ lived his entire life in Zanesville. In 1930, he and Laura were renting a home for $27 per month ($388 in 2016 dollars) on 1275 Linden Ave. in Zanesville, Ohio.^[9] Laura's mother Bertha Yazell Lant lived two houses down at 1265 Linden Ave. with her children at the time, Clarice and Harvey, who were Russ's and Laura's niece and nephew.^[9] By 1935, Russell and Laura had moved to 742 Brown St. in Zanesville, Ohio.^[8] And in 1940 they were renting that home for $22.50 per month,^[8] which is about $386 in 2016 dollars. By 1950, Russ and Laura had moved to 802 Brown St. in Zanesville, just a bit down the road from their first house.^[11]

On 22 November 1941, Russell was elected as Secretary of the Zanesville Armco Independent Organization, the newly formed labor organization of the American Rolling Mill Company, where Russ worked.

Russ was active in the Eagles organization. He was elected as “conductor” (an officer position) in the Zanesville Aerie of Eagles in May 1946. On 5 April 1949 Russell was elected worthy president of Zanesville Aerie No. 302 Fraternal Order of Eagles, at the annual election in the hall on North Third Street, Zanesville, Ohio. And an extant photo of Russ (he is on the far left) at an Eagles event from June 1957 shows he was still active then. One can only speculate, but the smile he's wearing in that photo, only six month's after Laura's untimely death, probably means the Eagles organization gave Russ great joy and helped get him through the hard times.

Russ was a private pilot who flew his plane of his own field in McConnellsville, Ohio, which he operated with Floyd Mautz.^[16] On June 21, 1947, Russ earned his “radio-telephone” license.^[16] This license allowed him to operate a Taylorcraft airplane.^[16] Taylorcrafts were single-pilot airplanes popular in the 1940s and 1950s.

Research notes

See Richardson Research for more notes about this family.

Russell and Laura in downtown Zanesville, Ohio.

Russ at the Eagles in June 1957.

A Taylorcraft BC-12D-85 airplane.

742 Brown St., Zanesville, Ohio, United States.

Russ gets his license.

Russell's birth record.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Arch Richerson, Zanesville Ward 4, in Muskingum, Ohio, United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   sheet 5B, 19 Apr 1910.

   [1]

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Archie Richerson, Zanesville Ward 4, in Muskingum, Ohio, United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   sheet 8A, 13 Jan 1920.

   [2]

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio). Arch Richardson Dies; Retired Armco Employee
   A2, 5 Jan 1968.
4. ↑ Certificate of Marriage: Raymond L. Richardson to Rita J. Smith
   3 Sep 1960.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, United States. Certificate of Marriage of Russell C Richardson to Laura Bell Yazell
   6 Nov 1928.
6. ↑ ^6.0 6.1 Russell Richardson, in Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index: Death Master File, database. (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service).

   Birth: 4 July 1907. Death: October 1978, Muskingum, Ohio.

7. ↑ Muskingum County Probate Court. Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, United States. Russell Richardson (6) Record of Birth
   182, 31 Mar 1908.
8. ↑ ^{8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10} Russel C. Richardson, Zanesville Ward 4, in Muskingum, Ohio, United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule: Sixteenth Census of the United States, NARA Microfilm Publication T627. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration)
   8B to 9A, 11 Apr 1940.

   [3]

9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3} Russel C Richardson, Zanesville Ward 4, in Muskingum, Ohio, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule: Fifteenth Census of the United States, NARA Microfilm Publication T626. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration)
   13B, 10 Apr 1930.

   [4]

10. ↑ Russell C Richardson, certificate 076854, in Ohio, United States. Ohio, Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, 1958-2007
    Vol. 23439.

    [5]

11. ↑ ^11.0 11.1 Laura Jean Richardson Engaged to Mr. Rinehart.
12. ↑ Lace Enhances Bridal Gown.
13. ↑ Family Party Marks 25th Anniversary.
14.   Employees of Armco Plant Organize Here.
15.   Officers Nominated by Zanesville Eagles.
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1 16.2} Commerce Air News, in Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, United States. The Times Recorder. (Zanesville, Ohio)
    17, 29 Jun 1947.
17.   Richardson Heads Zanesville Eages.
18. ↑ Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio). Richardsons Married 64 Years. (7 Feb 1967, page 13).