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V. F. RICHARDSON, insurance agent, Avilla, Mo. He is a native of Jasper county, Mo., born April 22, 1851. His father, B. W. W. Richardson came to the county from Loudoun county, Va., in 1838. He located at Bower’s Mills, and entered the store of one Brown, as a salesman, at a salary of six dollars per month, but by strict attention to business he gradually accumulated means, and in after years owned an establishment himself at the same place, continuing in business until during the war times, when he was obliged to abscond. Our subject being the oldest of the family, the care and responsibility of caring for his mother and the younger children devolved upon him, consequently he became very precocious, so that at the age of fifteen he was known as a sharp trader, and he shipped stocks to St. Louis and Chicago before becoming of age. He was married April 2, 1874 to Allena Horton, sister of Doctor Horton, of Avilla. Of this union there are three children: Chester, born Sept. 8, 1875; Plezzie, born Jan. 31, 1880; and Fred, born Oct. 23, 1882. Mr. Richardson went into the insurance business in 1879. He represents several of the most substantial companies doing business in the state, and has the reputation of being one of the liveliest insurance solicitors in southwest Missouri.