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at Sturgis. In 1912 he was elected vice president and in 1916
‘ was made president. He was also president of the St. Bernard
l Coal Company and chairman of the West Kentucky Coal Bureau. `
Mr. Richardson and his family moved from St. Louis to
Sturgis in 1911, but in 1920 the family moved back to St. Louis.
Mr. Richardson, however, always maintained his legal residence
. in Sturgis, and both he and his wife. formerly Marcia Stevens
of Colebrook, New Hampshire, are buried in the Pythian Ridge
Cemetery at Sturgis. Their two children are still living——Herbert
L., now residing at Paducah, Kentucky, and their daughter.
Ellen Richardson Clapp, at Baltimore, Maryland.
Mr. Richardson, a keen student of transportation needs and
problems, displayed great interest in development of the Mis-
sisippi Valley and was identified with various movements
toward that end, being vice president of the Mississippi Valley
Association, vice president of the National Rivers and Harbors
Congress, and vice president of the Ohio Valley Improvement
Association which he helped to organize. He also served as
president of the Traveling Engineers Association and was a »
member of the executive board of the International Fuel As-
sociation. In 1935 Mr. Richardson was appointed a member of
the Board of Managers of the Inland Waterways Corporation by
George Dern, U. S. Secretary of War.
Mr. Richardson, a member of the Methodist Church, belonged
to the Knights Templar, the Mystic Shrine, the American Legion.
and the Kiwanis Club. He also took an active interest in the
Boy Scouts.
WILLIAM McKINLEY SIZEMORE (1897- ). was the recipi-
ent of the Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star for valor during the
World War. He was born in Sturgis, the son of Samuel W. and
Martha Henry Sizemore. who moved from Henderson when
Sturgis was established. The elder Sizemore was in charge of I
executing the plat of the town. William McKinley Sizemore was
educated in Sturgis and outside of war service has lived here
ever since. He volunteered for service in the U. S. Marines in
1917 and was placed in the Second Division, 67th Company.
5th Regiment. His citation was Order No. 12505 "D" dated De-
cember 24, 1918, from General Headquarters of French Armies
of the East. Under a violent artillery attack Sizemore directed
reconnaissance and established telephone lines as well as three
advanced observation posts. The observation post situated on