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Robert Carter Richardson "Samuel Q. Richardson was born in Lexington, Ky., in February, 1791. He was educated at Transylvania University, and he was regarded as one of the leading lawyers of the State. His son, Robert Carter Richardson, was also educated at Transylvania, read law with Judge George Robertson and became eminent at the bar. He represented Kenton county in the Kentucky Legislature and was Superintendent of Public Instruction for Kentucky. He was a writer of ability, well read, able and learned in the law.” [L. F. Johnson, Famous Kentucky Tragedies and Trials: A Collection of Important and Interesting Tragedies and Criminal Trials which Have Taken Place in Kentucky 65 (Louisville: Baldwin Law Book Co., 1916)][online text] "ROBERT CARTER RICHARDSON was born in Louisville, Kentucky, May 18, 1826, and died in Covington in 1896. He was one of the most prominent members of the Covington bar, honored by the profession and the public. . . . His parents were Samuel Q. RIchardson and Mary H. (Harrison) Richardson, and the former was a distinguished lawyer who, during his residence in Frankfort, enjoyed an extensive practice in the court of appeals. Robert C. Richardson was left an orphan at an early age, but acquired a good education and graduated in the academical department of Transylvania University in 1846. After reading law with Judge George Robertson, of Lexington, he was graduated in the law department of his alma mater in 1848 and was admitted to the bar in Lexington. In 1850 he removed to Covington, where for forty-six years he was engaged in the practice of his chosen profession, and during all that time he was regarded as one of the honorable and most capable members of the bar." [Source: "Richard Carter Richardson," in H. Levin (ed.), Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1897) ) (reprinted by Southern Historical Press, 1982)] Robert C. Richardson Robert
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