Milo Barnum Richardson
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Milo Barnum Richardson was president of the Barnum Richardson Company. He served as a state representative and a state senator. Richardson was the son of industrialist Leonard Richardson. Milo B. Richardson served on the Connecticut Board of World's Fair Commissioners at the World's Columbian Exposition
of 1893. He was also the first cousin of Ada Willard Richardson, the daughter of renowned building contractor William Douglas Richardson, and who married Illinois
banker George Wallace Bunn, Sr. (See: John Whitfield Bunn and Jacob Bunn).
World's Columbian Exposition
The World's Columbian Exposition was a World's Fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. Chicago bested New York City; Washington, D.C.; and St...
of 1893. He was also the first cousin of Ada Willard Richardson, the daughter of renowned building contractor William Douglas Richardson, and who married Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
banker George Wallace Bunn, Sr. (See: John Whitfield Bunn and Jacob Bunn).