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The Portland Daily Press. May 16, 1890:
Daniel Thompson Richardson, who died at his residence at East Baldwin May 12th, was a remarkable man. He combined many qualities which tended to make him, all in all, perhaps, as valuable a citizen to the town of Baldwin as has ever lived there. He graduated at Bowdoin College in the class of 1841, with such distinguished men as Dr. H. T. Cummings, Washington Gilbert, Henry Ingalls, Arno Wiswell, and Ex-Governor Robie. He was an ardent Republican. In 1860 he represented his native town, Baldwin, in the legislature, and in 1865-6 was a member of the State Senate. He was trustee and clerk of the Baldwin parish and ministerial fund for 44 years, town clerk 30 years, a member of the town school committee 40 years, chairman of the selectmen 10 years, and postmaster 36 years. During the war he was assistant United States marshal, and in 1850 and 1870 took the United States census for his town. He was trial justice 35 years, and in trade 38 years, and taught 48 terms of school. He leaves a widow, five sons and three daughters to mourn his loss.
Although not a professional lawyer, his services as trial justice and adviser of his neighbors were, in many instances, of greater value than those of many professionals who have less knowledge of the law and the drafting of legal documents than he had. But it is as a teacher that many will remember him with the greatest fondness; for, in that capacity, he impressed himself upon those under his charge, in a manner which was oftentimes of more value than the mere learning of lessons. A most thorough mathematician, he was also so well versed in Latin and Greek that, up to the time of his death, he preserved not only his love for both, but an accurate knowledge of the same, and could translate readily the most difficult Latin sentence which could be brought to him. The public records kept by him in his various capacities, as also the accounts which he, from time to time, rendered in the Probate Court, are models of correctness. Although during his long experience he drew many legal documents, and some of a complicated nature, none were ever overthrown by any court. Living a life of usefulness for more than 50 years in one and the same neighborhood, he has left behind him nothing but pleasant memories. Thousands of school children will look back upon his earnest teachings and kindly solicitude with a thankfulness which years cannot dim.
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1815 - 1890 (74 years)
