William Richeson was a surgeon for the 73 and later became the Surgeon General for the
State of Minnesota. He was born June 21, 1935 in Wayne Co OH. He went to school in
Fredricksburgh OH and taught there three years.
He then studied medicine with a Dr. T. H. Baker of Wooster, OH and was graduated from
the
Medical college of Ohio. In the spring of 1863 he entered the army as a surgeon. He served
for two years.
After the war he moved to St Paul MN and married and had three children. His wife was the
daughter of another officer of the Civil War Col. Wm Given of the 102nd.