Julius C. Richardson is one of Alabama's younger men who have attained
distinction at the bar and in the field of  politics.  He is the son of
Rev. Simon Peter Richardson and Mary E.(Arledge) Richardson.  His
father was a noted Baptist preacher in his time, well known throughout
the south for his uncompromizing attitude toward "the flesh and the
devil."  The island of Key West, Fla., was the place where Julius C.
Richardson first saw the light, the time being on the 18th of  April,
1851.

Coming to Alabama when a young man, Mr. Richardson was educated at the
A. & M. college at Auburn. Ala., at Summerfield Institute, and at the
Southern University, at Greensboro.  At this point it, became necessary
to supply himself with some of the sinews of war before he could
prepare for his chosen profession, and the school-room, that stepping
stone to future greatness, and the poor young man's treasury where he
may honorably replenish his exhausted exchequer, found in him an
earnest and successful teacher.  In 1872 he became a matriculate of the
law department of the Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., taking
the bachelor's degree there the following year.

After prospecting some little, in January, 1874, he selected
Greenville as a location and immediately entered upon a successful
career, though he had for his associates such talented lawyers as
Hilary A. Herbert, Judge John K. Henry, Thos. J. Judge, and others not
less renowned, and at this time (1892) he is the acknowledged leader
of a bar made illustrious by the names of Watts, Crenshaw, Porter and
Lomax.  His success is due to a keen perception of right, the ability
to sift a case thoroughly, selecting its strongest points, and a
tenacity of purpose which stops not short of a favorable decision.

Mr. Richardson's reputation at the bar soon brought him the offer of
political honors, but he could not be prevailed upon to accept until a
vacancy occurred in the state senate in 1886, caused by the death of
Judge John K. Henry.  Mr. Richardson was selected to fill
out the unexpired term.  Of this selection the Montgomery Advertiser
said: "He is a source of pride and pleasure to his friends, throughout
the state.  As a public man be has always been upright, honest and
true, and his ability to fill the honorable position to which he has
been called by the people of his district is unquestioned and
unquestionable."  During the session he proved himself thoroughly alive
to the interests of his district and, as a member of the joint
committee of the house and senate on the revision of the code of
Alabama, rendered much valuable service by his entire familiarity with
the subject in all its intricate details.

In writing of him at this time, a biographer remarks that "no man of
his age has been more successful.  He has the quickest and acutest
perception, and is possessed of a mind thoroughly trained and
organized for the law, which he loves for its own sake.  He is a
brilliant conversationalist, an extensive miscel1aneous reader, an
eloquent speaker and writer, and possesses great dignity of
character."  In literature, Mr. Richardson is an acknowledged
connoisseur.  At his office he  has one of the finest and most complete
law libraries in the state.  At his  house he duplicates this, and adds
all the best authors to be found in the field of good books.

In November of 1874, Mr. Richardson was married to Miss Bettie McCall,
one of Greenville's worthy and accomplished young ladies, the daughter
of D. T. McCall, Esq., a representative of an old and highly respected
family of Butler.  Two children were born to the union: Terry M.
Richardson and Mack Richardson.  In 1891, the wife and mother entered
upon that life in whose pleasures we may not participate till the
"golden thread be broken."  Mrs. R. was a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church, and is remembered as an earnest christian woman,
whose delight was charity, and whose devotion to home, husband and
children was of that type which secures a place in the memory of all
with whom she came in contact.