REYNOLDS, Dr. Albert – A pioneer physician of Bowling Green, settling there in 1838, probably the third doctor in Woodford County's area. First was Dr. Hazzard, Germantown, 1836; second was probably Dr. William C. Anthony, Bowling Green, 1837.
When the railroad came through Kappa, Dr. Reynolds moved there, becoming its first physician in 1854, building an office that year. Addison Reynolds, possibly a son, was a farmer in Kansas Twp. Another son, Albert Reynolds, Jr. was a later El Paso doctor, who may have practiced with his father in Kappa before 1860.
RICHARDSON, Aaron Jr. and Martha J. McKee (1840-1921) – Aaron was born in Bowling Green on October 28, 1837, the son of Aaron and Mary Richardson, early pioneers there. He later owned land in Sections 7 and 12 of Palestine Twp. and died there September 30, 1918. He is buried in the Secor Cemetery.
RICHARDSON, Aaron A. Sr. and Mary – Aaron was born January 24, 1805 and died in Bowling Green on August 10, 1851. He is buried in the Bowling Green cemetery at the north edge of the village. Radford says he and his brother, James M. Richardson, arrived in 1831 and they soon opened a Bowling Green store, Woodford County's second. The first had been operated by Wilson Tucker at Metamora, for whom Lincoln once handled a case, the records being discovered and photographed by Attorney H. H. Baker. A son, Aaron Jr., was born in Bowling Green on October 28, 1837. Aaron Sr. was credited with "Richardson's Addition" to Bowling Green. The elder Aaron bought land in Section 6 of Kansas Twp. on January 18, 1840.
RICHARDSON, Charles R. and Sarah J. (1856-1884) – Probably one of the Bowling Green family of Richardsons, who became an early merchant in Secor in 1856-7. He patented the SW 1/4 of Section 5 in Greene Twp. on November 9, 1855, but sold it in less than a year. He is buried in the Secor Cemetery.
RICHARDSON, James M. and Nancy (1811-1886) – James was a brother of Aaron Senior, and became an 1831 resident at Bowling Green according to Radford, where he and Aaron Sr. operated a store, and James operated a gristmill and sawmill there. That store was the second in Woodford County (See Aaron Sr.). A son named William R. was born in Bowling Green on June 3, 1835. Probably among Bowling Green's first residents, James eventually owned considerable Palestine Twp. land in Sections 8, 9 and 19, moving from the dying town out onto the prairie. He also owned Kansas Twp. land which he purchased in Section 6 on January 18, 1840. James Madison Richardson was born June 10, 1810, and was named for the man then the 4th President of the U. S. He died near Secor on August 12, 1875 and is buried in that cemetery.
RICHARDSON, William R. and Nancy Butler (1832-1906) – William was born June 3, 1835, probably at Bowling Green, and died May 15, 1907. He is buried in the Secor Cemetery. He was probably Palestine Twp.'s oldest life-long resident.
RITTER, S. and L. S. (wife) – Lived along the Mackinaw in 1858.
ROBESON, Columbus A. and Susan F. Haynes – C. A. Robeson was born in Bowling Green on November 2, 1841, the son of James and Jane Earle Robeson. He was born in a log cabin. Attending Eureka College in the late ‘50's, he enlisted in Company E. 11th Cavalry, the Regiment commanded by Colonel