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R. Richardson was born in Watertown, N. Y., March 20, 1835. He removed from there with his parents to Aurora, Ill., in 1843, and resided there until the breaking out of the war, enlisting in the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and serving during the war. He was engaged in the manufacture of sash, doors and blinds at Montgomery, Ill., until 1874, and then became connected with C. J. L. Meyer, of Fond du Lac, Wis., and Chicago, in the same business until 1880, when he associated himself with R. McMillen & Co., of Oshkosh, Wis., in the same business. In 1886 he located in Little Rock, in a general manufacturing and lumber business under the firm name of Richardson & Rutherford, their place of business being Sixth and Centre Streets. The value of the plant is $50,000, and the capital stock paid up is $40,000. About forty men are employed, with an outlay of $100,000 a year. The trade, which is rapidly increasing, is both wholesale and retail, and consists of all kinds of building material. Mr. Richardson was married at Elgin, Ill., in 1858, to Miss Eliza Akeis. Three children have blessed their union: Charles R. (connected with the Stock Exchange Telegraph of New York), William A. (cashier of sash, door and blind house of Palmer & Co., Chicago), and Harry (a young lad). Mr. Richardson is a Mason of the thirty-second degree; also an Odd Fellow and a Knight of Pythias.