Kenton County, KY - Bios:  Richardson, Robert S.
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Robert S. RICHARDSON 3735, Kenton Co. 

Surname: Richardson, Osborn, Swetnan, Watson, McKay, Stone

Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887, Kenton Co.

ROBERT S. RICHARDSON, a farmer and tobacco dealer in Kenton County, Ky., was born in Kenton 
County September 22, 1836. He is a son of Noble and Malinda (Osborn) Richardson. Noble 
Richardson was the son of John Richardson, a native of Maryland, and a Revolutionary soldier. 
He came to Kenton County, Ky., in about 1793, where he lived and died. Malinda Osborn was a 
daughter of Sinclair Osborn, of Orange County, Va., who came to Kentucky at an early date, 
and settled in Kenton County. Noble Richardson was a farmer, and politically he was a 
Republican. He had two children: Robert S. and John T. The latter and both of the parents 
are dead. Our subject, Robert S., was brought up on the farm, and received a common-school 
education. He has followed farming all his life, and since 1866 he has been devoting 
considerable attention to the tobacco business, handling annually from 50 to 100 hogsheads. 
He settled where he now resides in 1873, and has 193 acres of land; also another valuable 
tract in Kenton County of 100 acres. February 14, 1861, he was married to Octavia Swetnam, 
a daughter of John and Melvina (Watson) Swetnam. To this union one child was born--Octavia. 
Mr. Richardson's wife died April 9, 1864, and February 9, 1869, he married Cerogordo Swetnam, 
a sister of his first wife. One child was born to them--Ralph N. His second wife died August 
11, 1884, and December 30, 1885, he married Edith McKay, a daughter of Jonathan M. and Sarah A. 
(Stone) McKay. Mr. Richardson was a Master Mason, a member of the F. & M. and also of the I.O.O.F.