Edward Richardson was an eastern man. He came to Genesee Grove in 1838; boarded with Mr. Colcord until his family came in 1839, when he lived in the same cabin with Uncle Watty Doud. Soon afterwards his wife died. He had one child - a daughter who married Charles Weed, and settled in Rock Island county. Mr. Richardson was the first Postmaster in Genesee Grove, in 1839. Soon after his wife's death his health failed, and he shortly afterwards died.
Bent & Wilson History of Whiteside County IL 1877
