Richards, George H. (1818-1905)

Name:

Richards, George H. (1818-1905)

Title:

Member, Forest Tree Society
Member, New Hampshire House of Representative, 1862-63
President, City Council, City of Keene, 1881

Other Names:

Richards, George Hale

Born:

08/27/1818

Birthplace:

Rowley, MA

Died:

06/26/1905

Death Location:

Keene, NH

Residence:

Rowley,MA
Providence, RI 1843
Keene, NH 1843-1905

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Jeweler 1847-1890
Merchant

Father:

Richards, Moses (1786-1865)

Mother:

Hale, Hannah (1790-1881)

Relations:

Brother-in-law of Edward Poole (1812-1847), jeweler

Spouse:

(1) Wilder, Hepzibah, 1843
(2) Woodward, Sarah Elizabeth, 1865

Children:

Frank L., born May 10, 1845
George Hale, born August 13, 1846
Jane, born December 1, 1848; died August 4, 1869
Louis M., born June 30, 1851; died 1945
Mary Ann, born March 25, 1853; died 1855
Clara Hale born May 14, 1855; died 1880
Emma A., born May 26, 1857; died 1919
Charles E., born August 1859
John Warner, born July 30, 1863; died 1864

William Andrew, born 1871; died 1926
Alfred Woodward, born 1874; died 1920

Notes:

Simon G. Griffin, A History of the Town History of Keene, From 1732, When the Township was Granted by Massachusetts, to 1874, when It Became a City. (Keene, NH: Sentinel Publishing Company, 1904), 448, 451, 466, 576, 659, 675.

Charles S. Parsons, New Hampshire Silver. (Cranbury, NJ: Adams Brown Company, 1983), 120.

Moses H. Wilder, Book of the Wilders: A Contribution to the History of the Wilders, From 1497, in England... (New York: Edward O. Jenkins, 1878), 186, 187.

"Married," New Hampshire Sentinel, Keene, NH, July 26, 1843, 9.

"Geo. H. Richards" Advertisement, New Hampshire Sentinel, Keene, NH, September 9, 1847, 1.

Deaths, Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives

Woodland Cemetery, Keene, NH