Metadata
Title
Richards, Samuel R.
Member Number
442
Last Name
Richards
First Name
Samuel
Middle Name
R.
Birth Date
6/25/1817
Deceased Date
5/12/1896
Descendant
Ron Birch - cruising@adelphia.net
Date Elected
5/2/1877
Business Address
256 North 20th Street
Project
no known listings
Reference
City Directory - 1850 - Samuel, carpenter, rear Palmer above Duke (Kensington) 1854 - Samuel R., carpenter, 19 Rittenhouse ----------------------- See clipping in Stacy Reeves member folder on labor demands of Carpenters' Union No. 8. ---------------------- Ancestry.com Phila. City Directory - 1890 Richards & Shourds (Samuel R. Richards & Thompson Sshourds), carpenters, 1125 Sheaff Samuel R. Richards (Richards & Shourds); Home: 1541 N. 12th. Samuel R. Richards, Jr., clerk; Home:2224 Wallace ---------------------- E-mail in file from descendant, Ron Birch: Lived in Leroy (now named Westfield Center), at the time of death. Occupation listed as insurance agent in 1870 census. His daughter Cora married Ernest Walter Birch, my great great grandfather; married to Amy Eggeston.
File Number
L
Grantor Records Notes
Many listings but none for "Samuel R." Possibly the Recorder of Deeds simply chose not to use the initial; unfortunately, no consistent pattern on this practice. Also listings for Sarah.