Lemuel Richards (abt. 1809 - 1887)

Born about 14 Sep 1809 in Bristol, Lincoln, ME

Ancestors

Husband of Ann Margaret Tibbetts (Sibley) Richards — married 6 Nov 1834 in Bristol, Lincoln, ME

Descendants

Died 7 Nov 1887 at about age 78 in Kennebunk, York, ME

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Biography

Born in Bristol, ME and received his medical degree at Bowdoin College. He and his family lived in Bowdoinham until 1857 and then moved to Kennebunk where he opened an apothecary. He was a devout Methodist. He died in 1887 at the age of 78 and was buried in Hope Cemetery in Kennebunk.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ <"Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4ZX-R4X : 11 February 2018), Lemuel Richards, 07 Nov 1887; citing reference yr 1729-1892 p 67; FHL microfilm 11,326.

• Source: Andrew Walker Diaries, Jan 1 1851 - Aug 13, 1897 by Andrew Walker (1808 - 1899). Photocopied in 1986 through efforts by Louise Walker Day, then indexed in 1994 by Leopold E. Hefner and bound in hardcopy. Also available by microfilm.
• Source: The history of the town of Bowdoinham, 1762-1912. Fairfield, Me.: Fairfield Pub. Co., 1912.
• Source: Gilpatric, George A.. The village of Kennebunk, Maine : interesting facts from old documents and maps, and observations by the author. Kennebunk, Me.: Star Print, 1935.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VM-B6G : 9 November 2014), Lemuel Richards, Bowdoinham, Lincoln, Maine, United States; citing family 47, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDC9-L1Q : 30 December 2015), Lemuel Richards, 1860.
• Christine Huston Dodge, Editor, Vital records of Old Bristol and Nobleboro in the county of Lincoln, Maine: including the present towns of Bremen,Damariscotta, South Bristol, and the Plantation of Monhegan, 2 (Brunswick, ME: the Record Press, 1947), II: 255.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95952831/lemuel-richards : accessed 10 June 2020), memorial page for Dr Lemuel Richards (14 Sep 1809–7 Nov 1887), Find a Grave Memorial no. 95952831, citing Hope Cemetery, Kennebunk, York County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by 60decibels (contributor 47918068) .