Was a farmer in Knox, New York. In the 1870 and 1880 census reports he is listed living next door to his family as a farm laborer for the Murphy family.
Sources
William Henry Van Benschoten, Concerning the Van Buschoten or Van Benschoten Family in America, A Genealogy and Brief History (West Park-On-Hudson: 1907) Vol. II, p. 686.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTN-8RR : 12 April 2016), Richard Southwick, Knox, Albany, New York, United States; citing family 243, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K63W-ZVB : 13 March 2018), Richard Southwick, E.D. 2, Knox, Albany, New York, United States; citing p. , line #25, family #41, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 521,923.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZCT-NFR : 13 August 2017), Richard Southwick in household of William D Murphy, Knox, Albany, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 44, sheet 122C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0807; FHL microfilm 1,254,807.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS63-9VQ : accessed 2 June 2018), Richard Southwick in household of Edward Southwick, Guilderland Township, Election Districts 3-4 Altamont village, Albany, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 96, sheet 10B, family 258, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,007.
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