Richard B. Tibbetts (1877 - 1972)

Born 8 Feb 1877 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United States

Died 24 Jan 1972 at age 94 in Norwich, Connecticut

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Biography

Richard B. "Burn" Tibbetts was born in about 1878, possibly in Rhode Island and was the son of Frederick M. Tibbetts and Sylphia Ann (Potter) Tibbetts. He lived in Salem Connecticut on what is now (in 2017) Rattlesnake Ledge Road in a house that his father had built c. 1878.

Burn Tibbetts was the treasurer of the Salem Grange for 40 years. He died on January 24, 1972 at the age of 94 in Norwich, Connecticut.

He was buried at the Wesley Brown Cemetery in Salem, Connecticut

Sources

• Papers belonging to Tiff Bingham: An account of Don Fraser's visit with Richard B. Tibbetts. The account was sent to Robert H. McCall from Don's son, Duncan Fraser, on Dec 5, 1998.

• Link to his gravestone on Findagrave.com: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27110528&ref=acom

• Obituary- news clipping. No paper name attached. Richard Tibbetts, Salem.