Catherine I. (Smith) Richards (1878)

Born 16 Jun 1878 in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Wife of Herbert S. Richards — married 25 Nov 1896 in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Birth:
Catherine ("Kate") I. Smith, daughter of George W, Smith and Aurelia Bogart, was born at Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts on 16 June 1878.^[1]

Marriage:
Catherine I. Smith, age 18, daughter of George W. and Aurelia C. (Bogart) Smith married Herbert S. Richards, age 25, a farmer, son of Francis Richards and Miriam Tirrill, at Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts on 25 November 1896. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ The Vital Records of Cummington, Massachusetts 1762–1900, William W. Streeter and Daphne H. Morris, 1979, p. 70. "SMITH, Kate, [Catherine I., P.R. 2], dau. of George W., laborer, (b. in Huntington), and Marilla B., [probable error for Aurelia], (b. in Adams), June 16, 1878." NOTE: "P.R. 2" refers to "Private Record; family genealogy and cemetery records compiled about 1955 by Ralph Mason, Mabel Mason, and John May; 19 vol. of looseleaf notebooks, now located in files of Cummington Historical Commission in the Community House and in the attic of the Kingston Tavern Museum."
2. ↑ The Vital Records of Cummington, Massachusetts 1762–1900, William W. Streeter and Daphne H. Morris, 1979, p. 149. "RICHARDS, Herbert S., 25, farmer, b. in Cumm., s. of Francis O. and Merriam A, (Tirrill), and Catherine I. Smith, 18, of Cumm., b. in Cumm., dau. of George W. and Aurelia C. (Bogart), Nov. 25, 1896."