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Alice Haliburton <I>King</I> Richards

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Alice Haliburton King Richards

Birth
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Death
20 Oct 1936 (aged 76)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Jamaica, Queens County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Mrs. Alice Haliburton King Richards, descendant of Rufus King of Jamaica, was buried yesterday in the Grace Churchyard Cemetery, Jamaica.

Honorary pallbearers were Colonel Harris H. Dodge, superintendent of Mount Vernon’ James Young, Julian H. Washington, Charles C. Wall, Morley J. Williams, Gardener L. Boothe, William L. Hoover and C. Bruce Baird.

In 1927 Mrs. Richards was elected regent of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association for Maine after serving as vice-regent for 16 years. She was born in Manhattan on May 28, 1860, at Old Columbia College, of which her grandfather, Charles King, was president. Her great grandfather, was Rufus King, descended from the Rufus King who settled in Jamaica and was the first United States Minister of Great Britain.

She married in 1891 to James Gore King Richards of Manhattan. Surviving are her son, Commander Frederick G. Richards, U. S. N., and three grandsons.

The LONG ISLAND DAILY PRESS, Saturday, October 24, 1936
Mrs. Alice Haliburton King Richards, descendant of Rufus King of Jamaica, was buried yesterday in the Grace Churchyard Cemetery, Jamaica.

Honorary pallbearers were Colonel Harris H. Dodge, superintendent of Mount Vernon’ James Young, Julian H. Washington, Charles C. Wall, Morley J. Williams, Gardener L. Boothe, William L. Hoover and C. Bruce Baird.

In 1927 Mrs. Richards was elected regent of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association for Maine after serving as vice-regent for 16 years. She was born in Manhattan on May 28, 1860, at Old Columbia College, of which her grandfather, Charles King, was president. Her great grandfather, was Rufus King, descended from the Rufus King who settled in Jamaica and was the first United States Minister of Great Britain.

She married in 1891 to James Gore King Richards of Manhattan. Surviving are her son, Commander Frederick G. Richards, U. S. N., and three grandsons.

The LONG ISLAND DAILY PRESS, Saturday, October 24, 1936


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