Richard H. Eddy was born in Portsmouth England on April 28 1848 where he lived with his parents and where he received his early education as well as his early training in mechanism. When 18 years old he came to America, going first to Northern Michigan on Lake Superior and finally locating at Marquette where he was employed as a cabinet maker. In 1871 he came to Kansas and secured a position as foreman of buildings on the Kansas City Ft. Scott and Gulf to R. R. After remaining on the road about a year he came to Gardner where he located and worked as architect and builder, building a great many fine buildings all through Johnson County, building a great many fine homes in Olathe and in and around Gardner. On April 17, 1873 he was married to Sarah Ellen Humbert of Lanesfield Ks. and to this union were born three daughters, Neva and Pearl who died in Topeka and Mabel who is now Mrs. Mabel Simmons of Severy Kansas. In 1892 on account of being able to give his children better educational advantages he moved to Topeka. Soon after locating in Topeka he was employed to superintend work in the State House and he remained there doing all kinds of cabinet work, through the different offices and refinishing both the Senate Chamber and Representative Hall in 1898. He worked there for about 20 years and also did find piano work refinishing all kinds of musical instruments along with his other work but his health began fail and he then took up Lodge work and helped organize Council No 5 Sons and Daughters of Justice and was district manager of Brotherhood of Americas Yeomen Lodge. In 1899 his wife died and in 1901 he was married to Mrs. Amy Fusen who died in San Diego Cal. in 1917. In the fall of 1913 he and his wife moved to San Diego to make their home and on Feb. 28th, 1918 he telegraphed his daughter Mabel to California and him back to Kansas. to spend the rest of his life but the good Lord did not will so and he lived only one and one half weeks after she arrived and died of valvular heart trouble at his home in San Diego on March 10th 1918 and his daughter brought back his remains to Topeka where they buried him in the Topeka Cemetery with his first wife and daughters. The funeral services where held at the Penwell Undertaking Chapel on March 20th and Dr. A. S. Embree had charge of the services at the Chapel and the I. 0. 0. F. took charge at grave. Beside his daughter, Mabel he leaves a sister Mrs. E. J. Nelson of Dubois, Penn. and 7 grandchildren and a host of friends. Had he lived until April 28th he would have been 70 years old.

Gardner Gazette, Gardner Kansas, June 7, 1918