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Richard Dale

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Richard Dale

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
17 Sep 1912 (aged 85)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec 18 Lot 57
Memorial ID
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Buried 20 Sep 1912

Richard was the son of Edward Crathorne Dale and Matilda Dale nee Evans. He was the grandson of "Commodore Richard Dale, the associate of John Paul Jones in the War of 1812."

Richard married Anna Stites Williamson on the 8 of Jan 1868 in Philadelphia. They had a son Edward C. Dale in 1874.

Richard was a "well-known banking financier in Philadelphia. He was a Director of Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad, a Reading Company subsidiary. Richard was also on the Board of Directors of the Adams Express Company and he sat on several boards of the companies of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. Additionally, he was the Vice President of the Reliance Insurance Company."

Richard was just as "well known as the President of the Order of the Cincinnati. He possessed the sword of Commodore John Paul Jones which had been received from Louis XIV of France for his valiant services in the Mediterranean Sea."

Cause of death: Acute Nephritis

Photo from Laurel Hill Cemetery database.
Other sources: 19 Sep 1912 Obituary in The New York Times; 1880 Census; Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963; Laurel Hill Cemetery burial records.
Buried 20 Sep 1912

Richard was the son of Edward Crathorne Dale and Matilda Dale nee Evans. He was the grandson of "Commodore Richard Dale, the associate of John Paul Jones in the War of 1812."

Richard married Anna Stites Williamson on the 8 of Jan 1868 in Philadelphia. They had a son Edward C. Dale in 1874.

Richard was a "well-known banking financier in Philadelphia. He was a Director of Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad, a Reading Company subsidiary. Richard was also on the Board of Directors of the Adams Express Company and he sat on several boards of the companies of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. Additionally, he was the Vice President of the Reliance Insurance Company."

Richard was just as "well known as the President of the Order of the Cincinnati. He possessed the sword of Commodore John Paul Jones which had been received from Louis XIV of France for his valiant services in the Mediterranean Sea."

Cause of death: Acute Nephritis

Photo from Laurel Hill Cemetery database.
Other sources: 19 Sep 1912 Obituary in The New York Times; 1880 Census; Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963; Laurel Hill Cemetery burial records.


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  • Created by: CJWhite
  • Added: Mar 10, 2019
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197445655/richard-dale: accessed ), memorial page for Richard Dale (22 Jan 1827–17 Sep 1912), Find a Grave Memorial ID 197445655, citing Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by CJWhite (contributor 49532475).