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Richard Hovey

Birth: 4 May 1864
Normal, McLean County, Illinois, USA
Death: 24 Feb 1900 (aged 35)
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Burial: Ridgewood Cemetery

North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 42.6803559, Longitude: -71.1031913
Memorial ID: 68843067 View Source

Born in Normal, Illinois in 1864, to General Charles Edward Hovey and Harriet Farnham Spofford Hovey. Attended Dartmouth College. He published his first poems in 1890. Hovey travelled Europe with Henrietta Knapp Russell, with whom he had a son. Hovey died after surgery in New York City in 1900.
Biography: Richard Hovey, Man And Craftsman by Allan MacDonald. Duke University Press, 1957.
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Born in Normal, Illinois in 1864, to General Charles Edward Hovey and Harriet Farnham Spofford Hovey. Attended Dartmouth College. He published his first poems in 1890. Hovey travelled Europe with Henrietta Knapp Russell, with whom he had a son. Hovey died after surgery in New York City in 1900.
Biography: Richard Hovey, Man And Craftsman by Allan MacDonald. Duke University Press, 1957.
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Link to father provided by contributor 47990514
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see http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Illinois/_Texts/DRUOIH/Central_Illinois/9*.html

Family Members

Parents

Spouse

Henrietta Knapp Hovey

1849–1918 (m. 1894)

Siblings

Alfred "Fred" Hovey

1859–1946

Children

Julian R Hovey

1892–1958

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Maintained by: Homeboss
Originally Created by: teck
Added: Apr 23, 2011
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68843067/richard-hovey: accessed ), memorial page for Richard Hovey (4 May 1864–24 Feb 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 68843067, citing Ridgewood Cemetery, North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Homeboss (contributor 48489796).

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