His mother died 12 days following his birth and he was taken to be nurtured by her oldest living sister, Mary Ellen Lowe Ward.
Mary Ellen was carrying her 10th child at the time, who was born a month after tiny Richard's death.
Buried in the Alfred Ward Family Lot:
At his death, Richard was buried alongside Alfred and Mary Ellen's 14 month old son, George Eli Ward, who had accidentally drowned in 1883.
His mother died 12 days following his birth and he was taken to be nurtured by her oldest living sister, Mary Ellen Lowe Ward.
Mary Ellen was carrying her 10th child at the time, who was born a month after tiny Richard's death.
Buried in the Alfred Ward Family Lot:
At his death, Richard was buried alongside Alfred and Mary Ellen's 14 month old son, George Eli Ward, who had accidentally drowned in 1883.
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RICHARD DARINGTON
AUG. 1886
JAN 2, 1887
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