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“RICHARD EDWARDS CHISLETT ENTERED TROY POLYTECHNIC IN 1872. IN 1876 HE TOURED CANADA
AND VISITED HIS UNCLE THE HONERABLE ALBERT NORTON RICHARDS, WHO WAS FOR FIFTEEN
YEARS GOVERNOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. WITH HIS YOUNGEST BROTHER, FREDRICK, RICHARD
ENTERED THE HARDWARE TRADE, MOVING TO LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WHERE THEY ESTABLISHED A
BUSINESS. HOWEVER, THE BROTHERS DID NOT REMAIN IN LINCOLN, AND AFTER TWO YEARS
DISPOSED OF THEIR ENTERPRISE AND RETURNED TO INDIANAPOLIS AND RESUMED THEIR FORMER
OCCUPATION OF TRAVELING SALESMEN. RICHARD MARRIED MARY B. RENSHAW OF PITTSBURGH IN
1880. MARY WAS THE ELDEST DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. JOHN A. RENSHAW; MR. RENSHAW WAS
A SENIOR PARTNER IN A LARGE WHOLESALE AND GROCERY BUSINESS. ON THE DEATH OF HIS
FATHER-IN-LAW RICHARD MOVED TO PITTSBURGH AND BECAME A PARTNER IN JOHN R. RENSHAW
AND COMPANY. WHILST IN PITTSBURGH, HE ALIGNED HIMSELF WITH THE SHADYSIDE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND WAS MADE A DEACON IN 1912.”
In 1880 when RICHARD EDWARDS was 25, he married MARY B. RENSHAW, in PITTSBURGH, PA. Born
in PITTSBURGH, PA. MARY B. died on 7 Dec 1922 in PITTSBURGH, PA.
BOTH MARY AND HER HUSBAND RICHARD EDWARDS ARE BURIED IN CROWN HILL CEMETERY,
INDIANAPOLIS, IND
They had the following children:
382 i. MARGARET (1881-)
383 ii. REBECCA FEREE (1884-1984)
384 iii. JOHN RENSHAW (1885-1938)
199. JOHN CHISLETT (FREDRICK WILLIAM 5, SARAH CHAFFEY 4, RICHARD 3, BENJAMIN 2, RICHARD 1).
Born on 6 Feb 1856.
200. FREDRICK VAN DOREN CHISLETT (FREDRICK WILLIAM 5, SARAH CHAFFEY 4, RICHARD 3,
BENJAMIN 2, RICHARD 1). Born on 28 Jul 1860 in DUBUQUE, IOWA. FREDRICK VAN DOREN died on 8
Mar 1897; he was 36.
FREDERICK VAN DOREN AND HIS WIFE KATHERINE ARE BOTH BURIED IN THE CROWN HILL CEMETERY
IN INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
FREDRICK VAN DOREN married KATHERINE ELSTON. KATHERINE died in 1904.
201. PHOEBE RICHARDS (ELLEN CHAFFEY CHISLETT 5, SARAH CHAFFEY 4, RICHARD 3, BENJAMIN 2,
RICHARD 1). Born on 9 Jun 1855 in BROCKVILLE, CANADA. PHOEBE died in BROCKVILLE, CANADA,
on 13 Nov 1862; she was 7.
202. SARAH ANN RICHARDS (ELLEN CHAFFEY CHISLETT 5, SARAH CHAFFEY 4, RICHARD 3, BENJAMIN 2,
RICHARD 1). Born on 25 Feb 1857 in BROCKVILLE, CANADA. SARAH ANN died in BROCKVILLE,
CANADA, on 25 Apr 1860; she was 3.
203. ALBERT C. RICHARDS (ELLEN CHAFFEY CHISLETT 5, SARAH CHAFFEY 4, RICHARD 3, BENJAMIN 2,
RICHARD 1). Born on 28 Jan 1859 in BROCKVILLE, CANADA. ALBERT C. died in BROCKVILLE,
CANADA, on 15 Mar 1860; he was 1.
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