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UPON HIS RETURN TO PORT BYRON, RICHARD WAS AGAIN EMPLOYED AT THE BURHAN'S CARRIAGE SHOP AND CONTINUED TO MAKE WAGONS AND SUPPORT HIS FAMILY.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT DURING THE WAR RICHARD SENT HIS ARMY PAY HOME, RETAINING ONLY A DOLLAR OR TWO FROM EACH PAY FOR HIS PERSONAL NEEDS.
IN MAY OF 1870, RICHARD MARRIED ELIZABETH DAY. OF THIS UNION, EIGHT CHILDREN WERE BORN.
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WEDDING PICTURE
RICHARD & ELIZABETH
MAY, 1870
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IN 1876 RICHARD PURCHASED THE PORT BYRON COAL AND LUMBER BUSINESS FROM R.W. STILLWELL. EVENTUALLY HIS SON HARRY JOINED HIM IN THE BUSINESS AND AFTER RICHARDS DEATH IN 1914 CONTINUED TO RUN THE BUSINESS UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1938.
DURING THE PERIOD FROM HIS RETURN TO PORT BYRON AND HIS DEATH IN 1914, RICHARD WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE G.A.R. AND TRAVELED, AS A DELEGATE FROM LOCKWOOD POST #175, TO MOST OF THE ANNUAL ENCAMPMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
RICHARD BECAME VERY ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HE SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS, WAS PRESIDENT OF THE PORT BYRON TELEPHONE CO., SUPERVISOR OF MT. PLEASANT CEMETERY, OVERSEER OF THE POOR AND PRESIDENT OF THE VILLAGE SEVERAL TERMS.
WHEN RICHARD PASSED AWAY IN 1914 HE LEFT TWO SONS, HARRY AND IRVIN, THREE DAUGHTERS, ALICE, ADDIE & MARY AND HIS WIFE OF 44 YEARS ELIZABETH.
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RICHARD AND ELIZABETH'S HOME
MAIN STREET, PORT BYRON, N.Y.
BUILT IN 1880
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