Richard Hummel1
M, #3292, b. 1826, d. 6 October 1880
- Birth*: 18261,2
- Marriage*: 18 September 1855; Spouse: Eliza Isett Bucher1,2
- Death*: 6 October 1880; Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania; Obituary in Harrisburg Patriot, published 7 Oct 1880, page 1.3
- Burial*: 8 October 1880; Mt. Kalma, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania; age 55 yrs4
Last Edited: 5 Apr 2018
Charts:
Parents:
Father: Valentine Hummel1 b. 7 Feb 1787, d. 4 Sep 1870
Mother: Elisabeth Walborn1 b. c 1792, d. 25 Oct 1862
Mother: Elisabeth Walborn1 b. c 1792, d. 25 Oct 1862
Family:
Eliza Isett Bucher b. 8 Jun 1834
- Marriage*: 18 September 1855; Spouse: Eliza Isett Bucher1,2
Children:
Eleanor Bucher Hummel2 b. 23 Jun 1856, d. 24 Mar 1858
Elizabeth Bucher Hummel+2 b. 24 Dec 1857, d. 3 May 1892
Valentine Hummel+2 b. 4 May 1859, d. 22 Dec 1901
Richard Henry Hummel2 b. 9 Sep 1860, d. 12 Jun 1902
John Bucher Hummel2 b. 4 Feb 1864, d. 18 Jul 1887
Elizabeth Bucher Hummel+2 b. 24 Dec 1857, d. 3 May 1892
Valentine Hummel+2 b. 4 May 1859, d. 22 Dec 1901
Richard Henry Hummel2 b. 9 Sep 1860, d. 12 Jun 1902
John Bucher Hummel2 b. 4 Feb 1864, d. 18 Jul 1887
Notes
- Note*: Yale law degree.
Lumber business in 1854 with father and William Kerr, at Bridgeport.
Director of the Harrisburg gas company.
Director of the Harrisburg bank.5 - Note: Richard H. Hummel
died 6 Oct 1880
aged 54 years6 - Note: In court news section, the trustee of the estate of the late Richard h. Hummel presented his confirmed account. The only remaining heir Valentine Lorne Hummel, had reached his majority. He received one third of the estate, consisting mostly of lands across the river. The other legatees were his two cousins, formerly Misses Eliza and Helen Fendrick, each of whom was bequeathed one-third of the estate.7
- Note: 1880 US Census - Harrisburg
Richard H. Hummel 53 [b. abt 1827]
Eliza Hummel 46 [b. abt 1834]
Elisabeth Hummel 22 [b. abt 1858]
Valentine Hummel 21 [b. abt 1859]
Richard H. Hummel 19 [b. abt 1861]
John B. Hummel 16 [b. abt 1864]
1900 US Census - Harrisburg
Richard Hummel 39, head
Eliza B Hummel 65, mother
Eliza H Fendrick 17, niece
Helen R Fendrick 16, niece
1910 US Census - Harrisburg
Eliza B Hummel 75, head
Helen R Donaldson 27, granddaughter, b. abt 1883
John A Donaldson 29, grandson, b. abt 1881
Valentine L Hummel 21, grandson, b. abt 18898
Citations
- [S76] Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia Of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Containing Sketches Of Prominent And Representative Citizens, And Many Of The Early Scotch-Irish And German Settlers; Illustrated (Chambersburg, Pa.: J.M. Runk & Company, 1896), p. 123.
- [S142] Egle, William Henry, Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg: 1896), Section on Eliza Isett Bucher, p. 137-138..
- [S519] Website GenealogyBank.com
- [S62] Church records 1825-1927, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. FHL microfilm #1723605. It 4 F Burials p. 284.
- [S519] Website GenealogyBank.com, Obituary in Harrisburg Patriot, published 7 Oct 1880, page 1.
- [S155] Find A Grave; url: http://www.findagrave.com/ Richard H. Hummel. Harrisburg Cemetery, tombstone photo.
- [S321] Newspapers.com URL https://www.newspapers.com. Harrisburg Daily Independent, 22 May 1911, p. 6.
- [S500] US Census, viewed on Ancestry.com.