SNYDERS FATHER IN LAW DIED IN REHOBOTH

FORREST SNYDER'S FATHER IN LAW

HIRIAM KELLY RICHARDSON

AGE 94

DIES IN REHOBOTH BEACH

Hiram Kelley Richardson, age 94, the oldest member of the Lions Club in the

country, died today at the home of his son in law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Snyder

owner of the Rehoboth Avenue confectionery shop and newspaper store, Red Star and

Short Line bus station. Mr. Richardson had lived here for the past nine years.

He was a native of Berea, Kentucky and recalled many Civil War events.. At age

ten, he was 'captured' by Confederate soldiers at his home who had stopped by his house

for water, thought he 'knew too much' and had him accompany them. The boy began to cry

as General John Hunt Morgan, the commander of the troops rode up, and told him he would

not be bothered if the troops could take water. Mr. Richardson always wore a GAR button

and was the last surviving member of Lodge #7, A .J. Hanson Camp, sons of Veterans of

Berea.

A staunch Republican, Mr. Richardson, voted in 18 Presidential elections, casting

his first vote for Rutherford B. Hayes. He remembered the assassination of Lincoln, being

11 years old at the time. His grandmother, helped make the Union flag raised on Lookout

Mountain during the war.

His body was shipped to Kentucky for services and interment.

Surviving in addition to Mrs Snyder, are two other daughters, Mrs Roy Davis, Franklin,

Ohio,, Mrs Jon Cornet, Warren, Ohio, a son, John S. of Warren, Ohio.

Abstract: Wilmington Morning News, July 16, 1948.