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APPENDIX A: DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR INDIVIDUALS INTERRED IN THE RICHARDS FAMILY VAULT
BURIAL
#

NAME
(HISTORIC
DOCUMENTATION)

FAMILY RELATION TO
ALFRED RICHARDS

DATE
OF
DEATH

AGE IN
YEARS

ANCESTRY
SEX
(HISTORIC
DOCUMENTATION)

1

Marion Grace Richards

Daughter with Second Wife

1863

3

White

F

2

Elizabeth Jane Catherine Richards

First Wife

1851

25

White

F

3

Grace Louise Helen Richards

Grandaughter from Third Wife 1908

7 months 21 days White

F

4A

Ida Richards

Daughter with Third Wife

1884

4

White

F

4B

Unknown

Unknown

N/A

fetus

White

N/A

5

Grace Louise Montgomery Richards Second Wife

1865

39

White

F

6

Alfred Richards

(Patriarch)

1894

72

White

M

7

Mary Alice Richards

Third Wife

1892

48

White

F

8

Unknown

Unknown

N/A

3-4 months

Probable White

N/A

9

Empty Chamber

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

10

Daughter of Joan Richards Galliher

Unknown

1952

N/A

White

F

11

Edward Noble Richards

Son with Third Wife

1908

33

White

M

12

Unknown

Unknown

N/A

5-6 months

Probable White

N/A

13

Empty Chamber

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

14

Empty Chamber

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

15

Paul Harvey Cushing Richards

Grandson from Third Wife

1920

13

White

M

16

Empty Chamber

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Note: Burials highlighted in

were not exhumed from the vault. Burials highlighted in

were empty and no skeletal remains were evident.

APPENDIX B: STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS
Stable Isotope Results for the Richards Family Vault in Congressional Cemetery, Washington D.C.

Date of Death and Carbon in Bone Collagen

Date of Death and Nitrogen in Bone Collagen

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