Richard is also memorialized on another page on a cenotaph (meaning his remains were not located there.)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20076567/richard-ichord-brewster This is on the family stone at Goodwill Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Montgomery, Orange County, NY, with his parents, a paternal uncle, two of his brothers, one sister-in-law, and a sister.
Richard's obituary was printed in the New York Evening Post, on Friday, March 3, 1916 and can be found online at https://fultonhistory.com/newspaper%2010/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Post/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Post%201916%20Grayscale/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Post%201916%20Grayscale%20-%200241.pdf
It says the following:
"RICHARD I BREWSTER
Richard I. Brewster, vice-president of the Security Bank, of this city, died on Wednesday at the German Hospital. Mr. Brewster was born sixty-two years ago in Newburgh, N. Y. and began work when he was only eleven years old. He obtained a position in the sewing machine factory of Nathaniel H. Wheeler and remained there until the business was taken over by the Singer Sewing Machine Company. He then became connected with the old Fourteenth Street Bank, and later became its vice-president, a position he retained when the bank became the Security Bank. He was secretary and a director of the Acheson Harden Company and a director of the Thomas Carter Company. Mr. Brewster was unmarried."
Some added notes: Richard was actually just shy of being 62, according to his birth and death dates. In the 1910 census we find him as a "guest" at the Plaza Hotel, in Manhattan, three years after it opened. His occupation is "vice president, bank." Wikipedia says: "it was intended as a largely residential hotel at opening, although the terms for "hotel" and "apartment" were largely synonymous at the time.[176] Estimates held that ninety percent of the units were for long-term residents.[134][173][176] The owners charged short-term guests $2.50 nightly.
His death certificate shows him in 1916 living at the Hotel Wellington, 56th St and 7th Ave. Brewster family lore was that he might have died by suicide, but his death certificate shows that was not the case. Instead, he was ill for 10 days, and hospitalized with the "lobar pneumonia" causing his death, along with myocarditis (inflamation of the heart muscle.)
There is another story that a male relative had grown ill and old, purposely stayed out overnight in his long johns in the winter, caught pneumonia, did not recover, and died. Richard is the only male relative of the extended family who died in the winter Although he died on March 1 he had been ill for 10 days and died in a hospital. He was also living alone.
Family lore was also that he had died a pauper and that his belongings were sold to pay bills. Who knows? But it certainly seems that his living accommodations at The Plaza were the opposite of frugal, and he had moved to the Wellington, so perhaps he had been living beyond his means.
Although he never married, he appears to have been a helpful uncle to Arthur Brewster. He likely helped Art find jobs during Art's two stints in Bridgeport, CT, where Richard worked for the Wheeler Sewing Machine company, and next at the Acheson Harden Handkerchief company in Passaic, NJ, of which Richard was on the board. It was also the case, that, in 1889. Richard was appointed general guardian of the five children of his next older brother, John Q. Art was the youngest of these, and 11 years old at that time.
The following article has Richard I. Brewster as one of the participants. It is from the New York Times online archives (subscription), originally published Oct 15, 1910. (Found by Christopher Brewster and shared with cousin Susan Hopkins)
" ALIMONY FOR MRS. HARDEN. Court Orders Handkerchief Manufacturer to Pay Her $40 a Week.
Mrs. Leah HARDEN, who is being sued by James HARDEN, Jr. for divorce and has brought a counter-suit for separation, obtained a grant of $40 a week alimony yesterday in the Supreme Court pending trial of the actions. She says her husband is Secretary of the ACHESON HARDEN Company, which she describes as the largest manufacturer of handkerchiefs in the world, with factories in this city, Passaic, N. J., and Belfast. In the Belfast works she says 1,000 persons are employed. Her husband's income is $10,000 a year, she alleged.
HARDEN charges his wife with infidelity on three occasions with one Eugene BURR in Burr's own apartments, Broadway and 141st Street, while Mrs. Burr was in California. HARDEN, accompanied by RICHARD I. BREWSTER, Vice President of the Fourteenth Street Bank, and two other friends raided BURR's apartment on Aug. 4 last at midnight, he made affidavit. They found the apartment dark, and when after twenty minutes they gained admission they found Mrs. HARDEN and BURR. BURR, HARDEN said, was not full clothed, and Mrs. HARDEN's garments were not in a condition for appearing in public. HARDEN said she had told him that she was going to visit a friend at Larchmont.
Mrs. HARDEN explains that BURR and his wife were friends both of herself and her husband and that Burr had asked her to dine in his apartment, promising to take her to Larchmont by motor. She denied the charges of her husband, saying she was seated in the parlor when the raiding party broke in. She said that Harden's father had fomented dissensions between them and that her husband had told her that if she would go to Reno and get a divorce he would give her $2,5000 a year. This HARDEN denies."
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20076567/richard-ichord-brewster This is on the family stone at Goodwill Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Montgomery, Orange County, NY, with his parents, a paternal uncle, two of his brothers, one sister-in-law, and a sister.
Richard's obituary was printed in the New York Evening Post, on Friday, March 3, 1916 and can be found online at https://fultonhistory.com/newspaper%2010/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Post/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Post%201916%20Grayscale/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Post%201916%20Grayscale%20-%200241.pdf
It says the following:
"RICHARD I BREWSTER
Richard I. Brewster, vice-president of the Security Bank, of this city, died on Wednesday at the German Hospital. Mr. Brewster was born sixty-two years ago in Newburgh, N. Y. and began work when he was only eleven years old. He obtained a position in the sewing machine factory of Nathaniel H. Wheeler and remained there until the business was taken over by the Singer Sewing Machine Company. He then became connected with the old Fourteenth Street Bank, and later became its vice-president, a position he retained when the bank became the Security Bank. He was secretary and a director of the Acheson Harden Company and a director of the Thomas Carter Company. Mr. Brewster was unmarried."
Some added notes: Richard was actually just shy of being 62, according to his birth and death dates. In the 1910 census we find him as a "guest" at the Plaza Hotel, in Manhattan, three years after it opened. His occupation is "vice president, bank." Wikipedia says: "it was intended as a largely residential hotel at opening, although the terms for "hotel" and "apartment" were largely synonymous at the time.[176] Estimates held that ninety percent of the units were for long-term residents.[134][173][176] The owners charged short-term guests $2.50 nightly.
His death certificate shows him in 1916 living at the Hotel Wellington, 56th St and 7th Ave. Brewster family lore was that he might have died by suicide, but his death certificate shows that was not the case. Instead, he was ill for 10 days, and hospitalized with the "lobar pneumonia" causing his death, along with myocarditis (inflamation of the heart muscle.)
There is another story that a male relative had grown ill and old, purposely stayed out overnight in his long johns in the winter, caught pneumonia, did not recover, and died. Richard is the only male relative of the extended family who died in the winter Although he died on March 1 he had been ill for 10 days and died in a hospital. He was also living alone.
Family lore was also that he had died a pauper and that his belongings were sold to pay bills. Who knows? But it certainly seems that his living accommodations at The Plaza were the opposite of frugal, and he had moved to the Wellington, so perhaps he had been living beyond his means.
Although he never married, he appears to have been a helpful uncle to Arthur Brewster. He likely helped Art find jobs during Art's two stints in Bridgeport, CT, where Richard worked for the Wheeler Sewing Machine company, and next at the Acheson Harden Handkerchief company in Passaic, NJ, of which Richard was on the board. It was also the case, that, in 1889. Richard was appointed general guardian of the five children of his next older brother, John Q. Art was the youngest of these, and 11 years old at that time.
The following article has Richard I. Brewster as one of the participants. It is from the New York Times online archives (subscription), originally published Oct 15, 1910. (Found by Christopher Brewster and shared with cousin Susan Hopkins)
" ALIMONY FOR MRS. HARDEN. Court Orders Handkerchief Manufacturer to Pay Her $40 a Week.
Mrs. Leah HARDEN, who is being sued by James HARDEN, Jr. for divorce and has brought a counter-suit for separation, obtained a grant of $40 a week alimony yesterday in the Supreme Court pending trial of the actions. She says her husband is Secretary of the ACHESON HARDEN Company, which she describes as the largest manufacturer of handkerchiefs in the world, with factories in this city, Passaic, N. J., and Belfast. In the Belfast works she says 1,000 persons are employed. Her husband's income is $10,000 a year, she alleged.
HARDEN charges his wife with infidelity on three occasions with one Eugene BURR in Burr's own apartments, Broadway and 141st Street, while Mrs. Burr was in California. HARDEN, accompanied by RICHARD I. BREWSTER, Vice President of the Fourteenth Street Bank, and two other friends raided BURR's apartment on Aug. 4 last at midnight, he made affidavit. They found the apartment dark, and when after twenty minutes they gained admission they found Mrs. HARDEN and BURR. BURR, HARDEN said, was not full clothed, and Mrs. HARDEN's garments were not in a condition for appearing in public. HARDEN said she had told him that she was going to visit a friend at Larchmont.
Mrs. HARDEN explains that BURR and his wife were friends both of herself and her husband and that Burr had asked her to dine in his apartment, promising to take her to Larchmont by motor. She denied the charges of her husband, saying she was seated in the parlor when the raiding party broke in. She said that Harden's father had fomented dissensions between them and that her husband had told her that if she would go to Reno and get a divorce he would give her $2,5000 a year. This HARDEN denies."
Richard is also memorialized on another page on a cenotaph (meaning his remains were not located there.)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20076567/richard-ichord-brewster This is on the family stone at Goodwill Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Montgomery, Orange County, NY, with his parents, a paternal uncle, two of his brothers, one sister-in-law, and a sister.
Richard's obituary was printed in the New York Evening Post, on Friday, March 3, 1916 and can be found online at https://fultonhistory.com/newspaper%2010/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Post/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Post%201916%20Grayscale/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Post%201916%20Grayscale%20-%200241.pdf
It says the following:
"RICHARD I BREWSTER
Richard I. Brewster, vice-president of the Security Bank, of this city, died on Wednesday at the German Hospital. Mr. Brewster was born sixty-two years ago in Newburgh, N. Y. and began work when he was only eleven years old. He obtained a position in the sewing machine factory of Nathaniel H. Wheeler and remained there until the business was taken over by the Singer Sewing Machine Company. He then became connected with the old Fourteenth Street Bank, and later became its vice-president, a position he retained when the bank became the Security Bank. He was secretary and a director of the Acheson Harden Company and a director of the Thomas Carter Company. Mr. Brewster was unmarried."
Some added notes: Richard was actually just shy of being 62, according to his birth and death dates. In the 1910 census we find him as a "guest" at the Plaza Hotel, in Manhattan, three years after it opened. His occupation is "vice president, bank." Wikipedia says: "it was intended as a largely residential hotel at opening, although the terms for "hotel" and "apartment" were largely synonymous at the time.[176] Estimates held that ninety percent of the units were for long-term residents.[134][173][176] The owners charged short-term guests $2.50 nightly.
His death certificate shows him in 1916 living at the Hotel Wellington, 56th St and 7th Ave. Brewster family lore was that he might have died by suicide, but his death certificate shows that was not the case. Instead, he was ill for 10 days, and hospitalized with the "lobar pneumonia" causing his death, along with myocarditis (inflamation of the heart muscle.)
There is another story that a male relative had grown ill and old, purposely stayed out overnight in his long johns in the winter, caught pneumonia, did not recover, and died. Richard is the only male relative of the extended family who died in the winter Although he died on March 1 he had been ill for 10 days and died in a hospital. He was also living alone.
Family lore was also that he had died a pauper and that his belongings were sold to pay bills. Who knows? But it certainly seems that his living accommodations at The Plaza were the opposite of frugal, and he had moved to the Wellington, so perhaps he had been living beyond his means.
Although he never married, he appears to have been a helpful uncle to Arthur Brewster. He likely helped Art find jobs during Art's two stints in Bridgeport, CT, where Richard worked for the Wheeler Sewing Machine company, and next at the Acheson Harden Handkerchief company in Passaic, NJ, of which Richard was on the board. It was also the case, that, in 1889. Richard was appointed general guardian of the five children of his next older brother, John Q. Art was the youngest of these, and 11 years old at that time.
The following article has Richard I. Brewster as one of the participants. It is from the New York Times online archives (subscription), originally published Oct 15, 1910. (Found by Christopher Brewster and shared with cousin Susan Hopkins)
" ALIMONY FOR MRS. HARDEN. Court Orders Handkerchief Manufacturer to Pay Her $40 a Week.
Mrs. Leah HARDEN, who is being sued by James HARDEN, Jr. for divorce and has brought a counter-suit for separation, obtained a grant of $40 a week alimony yesterday in the Supreme Court pending trial of the actions. She says her husband is Secretary of the ACHESON HARDEN Company, which she describes as the largest manufacturer of handkerchiefs in the world, with factories in this city, Passaic, N. J., and Belfast. In the Belfast works she says 1,000 persons are employed. Her husband's income is $10,000 a year, she alleged.
HARDEN charges his wife with infidelity on three occasions with one Eugene BURR in Burr's own apartments, Broadway and 141st Street, while Mrs. Burr was in California. HARDEN, accompanied by RICHARD I. BREWSTER, Vice President of the Fourteenth Street Bank, and two other friends raided BURR's apartment on Aug. 4 last at midnight, he made affidavit. They found the apartment dark, and when after twenty minutes they gained admission they found Mrs. HARDEN and BURR. BURR, HARDEN said, was not full clothed, and Mrs. HARDEN's garments were not in a condition for appearing in public. HARDEN said she had told him that she was going to visit a friend at Larchmont.
Mrs. HARDEN explains that BURR and his wife were friends both of herself and her husband and that Burr had asked her to dine in his apartment, promising to take her to Larchmont by motor. She denied the charges of her husband, saying she was seated in the parlor when the raiding party broke in. She said that Harden's father had fomented dissensions between them and that her husband had told her that if she would go to Reno and get a divorce he would give her $2,5000 a year. This HARDEN denies."
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20076567/richard-ichord-brewster This is on the family stone at Goodwill Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Montgomery, Orange County, NY, with his parents, a paternal uncle, two of his brothers, one sister-in-law, and a sister.
Richard's obituary was printed in the New York Evening Post, on Friday, March 3, 1916 and can be found online at https://fultonhistory.com/newspaper%2010/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Post/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Post%201916%20Grayscale/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Post%201916%20Grayscale%20-%200241.pdf
It says the following:
"RICHARD I BREWSTER
Richard I. Brewster, vice-president of the Security Bank, of this city, died on Wednesday at the German Hospital. Mr. Brewster was born sixty-two years ago in Newburgh, N. Y. and began work when he was only eleven years old. He obtained a position in the sewing machine factory of Nathaniel H. Wheeler and remained there until the business was taken over by the Singer Sewing Machine Company. He then became connected with the old Fourteenth Street Bank, and later became its vice-president, a position he retained when the bank became the Security Bank. He was secretary and a director of the Acheson Harden Company and a director of the Thomas Carter Company. Mr. Brewster was unmarried."
Some added notes: Richard was actually just shy of being 62, according to his birth and death dates. In the 1910 census we find him as a "guest" at the Plaza Hotel, in Manhattan, three years after it opened. His occupation is "vice president, bank." Wikipedia says: "it was intended as a largely residential hotel at opening, although the terms for "hotel" and "apartment" were largely synonymous at the time.[176] Estimates held that ninety percent of the units were for long-term residents.[134][173][176] The owners charged short-term guests $2.50 nightly.
His death certificate shows him in 1916 living at the Hotel Wellington, 56th St and 7th Ave. Brewster family lore was that he might have died by suicide, but his death certificate shows that was not the case. Instead, he was ill for 10 days, and hospitalized with the "lobar pneumonia" causing his death, along with myocarditis (inflamation of the heart muscle.)
There is another story that a male relative had grown ill and old, purposely stayed out overnight in his long johns in the winter, caught pneumonia, did not recover, and died. Richard is the only male relative of the extended family who died in the winter Although he died on March 1 he had been ill for 10 days and died in a hospital. He was also living alone.
Family lore was also that he had died a pauper and that his belongings were sold to pay bills. Who knows? But it certainly seems that his living accommodations at The Plaza were the opposite of frugal, and he had moved to the Wellington, so perhaps he had been living beyond his means.
Although he never married, he appears to have been a helpful uncle to Arthur Brewster. He likely helped Art find jobs during Art's two stints in Bridgeport, CT, where Richard worked for the Wheeler Sewing Machine company, and next at the Acheson Harden Handkerchief company in Passaic, NJ, of which Richard was on the board. It was also the case, that, in 1889. Richard was appointed general guardian of the five children of his next older brother, John Q. Art was the youngest of these, and 11 years old at that time.
The following article has Richard I. Brewster as one of the participants. It is from the New York Times online archives (subscription), originally published Oct 15, 1910. (Found by Christopher Brewster and shared with cousin Susan Hopkins)
" ALIMONY FOR MRS. HARDEN. Court Orders Handkerchief Manufacturer to Pay Her $40 a Week.
Mrs. Leah HARDEN, who is being sued by James HARDEN, Jr. for divorce and has brought a counter-suit for separation, obtained a grant of $40 a week alimony yesterday in the Supreme Court pending trial of the actions. She says her husband is Secretary of the ACHESON HARDEN Company, which she describes as the largest manufacturer of handkerchiefs in the world, with factories in this city, Passaic, N. J., and Belfast. In the Belfast works she says 1,000 persons are employed. Her husband's income is $10,000 a year, she alleged.
HARDEN charges his wife with infidelity on three occasions with one Eugene BURR in Burr's own apartments, Broadway and 141st Street, while Mrs. Burr was in California. HARDEN, accompanied by RICHARD I. BREWSTER, Vice President of the Fourteenth Street Bank, and two other friends raided BURR's apartment on Aug. 4 last at midnight, he made affidavit. They found the apartment dark, and when after twenty minutes they gained admission they found Mrs. HARDEN and BURR. BURR, HARDEN said, was not full clothed, and Mrs. HARDEN's garments were not in a condition for appearing in public. HARDEN said she had told him that she was going to visit a friend at Larchmont.
Mrs. HARDEN explains that BURR and his wife were friends both of herself and her husband and that Burr had asked her to dine in his apartment, promising to take her to Larchmont by motor. She denied the charges of her husband, saying she was seated in the parlor when the raiding party broke in. She said that Harden's father had fomented dissensions between them and that her husband had told her that if she would go to Reno and get a divorce he would give her $2,5000 a year. This HARDEN denies."
