Reuben Rickard (August 20, 1841[1] – February 24, 1896[2]) was a mining engineer[1] He married Mary Elizabeth Humphreys October 3, 1863. They had six children, three of whom died young.[1] who served as President of the Town Board of Trustees in Berkeley, California from 1891 to 1893,[citation needed] and again for about one month during 1895.[3]
Rickard was born on August 20, 1841, in England. Rickard was hired by John Taylor and Sons of London to oversee their mining and metallurgical operations in Pontgibaud, France in the 1860s. In 1875, the Rickard family emigrated to the United States as Reuben had been hired to manage the operations of the Richmond Mining Company in Eureka, Nevada. He worked there six years before taking on another job inspecting mines for English investors throughout the western U.S. and Mexico. The family finally settled in Berkeley, California on July 24, 1882.[1]
Reuben's wife died of tuberculosis[citation needed] on March 28, 1895, in Central City, Colorado.[4]
Reuben Rickard died February 24, 1896, of acute diarrhoea on board the steamer Bothwell Castle which was bound from Geraldton to Fremantle[5] in Western Australia[2] where he was inspecting a mining project.[citation needed]
Reuben was survived by three children, Thomas, Edgar and Leontine.[6] Thomas Rickard also served as President of the Town Board of Trustees from 1903 to 1909.[7] Edgar Rickard was a close lifelong friend of President Herbert Hoover.[8]
Leontine Rickard married William Bowditch Fisher on March 11, 1896, in Berkeley.[9]
Reuben had a brother Alfred Rickard who was also a mining engineer based in Denver, Colorado,[citation needed] and a nephew Thomas Arthur Rickard who was a prominent writer on the subject of mining.[citation needed]
^ abcd"R. Rickard's Life". Berkeley Gazette. Berkeley, California. March 11, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
^ ab"From the Antipodes, A Letter from Thomas Rickard". Berkeley Gazette. Berkeley, California. May 12, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
^"In Memorium". Berkeley Gazette. Berkeley, California. Feb 29, 1896. p. 2. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
^"Died". San Francisco Call. San Francisco, California. April 3, 1895. p. 13. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
^"West Australia". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Feb 27, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
^"Reuben Rickard's Estate". Berkeley Gazette. Berkeley, California. Mar 3, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
^Irvine, Leigh H., ed. (1905). A history of the new California, its resources and people. New York, Chicago: The Lewis publishing company. pp. 789–790. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
^"Edgar Rickard biographical sketch". Hoover & Truman. National Archives and Records Administration. Archived from the original on 2007-05-19. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
^"Gazettelets". Berkeley Gazette. Berkeley, California. Mar 9, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
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