Richard Harrison Sothoron

See father’s Notes for 1910 through 1930 Federal Census entries.

Richard H. Sothoron was married in Brooklyn, NY on 14 December 1934; Marriage Certificate # 20578 (USGenWeb* - New York City Groom Index)

Richard H. Sothoron & Jean E. Dukeshire were married in Kings Co., NY on 14 Dec 1934. (Ancestry.com* - New York Marriage Index - Certificate #20578)

Richard H. Sothoron a member of the Board of Supervisors of Elections of Prince George’s Co.,, serving until 1961. (Arch MD 168:335 {MD Manual}, 1959)

Richard H. Sothoron & James S. Brady, Jr. serving until 1963 on Board of Supervisors of Elections of Prince George’s Co. (Arch MD 169:371 {MD Manual}, 1961)

Richard H. Sothoron a member of the Board of Supervisors of Elections of Prince George’s Co., serving until 1963. (Arch MD 170:84 {MD Manual}, 1963)

Mentioned by name in obituaries of parents & wife, & will of mother. (see respective Notes).

** Death

On Sunday, February 1, 1981, RICHARD HARRISON SOTHORON of Upper Marlboro, Md., beloved husband of the late Jean Dukeshire Sothoron, father of Richard H. Sothoron, University Park, Md., and Carol J. Peddicord, Washington, D.C.; brother of Col. Norwood S. Sothoron, Lexington Park, Md., and Julia S. Buddington, Hyattsville, Md. Friends received at the RICHARD A. COLEMAN FUNERAL HOME,14513 Main st., Upper Marlboro, Md., on Wednesday, February 4, from 6 to 9 p.m. Services in Trinity Episcopal Church, Upper Marlboro, Md., on Thursday, February 5, at 11 a.m. Interment All Faith Episcopal Church Cemetery, Hunterville, Md. Contributions may be made to the Lions Club, District 22-C Eye Bank, or a favorite charity. (Washington Post :C3, Reported 1981.02.04)

R. Harrison (Dick) Sothoron, 71, who died Sunday when fire destroyed the interior of his home in Upper Marlboro, was a retired title officer and had been a member of the Upper Marlboro Town Commission for 30 years.

- He had served as the commission's secretary-treasurer and in other capacities. A resident of Upper Marlboro since 1941, he was an air-raid warden for the town during World War II, a member of the Upper Marlboro Centennial Committee in 1976 and a justice of the peace for Prince George's Co..

- Mr. Sothoron was a 37-year member and former secretary-treasurer of the Marlboro Lions Club. He was past president of the Southern Maryland Society and was active in the Maryland Municipal League. He had served on the vestry of Trinity Episcopal Church in Upper Marlboro for many years.

- In 1966 the town honored him with a "Dick Sothoron Day."

- He was born in Charlotte Hall, Md., and attended Charlotte Hall Junior College. He worked in Brooklyn, N.Y., for a metal hose and tubing company during the 1930s.

- After moving to Upper Marlboro, Mr. Sothoron worked for the U.S. Post Office there. He then became a title abstractor for District Lawyers in Washington in 1943. Except for a period when he worked for the Maryland Home and Title Co., he remained with District Lawyers through 1958, when it merged with the District Realty Title Insurance Co. He retired from the latter in 1977.

- His wife of 43 years, the former Jean Dukeshire, died in 1977.

- Survivors include his daughter, Carol Peddicord of Washington; a son, Richard H. Jr., of University Park; a sister, Julia S. Buddington of Hyattsville, and a brother, retired Army Col. Norwood S., of Lexington Park, Md. (The Washington Post :B6, Reported 1981.02.07)

R SOTHORON

SSN 099-03-5631       

Born 2 Oct 1909

Issued: NY (Before 1951)

Residence: 20870

 Last Benefit: 20782 Hyattsville, Prince Georges, MD

Died Feb 1981 

(Ancestry.com* - Social Security Death Index)

S O T H O R O N

Grave Marker, All Faith Episcopal Church Cemetery, Huntersville, St. Mary's Co., MD