Margaret White Richardson

Margaret White Richardson (Peirson)

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On February 2, 1889, 224 Beacon was purchased from John Haines by Margaret White (Pierson) Richardson, the wife of Dr. Maurice Howe Richardson. They previously had lived at 66 Beacon.

Dr. Richardson was a physician and surgeon, and was Moseley Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He maintained his medical office at 224 Beacon. In 1911, he was named surgeon-in-chief at Massachusetts General Hospital.

The Richardsons’ six children lived with them: Edward Pierson Richardson, Mary Tuckerman Richardson, Maurice Howe Richardson, Jr., Henry Barber Richardson, Margaret Richardson, and Wyman Richardson.

In November of 1895, Margaret Richardson acquired 222 Beacon, next door, which she leased to others.

In 1897, the Richardsons purchased a second home in Marion, Massachusetts.

Mary Tuckerman Richardson married in October of 1907 to Robert Richards Walcott, a lawyer, and moved to Cambridge; Margaret Richardson married in June of 1912 to Gracie Hall Roosevelt, the nephew of President Theodore Roosevelt and brother of Eleanor Roosevelt. They moved to New York and divorced in 1925.

Maurice Richardson died in July of 1912. Margaret Richardson continued to live at 224 Beacon with their four unmarried sons.