Name: Richard Rhodes Buxton
Address : Brampton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Age at death: 47 years
Date of death: Not known
Date of burial: 18/8/1900
Celebrant: E C Stukeley
The location of the grave is described as: Row 23 16 from wall
Churchyard: St Thomas', Brampton
Principal source of information: Derbyshire Record Office
Document reference: ENGL-42001_D2443-a-pi-4-4_M_00074.tif
Richard Rhodes BUXTON buried 18 Aug 1900 aged 47 of Brampton. Son of Abraham Hays and Mary Anne Buxton (Nee Rhodes) he took his forenames from his maternal grandfather who died just before he was born The husband of Eliza (Nee Alton), died on 15th August 1900 in a mining accident when the roof collapsed. He left a widow and six children
Sheffield Daily Telegraph Thursday August 16th 1900
BURIED IN A CLAY PIT NEAR CHESTERFIELD.
A fall of “bind” occurred yesterday at a clay pit at Walton belonging to Mr. James Pearson, colliery owner and earthenware manufacturer, completely burying a man named Richard Buxton, aged 45, of Britannia Street, New Brampton. He died from suffocation.