Richard Henry Koch's ancestors settled Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, in the early 1800s.
"[7] In January 1887, Koch was appointed deputy district attorney in Schuylkill County.
[9] Koch was elected as a member of the Historical Society of Schuylkill County on February 22, 1905.
[2] On September 30, 1884, Koch married Annie S. Philips, daughter of Captain William Phillips who died in the battle of Cold Harbor.
[11] Also like his father, Roscoe was one of the directors of the Shamokin Extension Electric Railway Company.
[12] Daughter Marjorie Koch married Lieutenant John Park Hood.
Koch was president of the Shamokin Extension Electric Railway Company, which was chartered in 1908.
He was President and director of the North Side Consolidated Street Railway Company, which was a reorganization of the Signal Mountain Railway Company and the Chattanooga & North Side Street Ry.
The company operated a cable line from St. Elmo to the top of Lookout Mountain.
He was a director of the Rapid Transit Company of Chattanooga, whose lines connected the National Cemetery, Highland Park, Orchard Knob, Avondale, Ridgedale, East Lake, Rossville, Chickamauga Park, Hill City and Vallombrosa.