Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Alpheus E. Hoult 1   
       Also known as: A. E. Holt 2,3
                Born: ca 1832              in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  1
             Resided: 1872                 in Doddridge Co, WV  1
             Resided: 1854                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  4
              Father: Joseph Hoult   (1807 - 1885) 
              Mother: Delila ___   (1809 -     ) 
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Emily Amelia Richards     
       Also known as: Emily Richards 4
             Married: Dec-28-1854          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  5
                Born: Mar- 7-1835          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  6
                Died: Jul- 3-1865          in Doddridge Co, WV  7
      Cause of death:                      bilious liver  8
              Father: Thomas Richards 
              Mother: Mary Catharine ___ 

Sources:
(1) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(2) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 349. 
(3) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 287-A. 
(4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Alpheus E. Holt, 23, b. Monongalia Co, res. Doddridge 
Co, son of Joseph & Delila Holt; and Emily Richards, 19, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Thomas & Mary 
Richards.  Married Dec 28 1854 in Doddridge County.  (NOTE:  Placement of this entry in the marriage records ledger 
leaves open the interpretation that the marriage date was Dec 28 1855, rather than 1854.  But 1854 is correct.  The 
license for this marriage was issued the day before, on Dec 27 1854:  
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11789485&Type=Marriage ), DR p. 112 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790628&Type=Marriage. 
(6) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(7) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Amelia Hoult, white female, b. Harrison Co, dau of Thomas 
& Catharine Richards, married; died Jul 3 1865, age 30y 3m 26d, cause of death bilious liver.  Informant:  Alpheus E. 
Hoult, husband. DR p. 8 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5051257&Type=Death. 
(8) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 







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