Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Ezra C. Watson    
                Born: Feb-  -1879           1,2
              Census: 1900                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: David Watson   (1858 -     ) 
              Mother: Alice L. "Allie" Gray   (1858 -     ) 
                Wife: Sarah R. "Lina" Richards     
         Census name: Lina Richards 1
             Married: Dec-19-1902          in Ritchie Co, WV  2
                Born: Sep-19-1877          in Doddridge Co, WV  3 (see note 1)
                Died: Feb-  -1971           4
             Resided:                      in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  5,4
              Census: 1900                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: David Richards   (1843 - 1894) 
              Mother: Sarah Ann Gaston   (1846 - 1922) 

Sources:
(1) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(2) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(3) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, The entry identifies child as S. A. Richards, female, b. Sep 19 1877, 
daughter of David & S. A. Richards.  This is a typed ledger entry, undoubtedly transcribed from the original handwritten 
records.  The middle initial "A" would seem to be a transcription error from the original "R" as found in the 1880 
Census, where this child is clearly identifed as Sarah R. Richards.  But the 1900 Census identifies her as Lina Richards 
(b. Sep 1877), the obituary of brother Daniel in 1968 lists a surviving sister Lina Watson of Parkersburg, the marriage 
record of Lina Richards in Dec 1902 give her age as 25 (i.e., born ca 1877), and the SSDI shows Lina Watson, b. 18 [sic] 
Sep 1877, a resident of Parkersburg.  Thus, it would appear that at some point in her youth, Sarah R. Richards started 
going exclusively by the name Lina Richards. BR Bk 1, p. 89. 
(4) Social Security Death Index. 
(5) Obituary of brother. 

Event Notes
Note (1) SSDI reports birth date as Sep 18 1877.  Name listed in SSDI as Lina
Watson.







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