Husband: Jesse Isaac Richards
Born: Apr-20-1840 1,2,3 (see note 1) Died: Dec-17-1907 4 Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Military: Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf (Civil War) 5 Father: Elias Coleman Richards (1810 - 1888) Mother: Sarah Ellen Jones (1818 - ) Other spouse 1 Notes
Wife: Margaret Jane Elder 6
Also known as: Jane Elder 6
Married: Jun-23-1872 in Ritchie Co, WV 7
Born: Jul-22-1847 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8,9,2
Died: May-24-1927 8
Buried: Antioch Cemetery # 2 8
Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
Resided: 1868, 72 in Ritchie Co, WV 9
Father: William K. Elder (1806 - 1891)
Mother: Ruhama Willis (1808 - 1880)
Other spouse 1
Other spouse 3
Notes
M Child 1: Thomas Riley Richards Born: Apr- -1876 in Ritchie Co, WV 10,3 Census: 1920, 1930, 1940 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1893 in Doddridge Co, WV 3 Wife: Versena A. Dotson b. Aug- -1876 Also known as: Vercina Dotson 11 Married: Aug-10-1893 in Ritchie Co, WV 3
M Child 2: Albert Johnson Richards Census name: Johnson Richards 12 Born: 1876 13 Died: Feb-15-1940 in Doddridge Co, WV 14,13 Buried: in Stanley (aka Antioch) Cemetery, Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Census: 1930 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1920 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: 1930 laborer at globe factory 16 Wife: Elizabeth Victoria Martin b. 1880 d. 1936 Also known as: Victoria Martin 1,17,6
M Child 3: Benjamin Crumrine Richards Also known as: Crumrine Richards 3,18 Born: Jun-16-1879 in Ritchie Co, WV 19,2,12 (see note 2) Died: Oct-13-1945 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV 19 Buried: in Wolverton (aka Powell or new Victory) Cemetery, Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV 19 Cause of death: stomach cancer 19 Resided: in Salem, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1940 in Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1920 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1918 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 20 Census: 1910 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1907 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: farmer 19,21,20 Wife: Clara Belle Hamrick b. May- 1-1880 d. Oct-15-1957 Also known as: Belle Hamrick 3 Married: Jan-31-1907 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 22
F Child 4: Martha Lodeema Richards 23 Also known as: Lodeema Richards 24 Born: 1882 in Ritchie Co, WV 13,3 (see note 3) Died: 1962 13 Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 25 Census: 1910, 1920 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: General Grant Cross b. ca 1873 d. Oct-18-1955 Also known as: Grant Cross Married: May- 2-1900 in Ritchie Co, WV 3
M Child 5: James Fifer Richards Born: Aug-30-1884 in Calhoun Co, WV 26,13 Died: Jul- 2-1939 in Salem, WV 26,13,4 Buried: in Wolverton (aka Powell or new Victory) Cemetery, Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV 27,26 Census: 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: laborer 26 Wife: Nettie Blanche Fox b. Jun- 5-1894 d. Feb- 6-1975 Census name: Netta B. Fox 28
F Child 6: Alice Richards Also known as: Alice Richard 3 Born: Jun- 7-1887 in Ritchie Co, WV 29,2,3 Died: Aug-16-1910 at Beatrice, Ritchie Co, WV 30 Cause of death: consumption 30 Resided: 1901 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: David Marion Rollins b. Apr-22-1882 d. Dec-20-1960 Married: Jun-17-1901 in Ritchie Co, WV 3
Sources: (1) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 177. (2) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (3) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (4) Obituary of wife. (5) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (6) Death record of son. (7) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Jesse I. Richards, widowed, 32, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, son of Elias & Sarah; and Margaret Jane Calhoon, widowed, 24, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of William & Rhuanna. Married Jun 23 1872 in Ritchie County. (Note: Wife's obituary incorrectly states marriage date as 1871.), MR p. 26 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537930&Type=Marriage. (8) Obituary. (9) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (10) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) (11) Death record of daughter. (12) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) (13) Headstone (year only) (14) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (15) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (16) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. (17) Marriage record of daughter. (18) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) (19) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1300359&Type=Death. (20) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (21) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (22) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Crumrine Richards, 27, b. Ritchie Co, res. Pullman; and Belle Hamrick, 22, b. Ritchie Co, res. Pullman. Married Jan 31 1907 "at Home of Bride." (Note: According to the 1910 Census, this was the husband's second marriage and the wife's first.) (23) Obituary of stepmother. (24) Birth record of daughter. (25) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone: M. Lodeema Cross. (26) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (27) Headstone. (28) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (29) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (30) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Birthplace given as Wood County in 1863 marriage record, but as Ritchie County in 1872 marriage record. It is noted that Ritchie County was formed in 1843 from parts of Wood, Harrison and Lewis counties. Note (2) Birth date given in WW One Draft Registration as Jun 16 1878. But the 1880 Census and 1900 Census show it as June 1879, and his death record states Jun 16 1879. Note (3) Age 21 in 1900 marriage record would put birth in about 1879. But she was not present for the 1880 Census.