Jul-28-2018
Husband: Creed Richards
Born: May-14-1873 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 1,2,3,4 Died: May-22-1945 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 5,3 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 6 Census: 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1900, 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: farmer 7 Father: Benjamin L. Richards (1850 - ) Mother: Ary Ann Conway (1854 - )
Wife: Carrie Emily Thomas Married: Oct- 8-1896 in Ritchie Co, WV 4
Born: Jul- -1873 2,3,4 Died: 1961 3 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 6 Census: 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1880, 1900, 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Father: Amos G. Thomas (1847 - ) Mother: Rebecca A. Garner (1852 - 1931)
M Child 1: Orville Ralph Richards Census name: Ralph Richards Born: Sep-10-1897 in Ritchie Co, WV 8,9,10,2 Died: Dec-11-1971 in Washington Co, OH 11,10 Resided: in Fleming, Washington Co, OH 12 Census: 1920, 1930, 1940 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH Resided: 1918 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH 9 Census: 1900, 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: 1940 machinist (steel manufacturing) 13 Occupation: 1918, 1930 sheet metal worker at Safe Cabinet factory 9,14 Wife: Helen Marie Lauer b. Feb- -1902 d. Mar-20-1991 Married: Jun-18-1919 in Washington Co, OH 14,15
M Child 2: Urcel Arnold Richards Census name: Ersel A. Richards Born: Sep- 1-1899 10,16,2 Died: Aug-30-1970 in Wood Co, WV 16,5,10 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 6 Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 17 Census: 1920 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
M Child 3: Bennie Garl Richards Census name: Benny G. Richards Born: Sep- 7-1901 in Otterslide, Ritchie Co, WV 8,10,16,18 Died: Apr-23-1971 in Paris, Lamar Co, TX 19,10,16 Buried: in Dodd City Cemetery, Fannin Co, TX 19,20 Resided: in Dodd City, Fannin Co, TX 19,10 Census: 1920 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: farmer 19 Wife: Rosie Jeanette Smith b. Mar-21-1904 d. Jul-30-1997
F Child 4: Hazel Richards Born: ca 1904 18 Census: 1930 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
M Child 5: Archie Creed Richards Born: May-16-1905 at Otterslide, Ritchie Co, WV 8,10,21 Died: May- -1976 10 Resided: in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 17 Resided: 1945 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 21 Census: 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Elsie Marie Doak b. Apr- 2-1919 d. Dec-12-1985 Married: Jan-11-1945 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 21
F Child 6: Pauline Richards Born: Mar- 2-1907 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 8,18 Census: 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Mark A. Williams b. ca 1907 Married: Oct- 2-1933 in Washington Co, OH 15
F Child 7: Grace Richards Born: Sep- 3-1909 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 8,10,18 (see note 1) Died: Jan-19-1988 10 Buried: in Buck Run (aka Dotson) Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV 22 Resided: in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Census: 1930 at Buck Run, near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 23 Census: 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Lonnie B. Dotson b. May-12-1906 d. Feb-17-1996
M Child 8: Lawrence Emery Richards 6 Born: Apr-19-1911 16,10,24 Died: Jun-29-1992 16,10 Census: 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Thelma D. Bee b. Sep-29-1920 d. Apr- 7-1989 Married: Jul-11-1936 in Ritchie Co, WV 25
F Child 9: Gay Blanche Richards Born: Oct- 7-1912 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 8,7,26 Died: Apr-16-2006 26 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 22 Resided: in Elyria, Lorain Co, OH 17 Census: 1930 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV (see note 2) Census: 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Dennis Harvey Hoover b. Mar-27-1909 d. Aug-11-1996 Married: Aug-18-1934 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV
Sources: (1) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (2) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (3) Headstone (year only) (4) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (5) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (6) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (7) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Berea District) (8) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (9) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (10) Social Security Death Index. (11) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (12) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Ohio before 1951. (13) 1940 Census. (14) 1930 Census. (15) Ohio Marriage Index, 1970, 1972-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Dept of Health Offc of Vital Statistics. (16) Headstone. (17) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (18) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (19) Texas Death Certificates, 1903-1982 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and Texas Dept of State Health Svcs. (20) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone: Ben Richards. (21) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (22) Findagrave.com. (23) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District). (24) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) (25) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998), Identified as Lawrence Emery Richards, age 24, of Ritchie Co; and Thelma Bee, age 21 [sic], of Ritchie Co. Married Jul 11 1936. (26) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. Event Notes Note (1) Age 7 months at time of May 27 1910 enumeration. Note (2) In household of sister & brother-in-law, Hazel & Ralph C. Wilson.Name Index