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             Husband: Benjamin L. Richards    
                Born: ca 1850              in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  1
              Census: 1880                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  2
   Medical condition: 1880                 maimed, crippled, bedridden or otherwise disabled  2
              Father: Jacob Richards   (1808 - 1899) 
              Mother: Ruth Ann Jones   (1814 - 1875) 
                Wife: Ary Ann Conway     
         Census name: Earry Conway 
             Married: Feb-12-1870          in Ritchie Co, WV  3
                Born: May-27-1854          in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  4 (see note 1)
             Resided: 1870                 in Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Thomas Conaway   (1814 - 1886) 
              Mother: Catharine Mason   (1831 - 1876) 
           F Child 1: Josephine Elizabeth Richards      
                Born: Apr- 9-1871          in Ritchie Co, WV  5,2,6
                Died: Oct-20-1960          in Wendel, Taylor Co, WV  5
              Census: 1880                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: John B. Barker  b. 1866  d. 1936  
             Married: Mar-24-1892          in Ritchie Co, WV  6
           M Child 2: Creed Richards      
                Born: May-14-1873          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  7,8,9,1
                Died: May-22-1945          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  5,9
              Buried:                      in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV  10
              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  11
                Wife: Carrie Emily Thomas  b. Jul-  -1873  d. 1961  
             Married: Oct- 8-1896          in Ritchie Co, WV  1
           F Child 3: Susan Virginia Richards      
                Born: Jan- 4-1875          in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  4,2
                Died: Mar- 7-1958          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  5
              Buried:                      in Rockland Cemetery, Belpre, Washington Co, OH  12
              Census: 1880                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: Marion Bailey  b. 1864  d. 1945  
             Married: ca 1895               13
           ? Child 4: Jacob I. Richards      
                Born: Aug- 1-1876          in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  4,2
              Census: 1880                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
           M Child 5: Cyrus H. Richards      
                Born: May-  -1880           2
              Census: 1880                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(2) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(3) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as 
Benjamin L. Richards, 19, of Ritchie Co, son of Jacob & Ruth; and Ary Conway, 16, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau 
of Thomas.  Married Feb 12 1870. 
(4) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(6) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(7) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(8) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(9) Headstone (year only) 
(10) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(11) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Berea District) 
(12) Findagrave.com. 
(13) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District) 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given in marriage record as Harrison County.







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