Husband: James Tolbert Richards
Born: ca 1809 in Pennsylvania 1
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 1
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Elizabeth Childers 2,3
Born: ca 1807 in Virginia 1 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: Mother: Notes
F Child 1: Eliza Richards Also known as: Eliza 4 Born: Feb-27-1835 5 Died: Jul-27-1864 in Camp Run, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 6,4 Buried: in Gaston-Hart Cemetery, Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: John Smith Gaston b. Dec-12-1830 d. Nov-12-1893 Also known as: Smith Gaston 7,8 Married: Jun-15-1854 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 9
M Child 2: William D. Richards Born: ca 1837 1 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
M Child 3: Samuel Richards Born: Jan- 2-1838 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 10,11 Died: Oct-22-1909 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 12,13 Census: 1880, 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA (see note 1) Occupation: farmer Military: Aug-23-1862 - Sep-15-1865 Pvt, Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 14 (see note 2) Wife: Rulina A. Gaston b. May-23-1851 d. Nov-17-1905 Married: Apr-30-1876 in Doddridge Co, WV 15,16
F Child 4: Elizabeth Richards Born: ca 1840 1 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
M Child 5: James Richards Born: ca 1842 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 16,1 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Military: Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War (severe musket wound in foot at Winchester Va, Sep 19 1864) 17 Wife: Sarah Catherine Meadows b. ca 1847 d. Apr-18-1871 Married: Aug- 9-1866 in Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Delila Ann F. Randolph b. Jan- -1831 Married: Apr-11-1872 in Doddridge Co, WV 18 Divorced: May- -1890 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 19
M Child 6: David Richards Also known as: Daniel Richards Born: Apr-16-1843 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 4,11 Died: Feb-28-1894 4 Buried: in Gaston-Hart Cemetery, Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer Wife: Sarah Ann Gaston b. Apr-24-1846 d. Feb-15-1922 Married: Aug- 3-1865 in Doddridge Co, WV 20,16
M Child 7: Lemuel Richards Born: Jul- -1845 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 21,16 Census: 1900 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Military: Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 17 Wife: Sarah E. Davis b. Aug- -1849 Married: Jun- 3-1867 in Doddridge Co, WV 16
M Child 8: Columbus Carroll Richards Also known as: Lum Richards 22 Born: May-23-1848 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 23,16,24 Died: Dec-23-1928 in Doddridge Co, WV 25,24 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 26,25 Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 3) Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 27 Military: Captain Lowther's Home Guard, Civil War Wife: Martha J. Chapman b. May-23-1855 d. Oct- 4-1921 Married: Nov-26-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV 16
Sources: (1) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (2) Birth record of son. (3) Marriage record of son. (4) Headstone. (5) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (6) Amy Gaston Smith, Those Days of Long Ago (Sep 15 1984, reprinted Jun 1999 by Michael Ruppert Jr., Los Angeles CA, with help of Mike Ruppert Sr., Grove WV and Loud) (7) Obituary of daughter. (8) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 335. (9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as John S. Gaston, age 23, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of John; and (name blank), age 19, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of James T. Richards. Married Jun 15 1854. (10) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 2, p. 135. (11) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (12) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Samuel Richards, widower, d. Oct 22 1909 at Oxford, age 71y 9m 20d. DR Bk 2, p. 135. (13) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (14) Historical Military Records, www.fold3.com. (15) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Age of groom given as 38, bride as 24. MR Bk 1-A, p. 212. (16) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (17) H. H. Hardesty, History of Doddridge County (1883), http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvpioneers /doddridgecountyhistory.html. (18) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as James Richards, single, 29, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of James T. & Elizabeth; and Delila A. F. Hughes, widowed, 41, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of John S. & Experience F. Randolph. Married Apr 11 1872 in Doddridge County. MR p. 188 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791199&Type=Marriage. (19) Civil War Service Records,