Husband: Barnett D. Richards
Also known as: Arnold Richards 1
Born: ca 1819 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2
Died: Apr- -1861 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 3
Cause of death: "Killed" 2
Census: 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farm laborer 4
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Salina Carter 5 Marriage Bond: Apr-20-1842 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 6 Married: Apr- -1842 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 6
Born: ca 1816 4 Census: 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Father: Mother:
F Child 1: Clarice Jane Richards Also known as: Jane Richards 7 Born: ca 1843 4 Died: Aug-27-1895 in Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co,WV 7 Census: 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Husband: Lewis Childers
M Child 2: Robert Lee Richards Born: Jun-27-1844 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8,4,6 Died: Sep-28-1908 8 Buried: in Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV 9 Census: 1870, 1880 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Military: Sep-14-1862 - Jun-13-1865 Pvt, Co E, 3rd W.Va. Cavalry, Civil War 10 (see note 1) Wife: Clarissa McGary b. Mar-17-1847 d. Feb-24-1933 Also known as: Clarice McGary Married: Dec-31-1865 in Harrison Co, WV 11
F Child 3: Susan Ellen Richards Census name: Ellen Richards Born: ca 1849 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 4,6 (see note 2) Died: bef May 1900 12 Census: 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Husband: Jeremiah Jedediah Nicholas b. ca 1858 d. Feb-16-1926 Also known as: Jed J. Nicholas 13 Married: Jun-26-1881 in Harrison Co, WV 14
M Child 4: Joseph Marshall Richards Born: Jun- 1-1853 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 15 Census: 1880 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV (see note 3) Census: 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Wife: Samantha J. McWilliams b. ca 1861 Married: Sep- 9-1883 in Harrison Co, WV 16
Sources: (1) Death record of daughter. (2) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (3) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Barnett D. Richards, white male, 42, b. Harrison Co, son of (blank), farmer, married; died April (no date) 1861 in Harrison County, cause of death "Killed." Informant: Son. DR Line 81 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=558860&Type=Death. (4) 1860 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. (5) Marriage record of daughter. (6) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (7) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (8) Headstone. (9) Findagrave.com. (10) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (11) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Robert Richards, age 21y 6m, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of Barnett D. & Salina Richards; and Clarissa McGary, age 21y 6 m, b. in Parkersburg, res. in Harrison Co, dau of Felix & Elizabeth McGary. Married Dec 31 1865. (NOTE: Wife's birthplace is shown in her death record and census records as Illinois.), MR p. 40. (12) Record of husband's remarriage. (13) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV. (14) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Jeremiah Nicholas, 23, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of William & Sarah A. Nicholas; and Susan E. Richards, 28, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of Barnett D. & Salina Richards. Married Jun 26 1881. MR p. 146. (15) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (16) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. Event Notes Note (1) Engagements at Gettysburg, Bull Run, and Sheridans Raid. Note (2) Age 28 in 1881 marriage record would put birth in about 1853. But age 11 in the 1860 Census puts it in about 1849. Note (3) In household of brother Robert and his family.