Jul-28-2018
Husband: Thomas Riley Richards
Born: Apr- -1876 in Ritchie Co, WV 1,2 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 2 Father: Jesse Isaac Richards (1840 - 1907) Mother: Margaret Jane Elder (1847 - 1927)
Wife: Versena A. Dotson 3,4 Also known as: Vercina Dotson 4 Married: Aug-10-1893 in Ritchie Co, WV 2
Born: Aug- -1876 in Ritchie Co, WV 1,2 Census: 1920, 1930, 1940 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880, 1900 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV (see note 1) Father: Mother:
F Child 1: Effie May Richards Census name: Effa Richards Born: Sep- 1-1894 in Ritchie Co, WV 5,1,6 (see note 2) Died: Feb-23-1968 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 7 Buried: in Stanley (aka Antioch) Cemetery, Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV 7 Census: 1920, 1930, 1940 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 3) Resided: 1913 in Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Jesse Collins b. Nov- -1890 Married: Aug- 9-1913 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 6 Husband: George Kinzy Smith b. Apr- 7-1896 d. Oct- 5-1970 Married: Feb- 6-1931 in Salem, WV 6
M Child 2: Edward Gilbert Richards Also known as: Gilbert Richards 1,8,9,3 Born: Aug-27-1896 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 10,11 Died: Sep- -1976 11 Resided: in Salem, WV 12 Resided: 1948 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 10 Census: 1920, 1930, 1940 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Mildred Virginia Hayes b. Dec-14-1917 d. Jun- -1987 Wife: Ivalean Bennett b. Apr-16-1924 d. Feb- 9-1997 Married: Mar- 1-1948 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 10
F Child 3: Sylvia Martina Richards Census name: Silva 9 Born: Jun- -1899 in Ritchie Co, WV 1,6 (see note 4) Died: Mar- -1974 11 Resided: in Salem, WV 12 Census: 1920, 1930, 1940 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1916 in Doddridge Co, WV 6 Census: 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Glen Bryan Starkey b. Apr- 1-1898 d. Jun-27-1969 Married: Apr-15-1916 in Salem, WV 6
F Child 4: Vina Cloe Richards Census name: Luvina (or Suvina) C. Richards 9 Born: Aug-14-1906 in Ritchie Co, WV 13 Died: Feb-20-1963 in Doddridge Co, WV 13 Buried: in Stanley (aka Antioch) Cemetery, Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV 13,14 Census: 1940 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1920, 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: James Murl Fox b. Dec- 1-1903 d. Jan- 3-1983
F Child 5: Ethel Bell Richards Born: Jun-26-1912 in Harrison Co, WV 11,6 Died: Jun-20-2001 11 Resided: in Flemington, Taylor Co, WV 11 Census: 1940 in Flemington District, Taylor Co, WV Census: 1920, 1940 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 5) Husband: Henry Lipscomb b. Oct-11-1911 d. Feb-21-1969 Married: Apr-27-1935 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 6
M Child 6: William Ether Richards Born: Jun-26-1912 in Salem, WV 5,11 Died: Aug- -1995 11 Resided: in Walker, Wood Co, WV 12 Resided: 1944 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 15 Resided: 1935 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 6 Census: 1920, 1930, 1940 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 6) Wife: Violet Anna Hyde b. Dec-13-1915 d. Mar- -1999 Also known as: Anna Hyde 15,16 Married: Jun-26-1935 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 6
M Child 7: Raymond Harold Richards Born: Apr- -1917 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Census: 1920, 1940 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Sources: (1) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) (2) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (3) Marriage record of son. (4) Death record of daughter. (5) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (6) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (7) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (8) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) (9) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). (10) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (11) Social Security Death Index. (12) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (13) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (14) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (15) City Directory. (16) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) Event Notes Note (1) In 1880, listed as Vercena Dotson, 3, granddaughter, in household of Robert (55) & Catharine (62) Dotson. Only other household members were daughters Delia (34) and Sarah (21), both single. Note (2) Birth date given in death record as Sep 1 1895. But 1900 Census shows it as Sep 1894, and birth record states Sep 1 1894. Note (3) In 1920, listed as daughter Effie M. Richards, 25, single, in household of her parents. In 1930, listed as daughter Effie Richards, 35, divorced, in her parents' household. In 1940, again listed in parents' household as daughter Effie Richards, 45, single. Note (4) Birth date given in SSDI as Jul 5 1897, but 1900 Census states June 1899, age 11 months. Note (5) In 1940, in an apparent error, she was listed in her parents household in Doddridge County as daughter Ethel Richards, single. But she was also enumerated with her husband and children in Taylor County. Note (6) In 1940, listed in his parents' household as a daughter, Either Richards, 27, single. His wife was not present.Name Index