Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Bernard E. Dilly    
                Born: May-  -1911          in Ritchie Co, WV  1,2,3 (see note 1)
                Died: May- 5-1979           1,2
              Buried:                      in IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  4
             Resided:                      in Charlotte, Eaton Co, MI  5
             Resided:                      in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  5
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Bess Anne Richards     
         Census name: Bessie M. Richards 
             Married: Feb- 5-1935          in Ritchie Co, WV  3
                Born: Sep- 6-1910           2 (see note 2)
                Died: Jan-  -1975           2
             Resided:                      in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  6,7
             Resided: 1935                 in Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1930                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  8 (see note 3)
              Father: Benjamin F. "Zell" Richards   (1880 - 1958) 
              Mother: Clara Ball   (1885 - 1960) 
Other spouse 2

Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) Social Security Death Index. 
(3) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) 
(4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(5) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Kansas before 1951. 
(6) Obituary of sister. 
(7) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(8) Record of wife's remarriage. 

Event Notes
Note (1) "Ritchie County Cemeteries," p. 202, reports birth date on headstone as May
15 1911, but SSDI shows it as May 10 1911.
Note (2) Birthplace given as Doddridge County in 1935 marriage record, but as Ritchie
County in 1964 marriage record.
Note (3) Listed as a maid in household of Samuel J. Squires, whose occupation was
hotel manager.







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