Jul-28-2018
Husband: Jesse Isaac Richards
Born: Apr-20-1840 1,2,3 (see note 1) Died: Dec-17-1907 4 Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Military: Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf (Civil War) 5 Father: Elias Coleman Richards (1810 - 1888) Mother: Sarah Ellen Jones (1818 - ) Other spouse 2 Notes
Wife: Sarah Elizabeth Stewart 6 Census name: Elizabeth 3 Married: Mar- 5-1863 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 3
Born: ca 1843 in Wood Co, (W)VA 3 Died: bef Jun 1872 7 Census: 1870 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1863 in Ritchie Co, WV 3 Father: George W. Stewart (1806 - ) Mother: Hannah Harris (1822 - )
M Child 1: George Washington Richards Born: Jan-29-1864 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 8,9,10 Died: Apr- 7-1949 in Mannington, Marion Co, WV 8 Buried: in Rinehart Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV 8 Resided: in Mannington, Marion Co, WV Census: 1910 in Wetzel Co, WV Census: 1900 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1889 in Ritchie Co, WV 3 Census: 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: farmer 9 Wife: Eliza E. Dotson b. Nov- 4-1870 d. Apr-21-1937 Married: Aug-20-1889 in Ritchie Co, WV 3
F Child 2: Rebecca Jane Richards Born: Nov-27-1865 in Ritchie Co, WV 11 Died: Jun-16-1948 in Ritchie Co, WV 12 Husband: Joseph Cottrill b. ca 1867 Married: Nov- 6-1890 in Ritchie Co, WV 13
M Child 3: Daniel Boone Richards Born: Jun- -1868 in Ritchie Co, WV 14,15 Died: bef Jan 1920 16 Census: 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Mary Bird Elliott b. Feb- 3-1874 d. 1937 Also known as: Birdie Elliott 17 Married: Aug-22-1899 in Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 18
F Child 4: Adelia May Richards Census name: May Richards 19 Born: 1870 19 Census: 1870 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
Sources: (1) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 177. (2) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (3) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (4) Obituary of wife. (5) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (6) Death record of son. (7) Record of husband's remarriage. (8) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (9) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) (10) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) (11) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (12) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1941-1955, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Dec 1998) (13) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (14) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) (15) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 6, p. 106. (16) 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV. (17) Obituary of mother. (18) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Daniel B. Richards, 30, b. & res. in Ritchie Co; and Mary B. Wilson, 24, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Aug 22 1899 "at the Bride's Residence at Arnolds Creek.", MR Bk 6, p 106 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793745&Type=Marriage. (19) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay Twp) Event Notes Note (1) Birthplace given as Wood County in 1863 marriage record, but as Ritchie County in 1872 marriage record. It is noted that Ritchie County was formed in 1843 from parts of Wood, Harrison and Lewis counties.Name Index