Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: William Richards    
                Born: ca 1800              in Virginia (now West Virginia)  1
              Census: 1880                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  2
   Medical condition: 1880                 blind  3
              Father: George Washington Richards   (1759 - 1835) 
              Mother: Catherine Bush   (1765 - 1814) 
Other spouse 1
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Elizabeth J. Calhoun     
             Married: Oct-21-1860          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  4
                Born: ca 1833              in Wood Co, (W)VA  5,2
             Resided: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  5
              Census: 1850                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Solomon Calhoun   (1795 - 1857) 
              Mother: Anna "Amy" Bright   (1802 -     ) 
Notes 
           M Child 1: Enoch Richards      
                Born: ca 1868              in Ritchie Co, WV  6,7
              Census: 1880                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV   (see note 1)
                Wife: Hannah V. Norris  b. ca 1871  
             Married: Mar-15-1889          in Ritchie Co, WV  7

Sources:
(1) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 
(2) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. 
(3) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(4) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Wm. Richards, widower, 55, farmer, b. Harrison Co, res. 
Ritchie Co, son of George & Catharine; and E. Calhoun, single, 27, b. Wood Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Solomon & Anna.  
Married Oct 21 1860 in Ritchie County, officiated by Eli Riddle. MR p. 7, Line 29 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537264&Type=Marriage. 
(5) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 7, Line 29 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537264&Type=Marriage. 
(6) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant Twp) 
(7) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 68, Line 27 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11540417&Type=Marriage. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Middle initial looks like S in census, but L in daughter's marriage
record.







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