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 2
Other spouse 3
                Wife: Sarah ___     
       Also known as: Sarah Leggett 
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Loudin Richards      
         Census name: Lowden Richards 
                Born: Jan-14-1827           4 (see note 1)
                Died: Nov- 6-1904           4
              Buried:                      in Victory Ridge Cemetery, CR 16/8, north of Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  5,6
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1850                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
                Wife: Elizabeth Rollins  b. Jan- 6-1832  d. Feb- 5-1902  
             Married: Jan- 3-1847          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  1
           F Child 2: Ellen Richards 1     
       Also known as: Mary Ellen Richards 7
                Born: 1829                  8
             Husband: Isaac Richards  b. Dec-25-1814  
             Married: Sep-20-1848          in Ritchie Co, WV  8
           M Child 3: Lewis B. Richards      
                Born: Nov-27-1834          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  4,9,10
                Died: Dec- 5-1917          in Weston, Lewis Co, WV  11
              Buried:                      in Tichenal Church Cemetery, Isaac Crk Rd, near Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV  12
      Cause of death:                      senile dementia, venus thrombosis  11
              Census: 1870, 1880, 1900     in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  11
            Military:                      Pvt, Co F, 7th WVa Inf, Civil War  13
                Wife: Angelina Bailey  b. Mar-18-1841  d. Mar-27-1886  
    Marriage license: Dec-29-1857          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  14
             Married: Dec-31-1857          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  10
           F Child 4: Lucinda Richards      
                Born: ca 1835               2
              Census: 1850                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: James Rollins  b. Jan- 6-1823  d. Oct-29-1888  
             Married: Sep- 4-1856          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  

Sources:
(1) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 
(2) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. 
(3) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(4) Headstone. 
(5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(6) Findagrave.com. 
(7) Death record of son. 
(8) Walter A. Dotson (1950-2011), Louisville, OH. 
(9) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(10) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 10, Line 19 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=252365&Type=Marriage. 
(11) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1885910&Type=Death. 
(12) Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990) 
(13) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(14) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=38688&Type=Marriage. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age 49 in 1870 Census would put birth in about 1821, but date on headstone is
as Jan 14 1827.  A birth date of 1822 has also been reported.  Name on
headstone:  Louden Richards.







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