Columbus Carroll RICHARDS

1848 - 1928  (80 years)

• Name	Columbus Carroll RICHARDS
  Born	23 May 1848	Doddridge Co, (W)VA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Military	Captain Lowther's Home Guard, Civil War
  	A transcribed letter: Oxford Va Febr 25th 1863 Henry Samuels Agt Gen Va I callend[sic] upon E Bee for the guns in his hands as pur[sic] your order of Nov 27 1862 and he refused to give up the guns without I would receipt to him for them which I considered I had no rite[sic] to doo[sic] as I will be held accountable to the government for them. Will you pleas[sic] in form me as to my duty in the [?] and oblije yours very Respepectfully Jesse Lowther, Capt Home Guard http://www.wvculture.org/history/ag/militia/doddridge/doddridge11-03t.html http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/mildetail.aspx?Id=1681
  Census	1850	Doddridge Co, (W)VA
  Census	1870, 1880	Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
  	in household with brother David
  Occupation	farmer  [4]
  Died	23 Dec 1928	Doddridge Co, WV   [3, 5]
  Buried	IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV   [5, 6]
  Person ID	I51822	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	James Tolbert RICHARDS,   b. CA 1809, Pennsylvania
  Mother	Elizabeth CHILDERS,   b. CA 1807, Virginia
  Family ID	F2250	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha J. CHAPMAN,   b. 23 May 1855, Barbour Co, (W)VA ,   d. 4 Oct 1921, Harrison Co, WV  (Age 66 years)  [7]
  Married	26 Nov 1871	Doddridge Co, WV   [2]
  Children	1. Florence V. RICHARDS,   b. CA 1873   2. Clodeous A. RICHARDS,   b. CA 1876 + 3. Philetus Marshall RICHARDS,   b. 1879, Doddridge Co, WV ,   bur. Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV + 4. Lora Louise RICHARDS,   b. 3 Sep 1885,   d. 24 Jul 1964  (Age 78 years) + 5. Ora L. RICHARDS,   b. 3 Sep 1885, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 4 Jan 1986  (Age 100 years)
  Family ID	F21388	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/doddridge/vitals/birth.txt. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)). [S638] Headstone (year only). [S2020] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District). [S934] Findagrave.com. [S2243] Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995)). [S1590] Death record of daughter.