Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Harvey Okey Richards    
                Born: Sep- 2-1893          in Ritchie Co, WV  1,2,3 (see note 1)
                Died: Jul-29-1970          in Wood Co, WV  4,3
             Resided:                      in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  5,1,6
              Buried:                      in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, near Pullman (Co Rds 9 & 7/4), Ritchie Co, WV  7
              Father: Samuel Floyd Richards   (1863 - 1939) 
              Mother: Sarah Harriet Dotson   (1858 - 1905) 
                Wife: Margaret Violet "Maggie" Elder   8,9,10  
       Also known as: Maggie V. 11
                Born: Jan- 3-1904           3
                Died: Nov- 5-1969          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  12,3
              Buried:                      in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, near Pullman (Co Rds 9 & 7/4), Ritchie Co, WV  12,7
             Resided:                      in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  12
              Father: James S. Elder   (1865 -     ) 
              Mother: Lillie Mahaney   (1869 -     ) 
           M Child 1: Bernard Wesley Richards      
                Born: Dec-30-1925          at Beason (Pennsboro), Ritchie Co, WV  13,14,2
                Died: Oct- 9-2008          in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  13,2
              Buried:                      in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, near Pullman (Co Rds 9 & 7/4), Ritchie Co, WV  13
             Resided:                      in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  5,13
             Resided: 1951                 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  14
          Occupation:                      millwright  13
           Education:                      Pennsboro H.S. (1944)  13
            Military:                      U.S. Army, World War II (Philippines)  13
                Wife: Fredia Louise Cornell  b. Feb- 1-1927  d. Sep-14-2014  
             Married: Dec- 7-1951          in Vienna, Wood Co, WV  14
           M Child 2: Stanley Floyd Richards      
                Born: Oct-17-1928          in Ritchie Co, WV  15,16,2
                Died: Mar-31-1997          in Summit Co, OH  16,2
              Buried:                      in Hillside Memorial Park, Akron, Summit Co, OH  17
             Resided:                      in Akron, Summit Co, OH  5
             Resided: 1953                 near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  15
            Military:                      Pvt, US Army, Korea  17
                Wife: Betty Pearl Cornell  b. Sep-19-1931  
             Married: Apr- 8-1953          in Waverly, Wood Co, WV  15
           F Child 3: Frances Dorean Richards      
                Born: Oct-10-1930          in Ritchie Co, WV  13
                Died: Mar-18-2012          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  18
             Resided:                      in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  13
             Husband: Dale William Masters  b. May-22-1927  d. Feb-11-2016  
             Married: 1953                 in Ritchie Co, WV  19
           M Child 4: Arnold Kyle Richards      
                Born: Apr-26-1933          in Ritchie Co, WV  15
             Resided: 2008                 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  20
             Resided: 1951                 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  15
                Wife: Mary Louise Taylor  b. Mar-20-1933  
             Married: Dec- 8-1951          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  15

Sources:
(1) National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(2) Social Security Death Index. 
(3) Headstone (year only) 
(4) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(6) Death record of wife. 
(7) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(8) Obituary of son. 
(9) Marriage record of son. 
(10) Obituary of daughter. 
(11) Headstone. 
(12) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4842571&Type=Death. 
(13) Obituary. 
(14) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. 
(15) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(16) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. 
(17) National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites (www.ancestry.com) 
(18) Obituary - Hospital. 
(19) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(20) Obituary of brother. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Oct 1893, but SSDI and World War II Draft
Registration card show it as Sep 2 1893.







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