Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Samuel Floyd Richards    
                Born: Jan-12-1863          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  1,2,3
                Died: May- 8-1939          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Buck Run (aka Dotson) Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV  1,4
              Census: 1900                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  1
              Father: Elias Coleman Richards   (1810 - 1888) 
              Mother: Sarah Ellen Jones   (1818 -     ) 
                Wife: Sarah Harriet Dotson   5  
             Married: Dec- 5-1889          in Ritchie Co, WV  3
                Born: Feb-22-1858          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  6,2,3
                Died: May-14-1905           6
              Buried:                      in Buck Run (aka Dotson) Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Census: 1900                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Harvey Okey Richards      
                Born: Sep- 2-1893          in Ritchie Co, WV  7,8,9 (see note 1)
                Died: Jul-29-1970          in Wood Co, WV  10,9
             Resided:                      in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  11,7,12
              Buried:                      in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, near Pullman (Co Rds 9 & 7/4), Ritchie Co, WV  4
                Wife: Margaret Violet "Maggie" Elder  b. Jan- 3-1904  d. Nov- 5-1969  
       Also known as: Maggie V. 6

Sources:
(1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(2) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(3) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(5) Death record of son. 
(6) Headstone. 
(7) National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(8) Social Security Death Index. 
(9) Headstone (year only) 
(10) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(11) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(12) Death record of wife. 

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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