Husband: Elbert Ruben Richards, Jr.
Also known as: Junior Richards 1
Born: Jul-25-1923 at Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 2,3,4
Resided: 1987 in Lawrenceville, Brunswick Co, VA 5
Resided: 1965 in Williamsburg, VA 6
Resided: 1946 at Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 4
Census: 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Military: (enlisted 6/7/1943) Cpl, US Marine Corps, World War II, South Pacific (wounded in action) 7
Father: Elbert Ruben Richards (1902 - 1956)
Mother: Madaline Virginia Fox (1901 - 1964)
Wife: Madaline Claris Cumpston 6 Also known as: Madlin Claris Cumpston 4 Married: Jan-27-1946 in Doddridge Co, WV 8
Born: Dec-13-1925 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 9,4 Died: Feb-20-1965 in Alexandria, VA 9 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 9 Resided: in Williamsburg, VA 9 Resided: 1946 near West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 6 Census: 1940 at Jockey Camp, Doddridge Co, WV Father: John Alexander Cumpston (1895 - 1979) Mother: Minnie G. Yoke (1899 - 1977) Notes
F Child 1: Living Husband: Living
Sources: (1) Obituary of wife's sister. (2) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 177. (3) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (5) Obituary of sister. (6) Obituary of wife. (7) World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (8) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Elbert Ruben Richards Jr, 22, b. & res. at Morgansville, son of Elbert & Virginia Madeline Richards; and Madlin Claris Cumpston, 20, b. West Union, res. West Union Route 2, dau of John & Minnie Cumpston. Married Jan 27 1946 at the Methodist parsonage by Fred E. Smith, minister of the Gospel. (Note: Wife's obituary incorrectly states marriage date as 1945.), MR p. 372 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11798494&Type=Marriage. (9) Obituary.