Notes for: Elizabeth J. Calhoun

1870 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Grant Twp), enumerated on Aug 5 1870:
Wm. Richards, 60, occupation (blank), cannot read/write; Elizabeth, 39, cannot read/write; Hebert, 20, attended school within the year, cannot write; Lydia J, 12, cannot read/write; Joseph A, 8; Jasper, 8; Enoch S, 2. All born in Virginia/West Virginia.
The next enumerated family was that of David (50) & Catharine (40) Richards and their eight children.

1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Jun 19 1880:
William Richards, 86, farm laborer, blind, cannot read/write; wife Elizabeth, 46, cannot write; son Jasper, 16, cannot write; son Joseph N, 16, cannot write; son Enoch, 10, cannot read/write; son James, 7.