Martha Lodeema RICHARDS^[1]

1882 - 1962  (80 years)

• Name	Martha Lodeema RICHARDS
  Born	1882	Ritchie Co, WV   [2, 3]
  	Age 21 in 1900 marriage record would put birth in about 1879. But she was not present for the 1880 Census.
  Gender	Female
  Census	1910, 1920	Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
  Died	1962  [2]
  Buried	Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV   [4]
  Person ID	I78582	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2016

  
  

  Father	Jesse Isaac RICHARDS,   b. 20 Apr 1840,   d. 17 Dec 1907, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Margaret Jane ELDER,   b. 22 Jul 1847, Harrison Co, (W)VA ,   d. 24 May 1927  (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F13111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	General Grant CROSS,   b. CA 1873, Ritchie Co, WV ,   d. 18 Oct 1955, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  (Age ~ 82 years)
  Married	2 May 1900	Ritchie Co, WV   [3]
  Notes	1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on apr 22 1910: Grant Cross, 32, farm laborer, married 9 yrs; wife Lodema, 28, mother of 3 children (all still living); son Wilbert D, 7; dau Aggie M, 4; son Roscoe, 1 yr 2 mo. 1920 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Feb 9 1920: Grant Cross, 52 (sic), railroad laborer; wife M L, 37; son Wilbert, 16; dau Agnes, 14; son Roscoe, 10; dau Lorama, 7; dau Gettie (or Lettie?), 4 yr 11 mo. [5]
  Children	+ 1. Wilbert D. CROSS,   b. 25 Feb 1903, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV ,   d. 3 Feb 1976, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  (Age 72 years)   2. Agnes May CROSS,   b. 1 Oct 1905, Beason (Pennsboro), Ritchie Co, WV ,   d. 29 Apr 1987  (Age 81 years)   3. Roscoe Metcalf CROSS,   b. 15 Feb 1909, Ritchie Co, WV ,   d. 30 Jul 1974, Weirton, Hancock Co, WV  (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F33622	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1608] Obituary of stepmother. [S638] Headstone (year only). [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. [S934] Findagrave.com, Name on headstone: M. Lodeema Cross. [S1592] Birth record of daughter.