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             Husband: Benjamin Richards    
                Born: ca 1796               1
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  1,2
              Father: George Washington Richards   (1759 - 1835) 
              Mother: Catherine Bush   (1765 - 1814) 
                Wife: Priscilla Jones   3,4,5  
                Born: ca 1806               1
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: George W. Richards      
                Born: ca 1831               6
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Ritchie Co, (W)VA   (see note 1)
                Wife: Eliza Elder  b. ca 1835  
             Married: 1850                  
           M Child 2: Benjamin F. Richards      
                Born: ca 1839              in Wood Co, (W)VA  7
             Resided:                      in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      doctor  3
                Wife: Nancy L. Cross  b. ca 1849  
       Also known as: Nancy Ellen Cross 8
             Married: Apr- 8-1865          in Ritchie Co, WV  7
           M Child 3: Elias C. Richards      
                Born: 1841                  9
                Died: 1916                  
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  6
                Wife: Elizabeth Pool  b. ca  1849  
             Married: Feb-18-1869          in Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 4: Mahala E. Richards      
                Born: ca 1846              in Virginia  7 (see note 2)
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: John W. McGill  b. ca 1838  
       Also known as: John W. Magill 10
             Married: Oct- 8-1876          in Ritchie Co, WV  11
           F Child 5: Clarinda Indianna Richards      
         Census name: Clarinda Richards 
                Born: ca 1848               1
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  

Sources:
(1) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. 
(2) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. 
(3) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 362. 
(4) Marriage record of daughter. 
(5) Marriage record of son. 
(6) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(7) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(8) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 157. 
(9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(10) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(11) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as John W. Magill, widowed, age 40, b. Virginia, res. 
Ritchie Co, son of Adam & Delila; and Mahala E. Richards, single, 26, b. Virginia, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Benj & 
Priscilla.  Married Oct 8 1876 in Ritchie County. MR p. 34. 

Event Notes
Note (1)  Geo W Richards in the 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: 	Geo W Richards
Age: 	19
Birth Year: 	abt 1831
Birthplace: 	Virginia
Home in 1850: 	Western District, Ritchie, Virginia, USA
Gender: 	Male
Family Number: 	564
Household Members: 	
Name 	Age
Benjn Richards 	54
Priscilla Richards 	44
Cath E Richards 	21
Geo W Richards 	19
Benjn L Richards 	14
Jacob H Richards 	12
Elias C Richards 	9
Mahala Richards 	4
Clarinda Richards 	2
Note (2) Age 26 given at time of 1876 marriage would put birth in about 1850.  But her
age in the 1850 Census was given as 4.







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