Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Henderson Richards    
                Born: Mar-23-1841          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: bef Apr 1910          1 (see note 1)
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Center District, Calhoun Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Calhoun Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Michael M. Richards   (1810 -     ) 
              Mother: Caroline Wilson   (1813 -     ) 
                Wife: Rachel Elizabeth Norman   3  
             Married: Mar-22-1861          in Calhoun Co, (W)VA  2
                Born: May- 6-1847          in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  4,2
                Died: Dec-  -1920          in Big Springs, Calhoun Co, WV  4
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Center District, Calhoun Co, WV  
              Father: James Nedley Norman   (1801 - 1878) 
              Mother: Catherine Summers   (1804 -     ) 
Notes 
           M Child 1: Rutherford B. Richards      
       Also known as: R. B. Richards 5
                Born: Apr- 3-1877          in Calhoun Co, WV  6,5
                Died: Apr-29-1965          in Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV  6
              Buried:                      in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co, WV  6,1
              Census: 1930                 in Glenville District, Gilmer Co, WV  
             Resided: 1900                 in Calhoun Co, WV  5
              Census: 1880                 in Center District, Calhoun Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      South Penn Oil (retired)  
          Occupation: 1930                 carpenter on oil derrick  7
                Wife: Ingabe Lenore Jones  b. Aug-26-1881  d. Jun-15-1961  
       Also known as: Ingaby Jones 5
             Married: Jan- 7-1900          in Doddridge Co, WV  5
           M Child 2: George Washington Richards      
                Born: Jan-22-1880          in Calhoun Co, WV  8,9,10
                Died: Oct-11-1949          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  8,9
              Buried:                      in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  8,1
      Cause of death:                      hit by falling tree  8
             Resided:                      in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  8
              Census: 1930, 1940           in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880, 1900, 1910     in Center District, Calhoun Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  8,11
          Occupation: 1940                 laborer with W.P.A.  12
                Wife: Icy Lucretia Cunningham  b. Dec-17-1887  d. May-  -1986  
       Also known as: Isa Cunningham 
             Married: Jul-22-1905          in Calhoun Co, WV  13
           F Child 3: Hannah Jane "Janie" Richards      
       Also known as: Jane Richards 13
                Born: Apr-  -1888          in Calhoun Co, WV  14,13
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Center District, Calhoun Co, WV  
             Husband: Willie Leeson  b. Feb-14-1883  d. Nov- 8-1947  
       Also known as: William Leeson 13
             Married: Jul-22-1905          in Calhoun Co, WV  15

Sources:
(1) Findagrave.com. 
(2) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989) 
(3) Death record of son. 
(4) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 
(5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(6) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(7) 1930 Census, Gilmer County, WV. 
(8) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(9) Headstone (year only) 
(10) 1880 Census, Calhoun County, WV. 
(11) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District). 
(12) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) 
(13) Calhoun County Marriage Records, Grantsville, WV. 
(14) 1900 Census, Calhoun County, WV. 
(15) Calhoun County Marriage Records, Grantsville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4445&Type=Marriage. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Findagrave reports that Thomas Henderson Richards died in 1913 and is buried
at the Richards Family Cemetery in Beech, Calhoun County.  But Henderson
Richards was not with his family in the 1910 Census, in which his wife Rachel's
marital status was listed as widowed.







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