Jul-28-2018
Husband: Elias Coleman Richards 1
Born: Mar-10-1810 1 Died: 1888 Census: 1870, 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Father: George Washington Richards (1759 - 1835) Mother: Catherine Bush (1765 - 1814)
Wife: Sarah Ellen Jones 2,3,1 Also known as: Sallie Jones 3 Married: May- 7-1835 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 1,4
Born: ca 1818 5 Census: 1870 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Father: Mother:
F Child 1: Minerva Richards Born: Feb- 1-1836 in Wood Co, (W)VA 6,7 Died: Jul-30-1897 in Ritchie Co, WV 6 Buried: in Riddles Chapel Cemetery, Co Rd 16/10, near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 6 Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Husband: John Clinton Riddle b. Jun-28-1830 d. Oct- 1-1866
M Child 2: Jesse Isaac Richards Born: Apr-20-1840 1,8,9 (see note 1) Died: Dec-17-1907 10 Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Military: Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf (Civil War) 11 Wife: Sarah Elizabeth Stewart b. ca 1843 d. bef Jun 1872 Census name: Elizabeth 9 Married: Mar- 5-1863 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 9 Wife: Margaret Jane Elder b. Jul-22-1847 d. May-24-1927 Also known as: Jane Elder 3 Married: Jun-23-1872 in Ritchie Co, WV 12
M Child 3: Eli R. Richards Born: Oct- 7-1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 13 Died: Dec-23-1901 in Ritchie Co, WV 13 Wife: Ellen H. Elder b. 1857 d. 1916
M Child 4: Coleman Elias Richards Born: Jul-14-1858 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 6,14,15,9 Died: Jan-23-1933 in Nicholas Co, WV 16,15 Buried: in Richwood Cemetery, Nicholas Co, WV 17 Census: 1930 in Richwood, Nicholas Co, WV (see note 2) Census: 1910 in Camden on Gauley, Webster Co, WV Census: 1900 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1879 in Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: 1910 carpenter 18 Occupation: 1880, 1900 farmer 19,14 Wife: Mary Catherine Miller b. Aug- -1860 d. bef 1910 Married: Mar-23-1879 in Ritchie Co, WV 20
M Child 5: Samuel Floyd Richards Born: Jan-12-1863 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 21,8,9 Died: May- 8-1939 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 21 Buried: in Buck Run (aka Dotson) Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV 21,22 Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1870 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: farmer 21 Wife: Sarah Harriet Dotson b. Feb-22-1858 d. May-14-1905 Married: Dec- 5-1889 in Ritchie Co, WV 9
Sources: (1) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 177. (2) Marriage record of son. (3) Death record of son. (4) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (5) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. (6) Findagrave.com. (7) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. (8) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (9) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (10) Obituary of wife. (11) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (12) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Jesse I. Richards, widowed, 32, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, son of Elias & Sarah; and Margaret Jane Calhoon, widowed, 24, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of William & Rhuanna. Married Jun 23 1872 in Ritchie County. (Note: Wife's obituary incorrectly states marriage date as 1871.), MR p. 26 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537930&Type=Marriage. (13) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (14) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) (15) Headstone (year only) (16) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (17) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone: C. E. Richards. (18) 1910 Census, Webster County, WV. (19) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) (20) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Coleman E. Richards, 20, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, son of Elias & Sarah, occupation farmer; and Mary C. Miller, 18, b. Barbour Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Andrew & Rebecca. Married Mar 23 1879 in Ritchie County, officiated by E. J. Taylor. MR p. 40, Line 21 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11539203&Type=Marriage. (21) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (22) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. Event Notes Note (1) Birthplace given as Wood County in 1863 marriage record, but as Ritchie County in 1872 marriage record. It is noted that Ritchie County was formed in 1843 from parts of Wood, Harrison and Lewis counties. Note (2) In household of daughter Pearl (Richards) Samples and her husband.Name Index