Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Albert Henry Richards    
       Also known as: Henry Richards 1,2
                Born: May-  -1910          in Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV  3,4,5 (see note 1)
                Died: Apr- 2-1980          in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV  6,4
             Resided:                      in Salem, WV  3,7,8
              Census: 1930, 1940           in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 farm laborer  9
              Father: Albert Johnson Richards   (1876 - 1940) 
              Mother: Elizabeth Victoria Martin   (1880 - 1936) 
                Wife: Violet Leona Hayes   1,2  
             Married: May- 1-1937          in Salem, WV  7
                Born: Nov-26-1920          at Jockey Camp, Doddridge Co, WV  3,5
                Died: Apr-20-2016          in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  10
              Buried:                      in Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV  3
             Resided:                      in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  3,11
              Census: 1940                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1937                 in Salem, WV  7,11
              Census: 1930                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: John Porter Hayes   (1892 - 1986) 
              Mother: Alice Leverna Hurst   (1898 - 1928) 
           F Child 1: Oma Lee Richards      
         Census name: Omalee Richards 
                Born: Sep-12-1938          in Salem, WV  1,12
                Died: Nov-17-1975           1
              Census: 1940                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Husband: Albert C. Kelley  b. Oct-11-1927  
             Married: Jun- 1-1957          in Salem, WV  13
           M Child 2: Living      
           M Child 3: Robert Rosen Richards      
                Born: Sep- 5-1950           
                Died: Mar-14-1951          in Salem, WV  14
              Buried:                      in Stanley (aka Antioch) Cemetery, Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV  14
      Cause of death:                      spina bifida  14

Sources:
(1) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 222. 
(2) Marriage record of daughter. 
(3) Obituary. 
(4) Social Security Death Index. 
(5) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(6) Obituary - Hospital. 
(7) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(8) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(9) 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(10) Obituary - At home. 
(11) Obituary of husband. 
(12) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(13) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Albert C. Kelley, 29, b. Oct 11 1927, b. & res. in 
Salem WV, son of T. C. & Ninnie Mae (dec'd) Kelley; and Oma Lee Richards,18, b. Sep 12 1938, b. & res. in Salem WV, dau 
of Henry & Violet Richards.  Married Jun 1 1957 in Salem.  (Note:  "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 222, reports 
bride's name as Oma B. Richards, but marriage record shows her middle name to be Lee.), MR p. 
264. 
(14) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in marriage record as May 10 1912.  But SSDI shows birth
date as May 10 1910, while obituary states May 18 1910 and birth record states
May 17 1910.  Age in 1920 Census, enumerated in January, was 9.







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