Jul-28-2018
Husband: William Richards
Born: ca 1800 in Virginia (now West Virginia) 1 Census: 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1870 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 2 Medical condition: 1880 blind 3 Father: George Washington Richards (1759 - 1835) Mother: Catherine Bush (1765 - 1814) Other spouse 1 Other spouse 3
Wife: Margaret "Peggy" Woodside 4 Married: Nov-11-1847 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 5
Born: ca 1820 in Pennsylvania 2 Died: bef Jun 1860 6 Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Father: Mother: Notes
M Child 1: Herbert H. Richards Also known as: H. H. Richards 7 Born: Jun- -1849 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 8,9,10,11 (see note 1) Died: Dec-14-1922 in Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV 8,9 Buried: in Ellenboro (aka Lamberton or Lambert) Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 12,13 Census: 1900 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: 1900 day laborer 10 Occupation: 1880 farm laborer 14 Wife: Eliza Margaret "Maggie" Mallory b. Dec-12-1844 d. Mar-21-1905 Also known as: Maggie E. Mallory 11 Married: Jun- 8-1875 in Ritchie Co, WV 11,10
F Child 2: Lydia Jane Richards Also known as: Lyda Jane Richards 15 Born: Jul-22-1857 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, (W)VA 10,16,15 (see note 2) Died: Nov-21-1936 near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 15,17 Buried: in Wilson Cemetery, Beason (Pennsboro), Ritchie Co, WV 15,12 Census: 1930 in Bunnells Run, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1880, 1900, 10, 20 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1878 in Ritchie Co, WV 16 Census: 1870 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Andrew Jackson Ramsey b. Mar- 3-1857 d. Mar-11-1946 Census name: Jackson Ramsey Married: Dec-24-1878 in Ritchie Co, WV 18
Sources: (1) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (2) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. (3) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) (4) Marriage record of daughter. (5) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as William Richards and Margaret Woodside. Married on Nov 11 1847 in Ritchie County, officiated by Eli Riddle. MR page 3 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11536189&Type=Marriage. (6) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. (7) Marriage record of son. (8) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1011993&Type=Death. (9) Headstone. (10) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) (11) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 31, Line 39 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11538157&Type=Marriage. (12) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (13) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone: H. H. Richard. (14) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District) (15) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=729618&Type=Death. (16) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 39, Line 104 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11539238&Type=Marriage. (17) Headstone (year only) (18) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Andrew J. Ramsey, 21, farmer, b. WVa, res. Ritchie Co, son of Anderson & Elizabeth; and Lydia J. Richards, 21, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, dau of Wm. & Margaret. Married Dec 24 1878 in Ritchie County, officiated by Wm. B. Wilcox. MR p. 39, Line 104 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11539238&Type=Marriage. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date on headstone is Jun 29 1849, but the date in his death record is Jun 8 1849. Note (2) Birth date given in death record as Jul 22 1855, while the date on her headstone is 1856. But the 1900 Census shows it as July 1857, consistent with her age at marriage and in all other census records.Name Index