Jul-28-2018
Husband: Herbert H. Richards Also known as: H. H. Richards 1
Born: Jun- -1849 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 2,3,4,5 (see note 1) Died: Dec-14-1922 in Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV 2,3 Buried: in Ellenboro (aka Lamberton or Lambert) Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 6,7 Census: 1900 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: 1900 day laborer 4 Occupation: 1880 farm laborer 8 Father: William Richards (1800 - ) Mother: Margaret "Peggy" Woodside (1820 - 1860)
Wife: Eliza Margaret "Maggie" Mallory 1 Also known as: Maggie E. Mallory 5 Married: Jun- 8-1875 in Ritchie Co, WV 5,4
Born: Dec-12-1844 in Pennsylvania 3,4,8 (see note 2) Died: Mar-21-1905 in Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV 9,3 Buried: in Ellenboro (aka Lamberton or Lambert) Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 6,10,11 Cause of death: softening of the brain (3 weeks duration) 10 Census: 1900 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1880 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1875 in Ritchie Co, WV 5 Census: 1870 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Father: Joseph G. Mallory (1809 - ) Mother: Hannah ___ (1808 - )
M Child 1: Ocie Ola Richards Also known as: Orland C. Richards 12 Born: Aug-12-1888 in Ritchie Co, WV 13,14,12 Died: Dec- 4-1965 in Santa Clara Co, CA 13,14 Census: 1930 in South Rockwood, Monroe Co, MI Census: 1920 in Stephens Co, TX Census: 1900 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: 1930 steam shovel helper 15 Occupation: 1920 oil well driller 16 Wife: Deretha A. Stutler b. Mar-21-1894 d. Apr-27-1959 Married: Dec-31-1910 in Harrison Co, WV 12
Sources: (1) Marriage record of son. (2) 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. (3) Headstone. (4) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) (5) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 31, Line 39 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11538157&Type=Marriage. (6) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (7) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone: H. H. Richard. (8) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District) (9) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Eliza Richards, white female, age 49, married; died Mar 21 1905 in Ellenboro, cause of death softening of the brain (3 weeks duration). Buried in Ellenboro, cemetery not specified. DR p. 84, Line 1079 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4845312&Type=Death. (10) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV, DR p. 84, Line 1079 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4845312&Type=Death. (11) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone: Eliza, wife of H. H. Richard. (12) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (13) California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online), Ancestry.com and California Dept of Health Svcs, Center for Health Statistics. (14) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Michigan before 1951. (15) 1930 Census. (16) 1920 Census. 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) Age 22 in her 1875 marriage record would put her birth in about 1853. But age 35 in the 1880 Census puts it in about 1845, the 1900 Census shows it as Dec 1844, and the date on her headstone is Dec 12 1844. Her name was given in her son's marriage record as Margaret E, in her own marriage record as Maggie E. Mallory, in the 1850 Census as Eliza M, in the 1860 and 1870 censuses as Eliza, in the 1880 Census as Maggie, in the 1900 Census as Eliza M, and in her death record as Eliza. The name on her headstone is Eliza, wife of H. H. Richard (sic).Name Index