Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Nelson Judge Richards    
         Census name: Nelson Richards 
                Born: 1814                  1
                Died: 1880                  
              Census: 1870                 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1850                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  2
              Father: George Washington Richards   (1759 - 1835) 
              Mother: Catherine Bush   (1765 - 1814) 
                Wife: Mahala Jones     
             Married: Aug-20-1843          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  3
                Born: ca 1825               2
                Died: Jun-  -1879          in Ritchie Co, WV  4
      Cause of death:                      consumption  4
              Census: 1870                 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1850                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Samuel R. Jones   (1796 - 1861) 
              Mother: Ruth Anderson   (1810 -     ) 
           F Child 1: Mary C. Richards      
                Born: 1850                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  2 (see note 1)
              Census: 1850                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
           M Child 2: Adam Richards      
                Born: ca 1867               5
              Census: 1880                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV   (see note 2)
              Census: 1870                 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) Walter A. Dotson (1950-2011), Louisville, OH. 
(2) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. 
(3) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11535954&Type=Marriage. 
(4) U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy Twp) 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age one month at time of Sep 9 1850 enumeration.
Note (2) Listed as nephew Adam Richards, 12, cannot read/write, in household of uncle
Judge Judson Nelson Jones and his wife Nancy.







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