Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

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Father | Male
Benjamin RICHARDS

Born	CA 1796
Died	Bef Jun 1880
Buried
Married
Father	George Washington RICHARDS \| F10532 Group Sheet
Mother	Catherine BUSH \| F10532 Group Sheet

Mother | Female
Priscilla JONES

Born	1806
Died	1880
Buried		Wilson Cemetery, Beason (Pennsboro), Ritchie Co, WV
Father	James JONES \| F27969 Group Sheet
Mother	Sarah RAVENSCRAFT \| F27969 Group Sheet

Child 1 | Male
+ George W. RICHARDS

Born	CA 1831	Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Died	Aug 1888	Ritchie Co, WV
Buried
Spouse	Eliza ELDER \| F40972
Married	1850
Spouse	Elizabeth Jane GRIM \| F53674
Married	21 Dec 1882	Tyler Co, WV

Child 2 | Male
+ Benjamin F. RICHARDS

Born	CA 1839	Wood Co, (W)VA
Died
Buried
Spouse	Nancy L. CROSS \| F16994
Married	8 Apr 1865	Ritchie Co, WV

Child 3 | Male
+ Elias C. RICHARDS

Born	1841
Died	1916
Buried
Spouse	Elizabeth POOL \| F16876
Married	18 Feb 1869	Doddridge Co, WV

Child 4 | Female
Mahala E. RICHARDS

Born	CA 1846	Virginia
Died
Buried
Spouse	John W. MCGILL \| F18147
Married	8 Oct 1876	Ritchie Co, WV

Child 5 | Female
Clarinda RICHARDS

Born	CA 1848
Died
Buried

Child 6 | Female
+ Indiana Jane RICHARDS

Born	1 Mar 1851	Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Died	9 Apr 1898	Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV
Buried
Spouse	George William JONES \| F50333
Married
Spouse	George Engle S. A. H. MILLER \| F53670
Married	1 Mar 1877	Ritchie Co, WV

Notes

1850 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Sep 12 1850:
Benjamin Richards, 54, farmer, value of real estate $600, cannot read/write; Priscilla, 44, cannot read/write; Cath E, 21, cannot read/write; Geo. W, 19, farmer; Benjamin L. (?), 14; Jacob H, 12; Elias C, 9; Mahala, 4; Clarinda, 2. All born in Virginia.

1860 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 18 1860:
Benj. Richards, 67, farmer, value of real estate $1200, value of personal estate $200, cannot read/write; Priscilla, 54, cannot read/write; Catharine A, 31; Benj. F, 24, value of real estate $200, value of personal estate $60; Jacob H, 22, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $70; Elias C, 19; Mahala, 14; Indianna, 12; Fracitta Clayton, 9, medical condition deaf; Stephen R. Clayton, 5. All born in Virginia.
NOTE: The next enumerated household was that of son George:
Geo. W. Richards, 29, farmer, value of real estate $500, value of personal estate $200; Eliza, 25; Loveica, 6; Irving, 4; Rebecca, 1.

1870 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay Twp), enumerated on Jul 28 1870:
Benjamin Richards, 77, farmer, value of real estate $1000, value of personal estate $220, cannot read/write; Percella, 64, cannot read/write; Mahala E, 22; Indiana J, 20; Elias C, 29, farmer, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $500; Elizabeth, 19; Rosa E, 6 months, birth month November. All born in Virginia/West Virginia except for Elizabeth, born in Ohio.
NOTE: The next enumerated household was that of son George:
George W. Richards, 39, farmer, value of real estate $800, value of personal estate $412; Eliza, 35, cannot write; Lovica, 16, cannot write; Irvin, 13, cannot write; Rebecca, 11, cannot write; Noah, 8; Z. (or B.) W. (female), 3; George W, 1; Samuel Calhoun, 60, b. WVa, occupation (blank), cannot read/write.

In 1880, the widowed Priscilla was enumerated in the household of her twice-married daughter Indiana.
1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), eunumerated on Jun 4 1880:
George E. Miller, 28, farmer; wife Indiana J, 29; son Irwin E, 2; stepson Thomas S. Jones, 11, attended school within the year, cannot write; stepson George W. Jones, 7; mother-in-law Percilla Richards, 74, widowed, cannot write. [3]

Sources

[S1583] Marriage record of daughter.
[S1567] Marriage record of son.
[S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com).

Family: Benjamin RICHARDS / Priscilla JONES (F11109) [1, 2]

Family: Benjamin RICHARDS / Priscilla JONES (F11109)^{[1, 2]}