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Elizabeth J. CALHOUN

Elizabeth J. CALHOUN

Female 1833 -

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  • Name Elizabeth J. CALHOUN 
    Born CA 1833  Wood Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I120758  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 18 May 2018 

    Father Solomon CALHOUN,   b. CA 1795, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1857  (Age ~ 62 years) 
    Mother Anna "Amy" BRIGHT,   b. CA 1802, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F45379  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Mason RICHARDS,   b. CA 1800, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 21 Oct 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Grant Twp), enumerated on Aug 5 1870:
      Wm. Richards, 60, occupation (blank), cannot read/write; Elizabeth, 39, cannot read/write; Hebert, 20, attended school within the year, cannot write; Lydia J, 12, cannot read/write; Joseph A, 8; Jasper, 8; Enoch S, 2. All born in Virginia/West Virginia.
      The next enumerated family was that of David (50) & Catharine (40) Richards and their eight children.

      1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Jun 19 1880:
      William Richards, 86, farm laborer, blind, cannot read/write; wife Elizabeth, 46, cannot write; son Jasper, 16, cannot write; son Joseph N, 16, cannot write; son Enoch, 10, cannot read/write; son James, 7.
    Children 
    +1. Enoch RICHARDS,   b. CA 1868, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F51869  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 7, Line 29 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537264&Type=Marriage.

    2. [S2066] 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.

    3. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 7, Line 29 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537264&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Wm. Richards, widower, 55, farmer, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of George & Catharine; and E. Calhoun, single, 27, b. Wood Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Solomon & Anna. Married Oct 21 1860 in Ritchie County, officiated by Eli Riddle.