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Ray Hadsel RICHARDS

Ray Hadsel RICHARDS

Male 1925 - 2014  (89 years)

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  • Name Ray Hadsel RICHARDS 
    Born 16 Aug 1925  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birthplace given in marriage record as Ritchie County, on Aug 16 1924. But his military discharge papers state Greenwood (considered to be in Doddridge County near the Ritchie County line) on Aug 16 1925. Doddridge County birth records indicate his birth as Aug 15 (sic) 1925 in Central District. His age in the 1930 Census, enumerated in Apr 1930, was 5. Immediate family report his birth date as Aug 16 1924, but his obituary states Aug 16 1925.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1930, 1940  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1943  Williamstown, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 6 Nov 1943 to 30 Mar 1946  [4] 
    Pfc, Co A, 330th Inf, 83rd Div, US Army, WW II (Europe) 
    Occupation (BEF WW II) 
    glass blower 
    Occupation oil field worker  [5] 
    Residence Leeson Run (Greenwood), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Residence 1946  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 15 Dec 2014  Leeson Run (Greenwood), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Buried Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I23471  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 29 Jul 2016 

    Father George Washington RICHARDS,   b. 22 Jan 1880, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1949, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Icy Lucretia CUNNINGHAM,   b. 17 Dec 1887, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1986  (Age 98 years) 
    Family ID F19844  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lora Gale Maxine DODD,   b. 29 Apr 1928, Lynn Camp (Pennsboro), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 2008, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 10 May 1946  Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
    +1. Living
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    +6. Living
    Family ID F8768  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.

    2. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    3. [S1616] Immediate family.

    4. [S2512] U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    5. [S14] Obituary.

    6. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    7. [S1752] Obituary - At home.

    8. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 132 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11546387&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Ray Hadsel Richards, 21, b. Aug 16 1924 in Ritchie Co, res. Pennsboro Rt 3, son of George W. & Icie Richards; and Lora Gail Maxine Dodd, 18, b. Apr 29 1928 in Ritchie Co, res. Pennsboro Rt 3, dau of Alva & Laura Dodd. Married May 10 1946 in Harrisville by Rev. French Boone, minister. A notation states "Consent of her father filed with application."