Benjamin Franklin "Frank" RICHARDS

1851 - 1925  (74 years)

• Name	Benjamin Franklin "Frank" RICHARDS
  Born	21 Jun 1851	Ritchie Co, (W)VA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1860	Ritchie Co, (W)VA
  Census	1870, 1900	Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
  Census	1910, 1920	Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
  Occupation	farmer  [1]
  Died	30 Aug 1925	Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV   [1]
  Buried	Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV   [1, 4]
  Person ID	I27753	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	Isaac RICHARDS,   b. 25 Dec 1814
  Mother	Ellen RICHARDS,   b. 1829
  Family ID	F10530	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Amanda Jane MOSSER,   b. CA 1852, Ritchie Co, (W)VA ,   d. Bef Jan 1886  (Age ~ 33 years)  [5]
  Married	8 Dec 1874	Tyler Co, WV   [2]
  Children	1. D. I. RICHARDS + 2. Benjamin F. "Zell" RICHARDS,   b. 29 Jan 1880, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 30 Oct 1958, Ritchie Co, WV  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F13112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Ada Adella KNIGHT,   b. 26 Jan 1870, Grafton, Windham Co, VT ,   d. 17 Jan 1955, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 84 years)
  Married	20 Jan 1886	Ritchie Co, WV   [6]
  Notes	1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Apr 18 1910: Franklin Richards, 58, b. WVa, laborer at odd jobs, married 23 yrs; wife Adadella, 39, b. Vermont (father b. New Hampshire, mother b. Vermont), married 23 yrs, mother of 5 children (4 still living); son Okey, 19; son Amos, 9; dau Lilly L, 5; dau Alice B, 1.
  Children	+ 1. Okey RICHARDS,   b. 30 Jul 1890, Ritchie Co, WV ,   d. 1 Feb 1952, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 61 years) + 2. Henry Amos RICHARDS,   b. 14 Jul 1900, Ritchie Co, WV ,   d. 2 Oct 1955, Harrison Co, WV  (Age 55 years) + 3. Lilly Ella RICHARDS,   b. 20 Aug 1904, Ritchie Co, WV ,   d. 17 Aug 1983  (Age 78 years) + 4. Alice Belle RICHARDS,   b. 30 Sep 1908, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 9 May 1951, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  (Age 42 years)
  Family ID	F10514	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  27753_RICHARDS_BenjaminFranklin_1851-1925_DeathCertificate.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). [S1994] Tyler County WV Marriages 1852-1890, Elizabeth Estlack Mullett (compiler, 1981), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101). [S2068] 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. [S14] Obituary. [S1604] Death record of son. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)). Identified as Benjamin F. Richards Jr., widowed, 31, of Ritchie Co; and Ada Knight, 17, b. Vermont, res. Ritchie Co. Married Jan 20 1886.