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Jesse Isaac RICHARDS

Jesse Isaac RICHARDS

Male 1840 - 1907  (67 years)

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  • Name Jesse Isaac RICHARDS 
    Born 20 Apr 1840  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birthplace given as Wood County in 1863 marriage record, but as Ritchie County in 1872 marriage record. It is noted that Ritchie County was formed in 1843 from parts of Wood, Harrison and Lewis counties.
    Gender Male 
    Military Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf (Civil War)  [4] 
    Census 1850, 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 17 Dec 1907  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I33489  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2019 

    Father Elias Coleman RICHARDS,   b. 10 Mar 1810,   d. 1888  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Sarah Ellen JONES,   b. CA 1818 
    Family ID F16880  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Elizabeth STEWART,   b. CA 1843, Wood Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Jun 1872  (Age ~ 29 years) 
    Married 5 Mar 1863  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay Twp), enumerated in Jul 1870:
      Jesse I. Richards, 29, farm laborer; Elizabeth, 26; Rebecca J, 6; George W, 5; Daniel, 3; May, 1 mo. [6]
    Children 
    +1. Rebecca Jane RICHARDS,   b. 28 Dec 1863, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jun 1948, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    +2. George Washington RICHARDS,   b. 29 Jan 1865, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1949, Mannington, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    +3. Daniel Boone RICHARDS,   b. Jun 1868, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Jan 1920  (Age ~ 51 years)
     4. Adelia May RICHARDS,   b. 1870
    Family ID F33619  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Margaret Jane ELDER,   b. 22 Jul 1847, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 May 1927  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 23 Jun 1872  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Jun 3 1880:
      Jesse I. Ritchards, 40, laborer; wife Margaret J, 33; son George, 15; son Daniel, 13; dau Adelia A, 11; son Thomas, 7; son Johnson, 4; son Benjamin C, 11 months (born in June).
      NOTE: In the 1880 Census of Union District, Ritchie County, Jesse's daughter Rebecca was listed as a servant, age 16, can read but cannot write, in the household of James C. & Mary E. (Lowther) Wise (ages 38 & 29) and their three sons. Rebecca married Jasper Newton Cottrill in 1886.

      1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 16 1900:
      Jessie I. Richards, 60, b. Apr 1840, farm laborer, married 29 yrs; wife Margarett J, 52, b. Jul 1847, married 29 yrs, mother of 13 children (7 still living); son Benjamin C, 20, b. Jun 1879; son James, 15, b. Aug 1884; dau Alice, 12, b. Jun 1887. [6]
    Children 
    +1. Thomas Riley RICHARDS,   b. Apr 1876, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Albert Johnson RICHARDS,   b. 16 Mar 1876, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 1940, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    +3. Benjamin Crumrine RICHARDS,   b. 16 Jun 1879, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1945, Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    +4. Martha Lodeema RICHARDS,   b. 1882, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1962  (Age 80 years)
    +5. James Fifer RICHARDS,   b. 30 Aug 1884, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 1939, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     6. Alice RICHARDS,   b. 7 Jun 1887, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Aug 1910, Beatrice, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years)
    Family ID F13111  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 177.

    2. [S2053] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    3. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.

    4. [S2588] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    5. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    6. [S1604] Death record of son.

    7. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 26 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537930&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Jesse I. Richards, widowed, 32, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, son of Elias & Sarah; and Margaret Jane Calhoon, widowed, 24, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of William & Rhuanna. Married Jun 23 1872 in Ritchie County. (Note: Wife's obituary incorrectly states marriage date as 1871.)