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Margaret Jane ELDER

Margaret Jane ELDER

Female 1847 - 1927  (79 years)


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  • Name Margaret Jane ELDER
    Residence 1868, 72  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Birth 22 Jul 1847  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female
    Census 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 
    Death 24 May 1927  [2] 
    Burial Stanley (aka Antioch) Cemetery, Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    • A marker for Margaret J. Richards (22 Jul 1847 - 24 May 1927) was listed on the 18 June 1933 WPA reading of Stanley Cemetery, but it is no longer readable or is missing. Her obituary states that she was buried at Antioch Cemetery No. 2.
    Notes 
    • One of a family of 13 children, she was survived by one sister, Mrs. Martha Lodena Simms.
    Person ID I33490  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 11 Jan 2025

    Father William Kendrick ELDER,   b. 2 Mar 1806   d. 11 Mar 1891, Leatherbarke, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Mother Ruhama WILLIS,   b. 27 Jul 1808   d. 7 Mar 1880 (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F8431  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 William A. CALHOUN,   b. CA 1847   d. Bef Jun 1872 (Age ~ 25 years)
    Marriage 12 Jun 1868  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Wife's obituary, incorrectly giving marriage date as June 11 1867, states that two children were born of this marriage, both predeceasing her.
    Family ID F16881  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Jesse Isaac RICHARDS,   b. 20 Apr 1840   d. 17 Dec 1907, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [6]
    Marriage 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.
    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 locationd. 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 locationd. 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 locationd. 1962 (Age 80 years)
    +5. James Fifer RICHARDS,   b. 30 Aug 1884, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 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 locationd. 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

    Family 3 John Philip. BURBRIDGE,   b. 8 Mar 1841, Kingwood, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Mar 1924 (Age 83 years)
    Marriage 13 Jul 1918  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Family ID F33616  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    2. [S14] Obituary.

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

    4. [S2550] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    5. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 18 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11538363&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Wm A. Calhoun, 21, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, son of Samuel & Rachel; and Margaret J. Elder, 20, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of William K. & (blank). Married Jun 12 1868 in Ritchie County. (Note: Wife's obituary incorrectly states marriage date as June 11, 1867.)

    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.)

    8. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR P. 244 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795489&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as John P. Burbridge, 77, b. Preston Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Margaret J. Richards, 70, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Jul 13 1918 "at the residence of Jas. Richards."

    9. [S692] Obituary of wife.