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Richard Delano THARP

Richard Delano THARP

Male 1855 - 1929  (73 years)

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  • Name Richard Delano THARP 
    Born 9 Oct 1855  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date given as Oct 1856 in 1900 Census as Oct 1856, but as Oct 9 1854 in death record, while date on headstone is 1855.
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1877  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1896  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1900, 1910, 1920  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 11 Jul 1929  Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Buried South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6] 
    Person ID I37433  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2013 

    Father Isaac THARP,   b. CA 1826, Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Rosetta PERINE,   b. CA 1821, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 1856, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 35 years) 
    Family ID F5028  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Rachel SLAGEL,   b. 18 Dec 1851, Randolph Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jul 1895  (Age 43 years) 
    Married 28 Oct 1877  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. (Stillborn male) THARP,   b. 4 Oct 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     2. Viola May THARP,   b. 22 Mar 1884,   d. 23 Dec 1912  (Age 28 years)
     3. Irene G. THARP,   b. 22 Jun 1887,   d. 15 Jan 1920  (Age 32 years)
     4. Edgar I. THARP,   b. Jul 1894
    Family ID F14860  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Lenore "Mollie" DEBRULAR,   b. 14 Mar 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 May 1928, Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Married 7 Jun 1896  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 7 1900:
      Delano Thorp, 43, b. Oct 1856, farmer, married 3 yrs; wife Mary L, 25, b. Mar 1875, mother of 2 children (1 still living); dau Viola M, 16, b. Mar 1884; dau Irena G, 13, b. Jun 1886; son Edgar I, 5, b. Jul 1894; son Forest S, 1, b. Feb 1899.

      1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Apr 27 1910:
      Isaac R. Tharp, 54, farmer, married 14 yrs (2nd marriage); wife Mary L, 35, married 14 yrs (1st marriage), mother of 3 children (2 still living); son Edgar, 14; son Schley, 11; dau Wanda, 5.

      1920 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Mar 2 1920:
      Ritchie D. Tharp, 65, farmer; wife Molly, 45; dau Wanda P, 15.
    Children 
     1. Fonda B. THARP,   b. 9 Sep 1897,   d. 14 Dec 1897  (Age 0 years)
     2. Forest S. THARP,   b. Feb 1899
    +3. Wanda Pauline THARP,   b. 8 Oct 1904, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1992  (Age 87 years)
    Family ID F23671  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    2. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

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

    4. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    5. [S2555] Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. III, Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.