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Gaye Marie RICHARDS

Gaye Marie RICHARDS

Female 1921 - 1969  (48 years)


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  • Name Gaye Marie RICHARDS
    Birth 27 Mar 1921  Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birthplace given in marriage record as Kincheloe (Jane Lew, Lewis County), but birth record shows it as Miletus, Harrison County. Miletus is normally considered to be in Doddridge County.
    Gender Female
    Census 1930  Union District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1944  Kincheloe (Jane Lew), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1950  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Listed as Gay McElwain, 29, divorced, occupation packer in glass factory (work 42 hours in previous week). Living alone in an apartment at 390 College Street.
    Occupation glass worker  [3, 4] 
    Residence Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 4 May 1969  Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5] 
    Cause: gunshot wound of brain (suicide) 
    Burial Mt. Lebanon Baptist Cemetery, Kincheloe Rd, Benson, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6] 
    Person ID I61154  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2026

    Father Hiram B. RICHARDS,   b. 23 Apr 1872, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1954, Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Mother Lora Louise RICHARDS,   b. 3 Sep 1885   d. 24 Jul 1964 (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F24541  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lee Winfield MCELWAIN,   b. 23 Mar 1926, Gassaway, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1970 (Age 44 years)  [7]
    Marriage 29 Apr 1944  Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Divorce Y  [4]
    Children 
    >1. Macel Loraine "Marcie" MCELWAIN,   b. 16 May 1942, Kincheloe (Jane Lew), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Mar 2011, Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F27944  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Harold Elwood HUTSON,   b. 26 Jul 1927, Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 2006, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [8, 9]
    Family ID F27946  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    3. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=1992288&frame=02529.

    4. [S288] 1950 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    5. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.

    8. [S1588] Death record of wife.

    9. [S1372] Obituary of wife's brother.