Sarah R. "Lina" RICHARDS

1877 - 1971  (93 years)

• Name	Sarah R. "Lina" RICHARDS
  Birth	19 Sep 1877	Doddridge Co, WV   [1]
  	SSDI reports birth date as Sep 18 1877. Name listed in SSDI as Lina Watson.
  Gender	Female
  Census	1880	Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
  Census	1900	Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
  Residence	Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV   [2, 3]
  Death	Feb 1971  [3]
  Person ID	I6388	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2009

  
  

  Father	David RICHARDS,   b. 16 Apr 1843, Harrison Co, (W)VA d. 28 Feb 1894 (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Sarah Ann GASTON,   b. 24 Apr 1846, Harrison Co, (W)VA d. 15 Feb 1922 (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F2243	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ezra C. WATSON,   b. Feb 1879
  Marriage	19 Dec 1902	Ritchie Co, WV   [4]
  Family ID	F12602	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 89. The entry identifies child as S. A. Richards, female, b. Sep 19 1877, daughter of David & S. A. Richards. This is a typed ledger entry, undoubtedly transcribed from the original handwritten records. The middle initial "A" would seem to be a transcription error from the original "R" as found in the 1880 Census, where this child is clearly identifed as Sarah R. Richards. But the 1900 Census identifies her as Lina Richards (b. Sep 1877), the obituary of brother Daniel in 1968 lists a surviving sister Lina Watson of Parkersburg, the marriage record of Lina Richards in Dec 1902 give her age as 25 (i.e., born ca 1877), and the SSDI shows Lina Watson, b. 18 [sic] Sep 1877, a resident of Parkersburg. Thus, it would appear that at some point in her youth, Sarah R. Richards started going exclusively by the name Lina Richards. [S1594] Obituary of brother. [S15] Social Security Death Index. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).