See also

Family of William Vigors RICHARDS and Mary Frances JAMES

Husband: William Vigors RICHARDS

  • Name:

  • William Vigors RICHARDS1,2,3,4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • George Rawson RICHARDS (1812-c. 1852)

  • Mother:

  • Jane W HUSON (1820-1891)

  • Birth:

  • 6 Dec 1840

  • Farmley, Ireland1,2,3,4,5,6

  • Residence:

  • 1860 (age 19-20)

  • Ann Arbor Ward 1, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA4

  • Title:

  •  

  • Lt-Col

  • Residence:

  •  

  • Ann Arbor, Michigan2

  • Military Service:

  • 1 Oct 1861 (age 20)

  • -; Michigan2

  • Death:

  • 8 Dec 1901 (age 61)2,3

  •  

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA3

Wife: Mary Frances JAMES

  • Name:

  • Mary Frances JAMES1,7,8

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1 Nov 1839

  • Williamsburg, Massachusetts1,7,8

  • Death:

  • 5 Nov 1908 (age 69)8

  •  

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America8

Child 1: Margarite F RICHARDS

  • Name:

  • Margarite F RICHARDS9,10

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Hiram EDWARDS (1867-1949)

  • Birth:

  • 25 Jul 1864

  • Stonly Creek9,10

  • Residence:

  • 1900 (age 35-36)

  • Morris, Knox, Ohio, USA10

  •  

  • Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife

Child 2: Mary Marguerite RICHARDS

  • Name:

  • Mary Marguerite RICHARDS8,11,12,13,14

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Oliver EDWARDS (1871-1921)

  • Birth:

  • 23 Jun 1878

  • Fort Riley, Geary County, Kansas, USA8,13,14

  • Residence:

  • 1910 (age 31-32)

  • Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA13

  •  

  • Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

  • Residence:

  • 1920 (age 41-42)

  • Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, USA14

  •  

  • Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

  • Death:

  • 23 Mar 1943 (age 64)

  • Guysborough, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada8,12

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA8,12

Note on Husband: William Vigors RICHARDS - shared note

US army Information given to William Orpen Richards by Mrs Jefferson O'Connor of 6 Bardwell Road, Oxford: only daughter of Kathleen Frances Richards and Arthur Corson. I assume I have found his civil war service on the basis that William V Richards are rare and this is the only record for a William V Richards Record of Civil War Service William V Richards Claimed Residence in Ann Arbor Enlist Date 01 October 1861 Enlist Place Enlist Rank 1st Lieut Enlist Age 21 Promoted to Full 1st Lieut on 01 October 1861 (1st Lieut & Adjutant) Promoted to Full 1st Lieut on 02 July 1862 (1st Lieut & Adjutant as of 17th MI Inf) Promoted to Full Actg Asst Adj Gen on 08 February 1863 (1st Division, 9th Army Corps) Promoted to Full Acting ADC on 10 March 1863 (1st Division, 9th Army Corps) Promoted to Full Aide-de-Camp on 13 April 1863 (On staff of General Wilcox) Promoted to Full Aide-de-Camp on 01 January 1864 (On staff of General Wilcox to 04/65) Promoted to Full Capt on 19 July 1864 Promoted to Brevet Major on 02 December 1864 Served Michigan Commission S Co. 17th Inf Reg. MI Mustered Out at Delaney House, DC on 03 June 1865 Transferred on 01 November 1863 from Company S to Company C Transferred on 19 July 1864from Company C to Company F Source: Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65 Abbreviation: MI Roster Published 1903

Note on Wife: Mary Frances JAMES - shared note

Year of birth is a guesstimate

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2.

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3.

Ancestry.com, U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.

4.

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5.

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6.

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8.

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9.

Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.

10.

Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;). Year: 1900; Census Place: Morris, Knox, Ohio; Roll: 1291; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0060; FHL microfilm: 1241291. Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.

11.

Ancestry.com, New York, New York, Marriage Index 1866-1937, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.

12.

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13.

Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). Year: 1910; Census Place: Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation, Leavenworth, Kansas; Roll: T624_444; Page: 25A; Enumeration District: 0091; FHL microfilm: 1374457. Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.

14.

Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). Year: 1920; Census Place: Washington, Washington, District of Columbia; Roll: T625_206; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 53; Image: 419. Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.