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Harold G. Richards (#47091261)
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Bio Photo I was born in February of 1948 in Shelbina MO, as was my father before me. I grew up in Pittsfield IL [1949-1957], Danville IN [1957-58], and back to Pittsfield [1959-1962] during elementary school years. I graduated high school in Tuscola IL [1962-1966]. Dad was a Teamster, and his job had us hopping around!

I'm happily married [40 years] with 6 children [2 still at home], 9 grandchildren, and one on the way. I retired on disability from the Champaign County Correctional Center in Champaign IL.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and my reason to live. He has forgiven my sins and rescued me from a life gone bad.

I want to honor my forebears with these memorials. Patriarch: Richards, Edward [1678-1755]
of Manchester, Lancashire England and later Hampstead, Maryland.

On my mother's side: Long family of Frederick County VA, and the Heathman family.

I welcome any and all communication with "cousins" and fellow descendants.

Anyone's corrections, additions, or suggestions are also welcome. My goal is accuracy and completeness.
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Beverly Belcher Woody
RE: Wiley Woody photo
I will try to go back and take a photo of the actual marker this week.
Added by Beverly Belcher Woody on May 15, 2013 9:38 AM
Rachel Anthony
RE: John Smith, husband of Martha
Thank you very much! I will keep searching on!
Added by Rachel Anthony on May 10, 2013 7:20 AM
Lyn Smith
RE: Susanna Beatty
Thanks for the transfer offer, but I've yet to learn all the in's and out's of this site. I can search and send information but that's about as far as I've gotten. If I ever learn, I'll let you know.
Added by Lyn Smith on Apr 27, 2013 2:59 PM
Lyn Smith
Susanna Asfordby Beatty
Memorial# 95179843
Your Find a Grave posting came up as a hint on my tree, so being as Susanna Asfordby was my 7th great grandmother, I thought I'd let you know who her parents were.
I've done extensive research into my family and my membership with ancestry.com (since just a few years ago) has helped me a lot. With the help of fellow researchers and this computer age, I've learned all kinds of ways to look into my lineage.
Anyway, Susanna was third and first surviving child of William Asfordby 1638-1698 and Martha Burton 1634-1711, both of Lincolnshire, England. They were married in England and arrived in Ulster County, New York about 1674. I have yet to locate any Asfordby's buried in Ulster County. Susanna had five siblings that I know of. Two died in infancy, two in late twenties and one lived to be 63 years old.
Susanna's marriage license was issued 7 November, 1691. She was joint heir of her husband. As you are aware she died in Frederick County, Maryland, where her will, made 20 June, 1742, was proved 30 October, 1745. She married John Beatty of Kingston and Marbletown, Ulster County, New York, who was returned for Sheriff of Ulster County, was Trustee of Marbletown, and Deputy Surveyor of the Province of New York. His will, made 26 April, 1720, was proved 9 March, 1721.
She and John Beatty had ten children.
Lyn Smallwood Smith
Added by Lyn Smith on Apr 27, 2013 1:25 PM
Jennifer Styskal Faust
RE: Edward P. Richards
You are quite welcome! I took photos of everything I could find and am adding them now! I even took a video.
Added by Jennifer Styskal Faust on Apr 17, 2013 11:02 AM
Rachel Anthony
RE: John Smith, husband of Martha
Thank you so much anyway and good hunting to you!
Added by Rachel Anthony on Apr 17, 2013 6:21 AM
JB Moomau
William Cunningham Long
Links have been added for his parents as you requested.

JB Moomau
Added by JB Moomau on Apr 14, 2013 8:44 AM
Rachel Anthony
Martha Richards Smith
I am trying to find any info about the John Smith who married Martha Richards, daughter of Simpson Christian Richards. Martha is my 2nd Great Grandmother and I have been stuck here for a long time. Any help greatly appreciated.

Diane Howard-Lawson (logged in as Rachel Anthony)
Added by Rachel Anthony on Apr 09, 2013 4:01 PM
Susan Liermann
Death year for Dolly Hunt Phipps
January 1970 in an auto accident in Michigan City, Indiana. (her son Donald Phipps's car spun out on the ice and they were hit by a truck. She lived a few days.

Susan Gengler Liermann
Dolly's great grandaughter.

Do you have the originals of the black and white pictures of Elihu Hunt and Lydia Jane Hunt (Dolly's grandparents)?

Are you related?

Thank you,

Susan

Added by Susan Liermann on Mar 27, 2013 7:17 AM
Maggie
Benjamin R Maddox
Hi Harold, Thank you so much for this transfer. I greatly appreciate all the memorials you've created for this family and also for handling my many requests to have info added and links made! Maggie
Added by Maggie on Mar 15, 2013 5:25 PM
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