Virginia Octavia (Allen) Richards (1867 - 1959)

Born 4 Jul 1867 in Georgia, United States

Died 13 Jun 1959 at age 91 in Pickens County, Georgia, USA

Biography

United States Census, 1870 image of document

July 6, 1870 - Jasper, Pickens County, Georgia

United States Census, 1880

1880 - Jasper, Pickens County, Georgia

Octava Richards was enumerated as wife of the head of household in Militia Districts 874, 1057, Fairmount, Twenty Fourth Fairmount town, Gordon County, Georgia for the June 14, United States Census, 1900. She was noted as born July 1867 in Georgia and had been married for twelve years. She was the mother of two children. Also included in the household are head Farrish C Richards, daughter Susie Richards, daughter Addie Richards, daughter Janie Richards, daughter Mattie Richards, son James Richards and mother Susan Richards as seen in an image of the original census.^[1]

Virginia O Richards was enumerated as wife of the head of household at Jasper, Pickens County, Georgia for the April 15, United States Census, 1910. She was noted as born 1868 in Georgia and had been married twenty-two years. She was the mother of two children of which both were still living as seen in the image of the original census. Also included in the household are head Carter I Richards, son Will J Richards, daughter Mattie V Richards, son Jim A Richards and mother Susia Richards.^[2]

Tava Richards was enumerated as wife of the head of household at Main Street, Jasper City, Pickens County, Georgia for the January 3, United States Census, 1920. She was noted as born 1868 in Georgia and married as seen in the image of the original census. Also included in the household are head Faris C Richards, son Will Richards, son Jim Richards and mother Susan Richards.^[3]

Octava Richards was listed as the wife of Dr. Faris Carter Richards who died December 23, 1926 in Jasper, Pickens County, Georgia. The father was listed as William Richards and the mother Richardson (Nicholson).^[4]

United States Census, 1930

1930 - Jasper, Pickens County, Georgia

On April 1, 1935, Octavia Richards lived at 16 Main Street, Jasper, Militia District 1098, Pickens County, Georgia.^[5]

Octavia Richards was enumerated as head of the household at 16 Main Street, Jasper, Militia District 1098, Pickens County, Georgia for the April 8, United States Census, 1940. She was noted as born 1868 in Georgia and widowed. She owned a home worth $5000 and was a proprietor (boarding house) as seen in this image of the original census. Also included in the household are daughter Mattie Whitfield, lodger James Robert Robinson, lodger Ruth Thompson, lodger Theodore Wafford, lodger Pasilee Deaten, lodger Amelia Zill and lodger Maurice Mcnmuain.^[5]

1959 Georgia Death

As listed in the Find A Grave Index,^[6] Virginia Octavia Allen Richards is buried at Jasper City Cemetery in Jasper, Pickens County, Georgia.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3N1-N39 : accessed 15 Aug 2014), Octava Richards in household of Farrish C Richards, Militia Districts 874, 1057, Fairmount, Twenty Fourth Fairmount town, Gordon, Georgia, United States; citing sheet 8A, family 124, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240201.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/ML25-5R2 : accessed 15 Aug 2014), Virginia O Richards in household of Carter I Richards, Jasper, Pickens, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 128, sheet 1A, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374216.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MJ65-5NN : accessed 15 Aug 2014), Tava Richards in household of Faris C Richards, Jasper City, Pickens, Georgia, United States; citing sheet 4A, family 70, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1820270.
4. ↑ "Georgia, Deaths, 1914-1927," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDV4-DR3 : accessed 15 Aug 2014), Octava Richards in entry for Faris Carter Richards, 23 Dec 1926; citing Jasper, Pickens, Georgia, United States, reference 31038, Department of Archives and History, Atlanta; FHL microfilm 2364434.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7PW-T8M : accessed 2 June 2015), Octavia Richards, Jasper, Militia District 1098, Pickens, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 112-6, sheet 1B, family 11, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 700.
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVR-VQ12 : accessed 2 June 2015), Octavia Allen Richards, 1959; Burial, Jasper, Pickens, Georgia, United States of America, Jasper City Cemetery; citing record ID 24071129.
7. ↑ Find A Grave website

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See also:

• "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC3K-VMX : accessed 2 June 2015), Virginia O Allen in household of William Allen, Georgia, United States; citing p. 61, family 475, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,668.

• "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8GL-WL4 : accessed 2 June 2015), Virginia O Allen in household of William R Allen, Jasper, Pickens, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district 165, sheet 552C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0161; FHL microfilm 1,254,161.

• "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3HNR-HPZ : accessed 2 June 2015), Octavia Richards, Jasper, Pickens, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0006, sheet 2A, family 33, line 33, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 380; FHL microfilm 2,340,115.

• "Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V49Q-BVY : accessed 2 June 2015), Octavia A Richards, 13 Jun 1959; citing Pickens, Georgia, certificate number 15133, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, Atlanta.

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also on 1930 census

Lyman Parsons Boarder M 24 Georgia