Born in Franklin Co. Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of David Richards
and Mary (Hodges) Richards
Sister of
Harriet Elizabeth (Richards) Willard, Benjamin Powhatan Richards, Shadrack 'Shade' Richards, Sarah Richards, Josiah Richards, Bruce William Richards and King David Richards
Wife of
Wiley Woody
— married
1852 in Franklin Co. VA
Descendants 
Mother of
William Wiley Woody and Ferdinand Randolph Woody
Died
at age 72
in Franklin, Virginia, United States
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Biography
Mary was born about 1835. She was the daughter of David Richards and Polly Hodges. She passed away in 1907
Sources
United States Census, 1850
Name King D Richards
Event Type Census
Event Year 1850
Event Place Franklin county, Franklin, Virginia, United States
Gender Male
Age 18
Race White
Birth Year (Estimated) 1832
Birthplace Virginia
House Number 192
- Household
Mary Richards F 50 Virginia Sarah J Richards F 25 Virginia Josiah Richards M 23 Virginia Bruce Richards M 20 Virginia King D Richards M 18 Virginia Mary Richards F 15 Virginia
- Citing this Record "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8D9-QTQ
- 12 April 2016), King D Richards in household of Mary Richards, Franklin county, Franklin, Virginia, United States; citing family 192, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Franklin County, Virginia, Marriage Bond Index, 1786-1858
- Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/91378080/mary-elizabeth-woody : accessed 05 May 2021), memorial page for Mary Elizabeth Richards Woody (1822–1907), Find A Grave: Memorial #91378080, citing Woody-Richards, Franklin County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Harold G. Richards (contributor 47091261) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Courtney (Fowler) Bailey 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A755802 [compare], Ancestry member courtbailey79
-
~1.56%
Maria (Scipio) Metheny :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A833095 [compare], Ancestry member mmet67
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Claudia (Charlton) D'Orazio :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member clador219
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~0.78%
Ross Romine :
23andMe, GEDmatch M541477 [compare]
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Cary Richards :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Richards_Cary
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Cary Richards
Richards-12176 and Richards-9329 appear to represent the same person because: they are identical
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by Cary Richards
Rejected matches › Mary (Ferguson) Richardson (abt.1837-) › Mary Jane (Richardson) Torry (1837-1904) › Mary Richards (1834-) › Mary A Richards (abt.1836-)
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