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Information on this page from Windows Into Our Past, A Genealogy of the Parsons, Smith and Associated Families, Vol. 1 �1996, Judy Parsons Smith

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Richard “Dick” Richards
Richard “Dick” Richards, , b. 1840, VA; m1st ca. 1863-1864 to Flora J. (Unknown), b. 1845, VA; m2nd after 1879 to Emma Allen Roberts. Dick Richards was a shoe cobbler by trade. We find his family listed in the 1880 Census, Orange County, Madison District, Gordonsville , Virginia.

Mattie Liew Richards & Hugh Powell GartonDick & Flora J. (Unknown) Richards had six (6) children:

1. Edgar, b. 1865, VA (1880 Census)
2. Elizabeth, b. 1867, VA (1880 Census)
3. William, b. 1870, VA (1880 Census)
4. Lillie, b. 1873, VA (1880 Census)
5. Africe (male), b. 1877, VA (1880 Census)
6. Ruth, b. 1879, VA (1880 Census)

Dick & Emma Allen (Roberts) Richards had five (5) children:

7. Willie. He could be the same as #3 above. He was a jeweler in Gordonsville, VA.
8. Edna, m. Joe Garton (brother of Hugh Powell Garton) SEE GARTON
9. Walter
10. John, d. suicide, VA; never married. He owned a General Store in Greene Co., VA.
11. Mattie Liew, b. 4 Jul 1899; m. Hugh Powell Garton (brother of Joe Garton m. Edna #8). See Garton

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