This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Richards, McFoy, Nicely, Lee, Dotson, Whaley, Vaught Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DFC.2ACI/2212.1.1.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Census Place Slate, Wood, West Virginia Family History Library Film 1255416 NA Film Number T9-1416 Page Number 485B Sorry I forgot the source of the info in the last message from the 1880 census. The 1840 census with children's ages under 5 shows an aproximate wedding date of Otho and Rebecca Dotson Richards for 1833-1835. Rebecca would have been approximately 21 and Otho would have been in his forties. Wood county census 1840 Virginia page 157 Otho Richards age 50-60, son age 0-5, 2 daughters age 0-5, Rebecca age 20-30 Wirt County 1850 Census record household 31-31 Otho Richards 67 farmer Va Rebecca 36 Va Druzilla 13 Va Elias 14 Va Mary E. 11 Va Evaline 9 Va Rosetta 6 Va Emily J. 5 Va Victoria 2 Va Their last child together, Dovenor, was born in 1851, Otho must have died after this about 1854 because that is the time that Rebecca remarried to John Nicely. Wood county census Fountain Springs 1860 426-423 John Nicely 65 Va farmer Rebecca 41 Virginia John 18 Va Lucetta Richards 14 Va Victoria Richards 11 Va Dovenor Richards 9 Va Elias Richards 24 Va Don't know if this is our Rebecca or not, but found on LDS website. Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Rebecca NICELY Self W Female W 71 PA Keeping House PA PA Mazie M. NYE GDau S Female W 15 PA At Home PA PA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Census Place Dewark, Northumberland, Pennsylvania Family History Library Film 1255164 NA Film Number T9-1164