This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DFC.2ACI/2481.1 Message Board Post: I have Elias Richards b 1836 in Wood County, (W)VA m 20 Feb 1868 in Wood County, WV to Martha P Sprouse b 1847 perhaps in Harrison County, (W)VA. I have as their children: Josephine Richards b 1869; Nancy Richards b Jan 1870; Absalom E Richards b 1872; Laura Virginia "Oasie" Richards b Aug 1873; Amos G Richards b 1874; Martha E Richards b 1876; Hester E Richards b 1877; Stephen S Richards b Sep 1879; William Sherman Richards, Sr b 30 Mar 1891. Elias Richards b 1836 was a son of Otho Richards b 1783 in VA d aft 1850 m Rebecca Dotson b 1814 in Wood Co, (W)VA. Otho and Rebecca Richards were the parents of: Druscilla Vaught Richards b 1835; Elias Richards b 1836; Mary E Richards b Apr 1837; Evaline Richards b 1841; Rosetta Richards b 1844; Emily J Richards b 1845; Victoria Richards b 21 Apr 1849; and Dovener Richards b 1851. I hope this might be of some help to you. I have been searching for the parents of Otho Richards unsuccessfully. If anyone has this information, please post it or email me directly.