Elmore Duane Richards

Samuel Richards
(1803-1878)

Rachel Bowman
(1807-1873)

James Poag
(1784-1854)

Laura Curtis Smith
(1797-1871)

Albert W. Richards
(1829-1870)

Patty Clarissa Poag
(1831-1907)

Elmore Duane Richards
(1858-1932)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Alpha M. Chorpening

Elmore Duane Richards ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰

Born: 28 August 1858, Nova, OH ² ³ ⁵ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰
Marriage (1): Alpha M. Chorpening on 13 January 1887 in Ashland County, OH ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵
Died: 19 May 1932, Lorain, OH at age 73 ⁹ ¹⁰
Buried: 21 May 1932, Ridge Hill Memorial Park, Amherst, OH ⁹ ¹⁰

bullet Cause of his death was Automobile hit by train; crushed chest.⁹

bullet Another name for Elmore was Samuel Elmore Richards.¹¹

bullet Death Notes:

Name: Elmor Richards
Sex: Male
Age: 73
Death Date: 19 May 1932
Death Place: Lorain, Lorain, Ohio
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Salesman- Furniture
Race: W
Father's Name: Albert Richards
Mother's Name: Patty Poag
Address: 1302 W. Erie
Birth Date: 28 Aug 1858
Birth Year (Estimated): 1859
Birthplace: Nova, Ohio
Burial Date: 21 May 1932
Cemetery: Ridge Hill
Father's Birthplace: Nova, Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Nova. Ohio
Spouse's Name: Alpha Richards
Record Number: 225

Citing this Record
"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X697-X52 : 8 March 2021), Elmor Richards, 19 May 1932; citing Lorain, Lorain, Ohio, reference fn 31525; FHL microfilm 1,992,574.
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bullet Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 8 June 1860. ⁶

1860 US Census
Page 26, Family 207, Roll 930
Troy Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States
Elmer Richards..2..Ohio

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 28 Aug 1858, then his age should have been 1 instead of 2.
.

• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 29 June 1870. ⁷

1870 US Census
Page 14, Dwelling 110, Family 109
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Elmer Richards..11..OH
(Living with parents.)
.

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 7 June 1880. ⁸

1880 US Census
Page 233C, District 93, Family 64, Roll 0991
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Elmore Richards..Son..21..OH..Works On Farm
(Living with widowed mother.)
.

• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Lorain, OH on 11 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 14B, District 69, Family 297
Lorain, Lorain, Ohio, United States
Home owned, no mortgage
Married 13 years
Elmore Richards..Head..Aug 1858..41..Ohio..Carpenter

(Living with wife.)
.

• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Lorain, OH on 15 April 1910. ³

1910 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 91, Family 7, Roll 1205
Lorain, Lorain, Ohio, United States
517 Hamilton Avenue; Home owned, no mortgage
Married 10 years
Elmore S. Richards..Head..51..Ohio..Clerk, Furniture Store

(Living with wife.)
.

• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Lorain, OH on 13 January 1920. ⁴

1920 US Census
Sheet 10A, District 8, Family 247, Roll 1405
Lorain, Lorain, Ohio, United States
1302 Erie Avenue; Home owned
Elmore L. Richards..Head..60..Ohio..Salesman, Furniture Store

(Living with wife.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 28 Aug 1858, then his age should have been 61 instead of 50.
.

• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Lorain, OH on 12 April 1930. ⁵

1930 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 10, Family 233, Roll 1830
Lorain, Lorain, Ohio, United States
1302 West Erie Avenue; Home owned, $10000
Elmore S. Richards..Head..71..Ohio..Married at age 28..Salesman, Furniture Store

(Living with wife.)
.

• His occupation in 1932 was a Furniture Store Salesman in Lorain, OH. ⁹

• He resided at 1302 West Erie in 1932 in Lorain, OH.
⁹

• Death Image: 19 May 1932, in Lorain, OH. ⁹

• He was buried on 21 May 1932 in the Ridge Hill Memorial Park in Amherst, OH.

⁹ ¹⁰

Elmore married Alpha M. Chorpening, daughter of Noah Chorpening and Maryetta Livenspire, on 13 January 1887 in Ashland County, OH.¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ (Alpha M. Chorpening was born on 24 December 1863 in Ohio,² ³ ⁵ ¹² ¹³ died on 13 December 1939 in Sanford, FL ¹² ¹³ and was buried on 14 December 1939 in Ridge Hill Memorial Park, Amherst, OH ¹² ¹³.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 13 January 1887, in Ashland County, OH. ¹

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Lorain, OH on 11 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 14B, District 69, Family 297
Lorain, Lorain, Ohio, United States
Home owned, no mortgage
Married 13 years
Elmore Richards..Head..Aug 1858..41..Ohio..Carpenter
Alpha Richards..Wife..Dec 1863..36..Ohio..0/0
John F. Hartley..Roomer..Apr 1850..50..Ireland..Machinist
Carrie E. Newton..Boarder..Mar 1868..32..Ohio..Clerk
.

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Lorain, OH on 15 April 1910. ³

1910 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 91, Family 7, Roll 1205
Lorain, Lorain, Ohio, United States
517 Hamilton Avenue; Home owned, no mortgage
Married 10 years
Elmore S. Richards..Head..51..Ohio..Clerk, Furniture Store
Alpha M. Richards..Wife..46..Ohio..0/0
.

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Lorain, OH on 13 January 1920. ⁴

1920 US Census
Sheet 10A, District 8, Family 247, Roll 1405
Lorain, Lorain, Ohio, United States
1302 Erie Avenue; Home owned
Elmore L. Richards..Head..60..Ohio..Salesman, Furniture Store
Alpha Richards..Wife..50..Ohio
.

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Lorain, OH on 12 April 1930. ⁵

1930 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 10, Family 233, Roll 1830
Lorain, Lorain, Ohio, United States
1302 West Erie Avenue; Home owned, $10000
Elmore S. Richards..Head..71..Ohio..Married at age 28..Salesman, Furniture Store
Alpha M. Richards..Wife..66..Ohio..Married at age 23
.

bullet Marriage Notes:

Name: Elmer Richards
Sex: Male
Spouse's Name: Alpha Corpining
Spouse's Sex: Female
Marriage Date: 13 Jan 1887
Marriage Place: Ashland, Ohio, United States
Source Details: p12 cn8491
Source County: Ashland
Frame Number: 373

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZZ58-2L2M : 8 March 2021), Elmer Richards and Alpha Corpining, 1887.
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1 "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 3 June 2021); (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZZ58-2L2M : 8 March 2021), Elmer Richards and Alpha Corpining, 1887.

2 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Lorain, Lorain, Ohio, United States, enumeration district (ED) 69, sheet 14B, family 297, Elmore Duane Richards and Alpha Chorpening; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 4 June 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

3 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Lorain, Lorain, Ohio, United States, enumeration district (ED) 91, sheet 1A, family 7, Elmore Duane Richards and Alpha Chorpening; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 4 June 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 1205.

4 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Lorain, Lorain, Ohio, United States, enumeration district (ED) 8, sheet 10A, family 247, Elmore Duane Richards and Alpha Chorpening; index and images (accessed 4 June 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 1405.

5 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Lorain, Lorain, Ohio, United States, enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 11B, family 233, Elmore Duane Richards and Alpha Chorpening; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 4 June 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 1830.

6 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Troy Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States, p. 26, family 207, Albert W. Richards and Patty Clarissa Poag; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 2 June 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 930.

7 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 14, dwelling 110, family 109, Albert W. Richards and Patty Clarissa Poag; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 1 Jan 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.

8 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 93, p. 233C, family 64, Patty Clarissa Poag; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 7 Jan 2019); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0991.

9 "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 4 June 2021), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X697-X52 : 8 March 2021), Elmor Richards, 19 May 1932; citing Lorain, Lorain, Ohio, reference fn 31525; FHL microfilm 1,992,574.

10 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 04 June 2021, memorial page for Elmore Duane Richards (28 Aug 1858-19 May 1932), Find a Grave Memorial ID 157388735, citing Ridge Hill Memorial Park, Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio, USA

11 Wendy Reed Bosworth (E-mail messages received in Jan 2008 regarding descendants of Philip Casper Bowman.). Wendy Reed Bosworth <wbosworth@foley.com>

12 "Florida Deaths, 1877-1939," database, FamilySearch (accessed 4 June 2021), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP9R-M2T : 23 February 2021), Alpha M. Richards, 1939.

13 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 04 June 2021, memorial page for Alpha M. Chorpening Richards (24 Dec 1863-13 Dec 1939), Find a Grave Memorial ID 195925620, citing Ridge Hill Memorial Park, Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio, USA

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