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Searching for James Arthur Richards and wife Mary Dean Richards. According to his WWI draft card he was born 21 Aug 1876 (no location or state), he was married to Mary (I believe Dean is her maiden name). I know they had two children - a daughter Nellie Frances who was born 19 May 1912, Waco, McLennan Co, TX. (Her birth certificate shows no name, just that she is the daughter of J.A. Richards. They also had a son who is just shown as a male child of Jas A. Richards, born 11 Nov 1915, McLennan Co TX. I do not know what his name was, but I do know that he was living in 1920 when Nellie and he were in an orphans home - and were adopted out from there.
In the WWI draft card James Arthur is shown as a plumber, and had only one eye.
I suspect they may be the family shown in 1910 census in McLennan Co TX as:
103-175-177: Julia Dean, head, 60, widow, married 20 years, dairy woman, 12 children, 5 living, GA, GA, SC
Minnie, dau, 13, TX, GA, SC
Hall, son, 9, TX, SC, GA
103-176-178 (same property different house)Jim Richardson, head, 29, TX, blank, blank, laborer on RR
Mary, wife, 20, TX, SC, TX
Family history says James Arthur left Mary and the two children - never to be seen again. Mary worked hard to keep food on the table. She ended up dying - we believe abt 1920 - either just before or after the kids went to the orphans home. Still waiting for records from that institution.
Is anyone aware of any marriage record for James Arthur Richards and Mary Dean - I think possibly in McLennan Co. TX? Any burial site for Mary? Any confirmation of this being the correct family in 1910? Thanks, Trish Elliott-Kashima, Lawrenceburg, TN
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