Individual Details
Alexander Richards
(18 Mar 1837 - 17 Jan 1916)
CHURCH: Joined Chinquapin Grove Baptist Church, Sullivan County, TN in 1874
Had ten children, seven alive in 1900.
BURIAL: Chinquapin Grove Cemetery, Sullivan County, TN. Tombstone inscription says "Elaxander Richards"
Events
| Birth | 18 Mar 1837 | Sullivan County, TN |  | ||
| Census | 1 Jun 1850 | Sullivan County, Tennessee | | ||
| Marriage | 16 Dec 1856 | Carter County, TN - Martha Perry | | ||
| Religion | Bet 1874 and 1916 | Chinquapin Grove Baptist Church, Sullivan County, TN | |||
| Census | 1880 | Sullivan County, TN | | ||
| Occupation | 1880 | farmer - Sullivan County, TN | | ||
| Census | 1900 | Sullivan County, TN | |||
| Occupation | 1900 | Farmer | |||
| Death | 17 Jan 1916 | Sullivan County, TN | | ||
| Burial | 1916 | Sullivan County, TN |
Families
| Spouse | Martha Perry (1839 - 1910) |
| Child | Henderson Richards (1858 - 1895) |
| Child | William M. Richards (1861 - 1894) |
| Child | James Richards (1865 - ) |
| Child | Alfred Richards (1866 - ) |
| Child | Harriet Richards (1869 - ) |
| Child | Jones H. Richards (1871 - ) |
| Child | Jennie Richards (1867 - 1916) |
| Child | Samuel Joseph Richards (1876 - 1942) |
| Child | Andrew Emmet Richards (1880 - 1926) |
| Child | Daniel J. Richards (1881 - 1977) |
| Child | J. Keen Richards (1869 - 1957) |
| Child | Frank Richards ( - ) |
| Father | Benjamin Richards (1818 - ) |
| Mother | Nancy Glover (1821 - ) |
| Sibling | James R. Richards (1840 - 1913) |
| Sibling | Malinda Richards (1841 - ) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Richards (1845 - 1917) |
| Sibling | Mary Richards (1846 - ) |
| Sibling | Susan C. Richards (1848 - 1923) |
| Sibling | William Richards (1854 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Todd Shirley, Family group sheets from Todd A. Shirley.
2. Bob Shell, "Re: Lyons and Richards families," e-mail message from
3. 1850 U. S. Census, , population, Civil Division #1, Alexander Richards; digital image, ancestry.com (ancestry.com : accessed 25 October 2019); National Archives microfilm.
4. Martha Perry and Alexander Richards marriage record, (16 December 1856), Carter County, Tennessee Grooms and Brides 1850-1876: ; Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
5. , 1880 U. S. Census,,; www.ancestry.com..
6. , 1880 U. S. Census,,; www.ancestry.com..
7. Obituary committee, Chinquapin Grove Baptist Church, Obituary of Alexander Richards.
8. Bob Shell, "Re: Lyons and Richards families," e-mail message from