Individual Details

She was 20 years old on 7 July 1926 when William Lyons was appointed her guardian. She was heir of A. E. Richards, deceased.

Marriage license announcement: Melvin Pate & Margaret Richards 12 Aug 1937 Greenfield (Indiana) Daily Reporter, p. 2

Polk's Indianapolis Directory for 1936: Melvin C. Pate, blacksmith with Edith at 1225 Spann Ave., Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana; 1937: Melvin by himself, mechanic, 1225 Spann Ave.; 1938 & 1939: Melvin C. Pate, blacksmith, with wife Margaret at 1225 Spann Ave. Melvin and Margaret were probably married in 1937 or 1938.

RESIDENCE: She moved to Asheville, NC from Tennessee, 1225 Spann Avenue, Indianapolis, Marion, IN (1940 city directory and census), then Beech Grove, Indiana. Lived in Indianapolis area from 1930 (although 1940 census says that she lived in Carter County, Tennessee on 1 April 1935)

OCCUPATION: 1940 census: waitress

DIED: at 631 Killian Dr., Beech Grove, Indiana

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Birth	5 Apr 1906	Sullivan County, Tennessee
Census	1910	Sullivan County, TN
Census	12 Jan 1920	Sullivan County, TN
Marriage	29 Apr 1922	Carter County, TN - William A. "Willie" Lyons
Divorce	12 Dec 1928	Carter County, TN - William A. "Willie" Lyons
Marriage	13 Oct 1930	Petersburg, VA - Campbell Hayden
Census	1 Apr 1940	Indianapolis, Marion, IN
Death	21 Feb 1980	Beech Grove, Marion, IN
Burial	23 Feb 1980	New Crown Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, IN

Spouse

Melvin Curtis Pate (1885 - 1978)

Spouse	William A. "Willie" Lyons (1904 - )
Child	Clifton Andrew Lyons (1923 - 2002)
Child	Grace Geneva Lyons (1926 - 2006)

Spouse

Campbell Hayden (1892 - )

Father	Andrew Emmet Richards (1880 - 1926)
Mother	Mary Emma Trusler (1890 - 1911)
Sibling	Della Gladys Richards (1909 - 2001)
Sibling	Fredric M. Richards (1910 - 1926)