Individual Details

1870 Census. McNairy Co, TN, Hh 24
James C. Critcher, 26, Railroad Laborer, b. MO
Mary J., 21, b. MS
Sallie, 2, b. MS
Henry C., 19, Railroad Laborer, b. MO
Charles W., 18, Railroad Laborer, b. MO

Married Eda Catherine Shumate, b. 18 Nov 1858, Webster Co, MO, died 29 Aug 1938, High Prairie Webster Co, MO. Daughter of Armsted Shumate and Rebecca.

1900 Census. Casconade Twp, Wright Co, MO, Hh 172
Charles Critcher, b. Jun 1853, 46, father b. NC, mother b. MS, Farmer
Eda, wife, b. Nov 1858, 21
Laura A., dau, b. Apr 1884, 16
Pearl, dau, b. Mar 1886, 14
Clarance, son, b. Oct 1887, 12
Anie, dau, b. Dec 1889, 10
Henry A., son, b. Oct 1891, 8
Franklin, son, b. Mar 1898, 2

FindAGrave #120957864
Buried with Eda, Mount Zion Cemetery, Odin, Wright Co, MO


A daughter was Laura Ann Critcher, b. 18 Apr 1884, d. 18 Feb 1971, Osage, Mitchell Co, Iowa.
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Mrs. Laura Richman, 87, of Osage, who died Sunday morning at Mitchell County Memorial hospital. She died on her birthday.
Rev. Paul Wood, church pastor, was in charge of the services at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church. Arrangements were by C. R. Champion and Sons, and burial was in the Osage Cemetery.
Laura Ann Critcher was born in Wright county, Missouri, the daughter of Charles and Edie Schumate Critcher. For a time her parents lived in Oklahoma, then moved back to Missouri.
On February 1, 1901, at Lexington, Oklahoma, she was married to Cornelius Reed. To this union Charles Timothy Reed was born. On November 28, 1906, she was married to David Franklin Richman. She taught school for many years in Missouri.
She and her family lived in Missouri and Idaho, coming to Iowa in the fall of 1926. Since the death of her husband, on August 24, 1956, she lived at her home in Osage, until April 1963, when she became ill and moved to the home of her daughter. She was confined to the hospital and later became a resident of the Osage Nursing Home. She became one of the first residents of Faith Home and had lived there since.
Mrs. Richman is survived by her three sons: Charles Reed of San Francisco, Lloyd and Raymond Richman of San Leandro, Calif., one daughter, Mrs. Eddie Rex (Elleanora R.) of Osage; ten grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Pearl Scott of Marshfield, Missouri, and Mrs. Ona Crawford of Notis, Idaho; one brother, Franklin Critcher of Santa Ana, California.
Preceding her in death were her husband, her parents, two brothers, Henry and Clarence Critcher, and one grand-daughter, Maylene Richman.
Source: Mitchell County Press, April 22, 1971

Birth	18 Nov 1853	Wright County, Missouri
Marriage	1884	Missouri - Eda Catharine Shumate
Death	1905	Missoui

Spouse	Eda Catharine Shumate (1858 - 1938)
Child	Charles Franklin Critcher (1898 - 1971)

Father	Charles D. Critcher (1817 - 1861)
Mother	Nancy A. Prock (1820 - 1854)
Sibling	Mary Ann ""Polly"" Critcher (1841 - 1934)
Sibling	Eliza Jane Critcher (1843 - 1877)
Sibling	James C Critcher (1844 - )
Sibling	Nancy L. Critcher (1847 - 1870)
Sibling	Sarah Critcher (1849 - )
Sibling	Henry C. Critcher (1851 - )