Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
NameTheodore D. Richards 
BirthApr 1873
Spouses
Birth31 Dec 1880, Texas226
Death30 Nov 1947, Dallas, Dallas Co TX Age: 66
BurialGrove Hill Memorial Park
FatherJoe M. Phillips
MotherBrazzie Knowles
Marriage1895
Notes for Theodore D. Richards
1900 Jones Co Texas Census
T. D. Richards April 1873, age 27, married 5 yrs TX AL AL
(indexed as L.R. at familysearch.org and as L.P. at heritagequest.com)
Ora, wife, Aug 1876, age 23, mother of 1/1 living TX TN TX
Nina May, daughter, May 1896, age 4
1910 Howard Co Texas Census
Theodore D. Richards 37 TX AL AL married 14 years, first marriage for each of them
Ora, wife 32 TX TN blank mother of 2/2 living
Nina M., daughter, 13 TX TX TX
Lela M, daughter, 7 TX TX TX
1920 Howard Co TX Census
T. D. Richards head, 46 TX AL AL
Ora wife 43 TX TN unknown
Nina dau 23 TX TX TX
Lela dau 17 TX TX TX
1930 Howard Co TX Census
T. D. Richards head, 59 TX AL AL
Ora wife, 53 TX TN TN
Ora Clair Lunpkin granddau, 6 TX TX TX
Owen Walker Son-in-law, widowed, 46 TX TN TN
T. D. Richards April 1873, age 27, married 5 yrs TX AL AL
(indexed as L.R. at familysearch.org and as L.P. at heritagequest.com)
Ora, wife, Aug 1876, age 23, mother of 1/1 living TX TN TX
Nina May, daughter, May 1896, age 4
1910 Howard Co Texas Census
Theodore D. Richards 37 TX AL AL married 14 years, first marriage for each of them
Ora, wife 32 TX TN blank mother of 2/2 living
Nina M., daughter, 13 TX TX TX
Lela M, daughter, 7 TX TX TX
1920 Howard Co TX Census
T. D. Richards head, 46 TX AL AL
Ora wife 43 TX TN unknown
Nina dau 23 TX TX TX
Lela dau 17 TX TX TX
1930 Howard Co TX Census
T. D. Richards head, 59 TX AL AL
Ora wife, 53 TX TN TN
Ora Clair Lunpkin granddau, 6 TX TX TX
Owen Walker Son-in-law, widowed, 46 TX TN TN
Notes for Orrye A. (Spouse 1)
The name came to me from my mother, but she did not know any more except that names of the two sons. The unusual name is confirmed by the 1930 census, which names her as “Orrie”. In that census, it is reported that she was 49 (ten years older than her husband) and that she was 20 at the time of her first marriage, which would have been in 1901. Charles Gilbert (recorded in the 1930 census as C G Lay) was recorded as being 39 and 19 at the time of his first marriage, which would then have been 1910. Orrie was born in Texas, her father in Georgia, and her mother in Texas.
I have been unable to find any other records of Orrie. My mother told me that her name was Phillips but I don’t know if that was a maiden name or the name of her first husband. The two sons were born in Howard Co TX in 1911 and 1912, so they could well have been out of the home by the time of the 1930 census. I have not been able to find anyone in this family in the 1920 census.
Clayton Heathcock, September 2010
More information about Orrye was provided in July 2012 by Jeanene Daniels.226 Her first husband was Theodore Richards:
1920 Howard Co TX Census
T. D. Richards head, 46 TX AL AL
Ora wife 43 TX TN unknown
Nina dau 23 TX TX TX
Lela dau 17 TX TX TX
living among some Phillips families
She died in Dallas on 30 Nov 1947 and her death certificate indicated that she was a married housewife and lived at 906 N. Jester in Dallas. Information was provided by C. G. Lay. See multimedia for death certificate.
I have been unable to find any other records of Orrie. My mother told me that her name was Phillips but I don’t know if that was a maiden name or the name of her first husband. The two sons were born in Howard Co TX in 1911 and 1912, so they could well have been out of the home by the time of the 1930 census. I have not been able to find anyone in this family in the 1920 census.
Clayton Heathcock, September 2010
More information about Orrye was provided in July 2012 by Jeanene Daniels.226 Her first husband was Theodore Richards:
1920 Howard Co TX Census
T. D. Richards head, 46 TX AL AL
Ora wife 43 TX TN unknown
Nina dau 23 TX TX TX
Lela dau 17 TX TX TX
living among some Phillips families
She died in Dallas on 30 Nov 1947 and her death certificate indicated that she was a married housewife and lived at 906 N. Jester in Dallas. Information was provided by C. G. Lay. See multimedia for death certificate.