Wilbur Scott Richards ^{1 2 3}

   Cause of his death was Consumption.⁴

  General Notes:

Scott's birth record shows his given name only as "Scott" while the 1880 US Census taken when he was about 3 years old shows his given names as "Wilbur Scott". On his gravestone prepared by family members nearly 50 years later after his mother died in 1948 shows his name as "Scott".
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  Birth Notes:

Name: Scott Richards
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 10 Aug 1877
Event Place: Troy Township., Ashland, Ohio
Gender: Male
Father's Name: O. B. Richards
Mother's Name: Sarah Ricket
Reference ID: 108
GS Film number: 2079446
Digital Folder Number: 004978883
Image Number: 01014

Citing this Record:
"Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRSC-HQ4 : accessed 29 April 2016), Scott Richards, 10 Aug 1877; citing Birth, Troy Township., Ashland, Ohio, reference 108, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 2,079,446.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• Birth Image: 10 August 1877, in Ashland County, OH. ¹

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 14 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 237C, District 93, Family 162, Roll 0991
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Wilbur Scott Richards..Son..3..Ohio

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 10 Aug 1877, then his age should have been 2 instead of 3.
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• He was buried after 23 February 1897 in the Nova Cemetery in Nova, OH.

Wilbur shares a common gravestone with his sister, Lizzie" and his mother, Sarah.

Find A Grave Memorial 95009225
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