James Richards and Hannah Elder

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Husband James Richards ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: Abt 1772 - Northumberland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1827 or Apr 1833 - New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: [Father] Richards (      -      )
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 1809 3

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Wife Hannah Elder ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 23 Mar 1780 - Lancaster Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Sep 1855 - Indiana Co, PA 2 3
         Buried:  - Salem Cemetery, Westmoreland Co, PA

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         Father: Robert Elder (1751-1837) 2 4 5
         Mother: Mary Whiteside (      -1823) 2 5

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Children

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1 F Mary Richards ²

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           Born: 1809 2
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: James Smith (      -      ) 2

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2 F Martha Richards ²

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           Born: 1813 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 F Eliza Richards ²

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           Born: 4 Nov 1815 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Samuel Holmes (1809-1877) 6

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4 M James Richards ^{2 6}

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           Born: 1818 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1880 - Erie Co, PA 6
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Annis White (      -1880) 2
           Marr: 1859 2

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5 M Robert E. Richards ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1821 - Jefferson Co, PA 2
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           Died: 1857 - Iowa 2
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         Spouse: Rosanna Thompson (      -Aft 1896) 1 2

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6 F Lucinda Richards ²

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           Born: 1825 2
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           Died: 28 Feb 1901 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Thomas Richards (      -1870) 2

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General Notes: Husband - James Richards

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Previous to his settlement in Derry township, he, in conjunction with his brother Alexander, introduced the first machine for carding wool in west Pennsylvania. They established a small factory in Westmoreland County, opposite Saltsburg, and lived where the summer resort later stood. They sold the business in 1815.

In conjunction with his brother, Alexander, he introduced the first machine for carding wool in western Pennsylvania. They established a small factory opposite Saltsburg, on the Kiskiminetas, which, owing to the discovery of salt wells in the neighborhood, they sold about 1815, and erected works for the manufacture of salt on Crooked creek, in Armstrong County.

1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 395.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 536.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 208.

4 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 600.

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 191.

6 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 209.