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Robert Taylor Richards 1898 – 1982 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 MAY 1898

Birth Location: Love County Oklahoma

Death Date: 4 APR 1982

Death Location: Vandalia Fayette County Illinois

Father: Louis Richards

Mother: Sarah Walker

Spouse(s): Waldeen McDowell

Children(s): Sybel Richards, Marlena Johnson, Marvin Richards

The story of Robert Taylor Richards began in 1898 in Love County Oklahoma, with parents Louis Albert Richards and Sarah Jane Walker. As an adult, Robert Taylor Richards wed Waldeen McDowell. Their household included Sybel Christine Richards, Marlena Edith Johnson and Marvin Taylor Richards. Robert Taylor Richards's life came to an end in 1982 in Vandalia Fayette County Illinois.

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Parents

Louis Richards
1865 – 1939
Birth Location: Georgia, USA
LR
Sarah Walker
1876 – 1911
Birth Location: Montague, Texas, USA
SW

Spouses(s)

Waldeen McDowell
1898 – 1983
Birth Location: –
WM

Children(s)

Sybel Richards
1923 – 2011
Birth Location: Oklahoma, United States of America
SR
Marlena Johnson
1927 – 1974
Birth Location: –
MJ
Marvin Richards
1921 – 1994
Birth Location: Red River County, Texas, USA
MR

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 1 MAY 1982
    Event Place: Saint Elmo, Fayette, Illinois, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 27 MAY 1898
    Event Place: Love County Oklahoma
    Record Source: Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1890-1995, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 16 FEB 1942
    Event Place: Brownstown, Fayette, Illinois, United States

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Brownstone

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Jefferson, Oklahoma, United States

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 4 APR 1982
    Event Place: Vandalia Fayette County Illinois
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Akers, Carter, Oklahoma, United States

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Rural, Carter, Oklahoma

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Otego Township, Fayette, Illinois, United States
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