Born in Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Price Ford
and Mary Polly (Hicks) Ford
Sister of
Elizabeth Ford, James Morgan Ford, Margaret L (Ford) Howard, Sarah Jane (Ford) Austin, Mary Ellen Ford, Nathaniel Hicks Ford, Andrew Riley Ford and Rebecca (Ford) Akard
Wife of
William Richards
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
Mary E. Mollie (Richards) Cornelius, Nathaniel Richards, James Floid Richards and Charles S Richards
Died
at age 45
in Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, United States
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Biography
Sources
- 1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census"
The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Blountville, Sullivan, Tennessee; Roll: 897; Page: 24b; Line Number: 39
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #6843897 (accessed 17 April 2024)
Ruth Ford (18) in Blountville, Sullivan, Tennessee, USA. - Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current"
Find A Grave: Memorial #132517498
Ancestry Record 60525 #107046326 (accessed 17 April 2024)
Ruth Richards burial (died on 30 Nov 1877) in Sinking Spring Cemetery, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, United States of America. Born on 13 Feb 1832. - Marriage of son Nathaniel A Richards: "Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940"
Original data: Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013
Ancestry Record 60214 #5677640 (accessed 17 April 2024)
Ruth Richards's son Nathaniel A Richards marriage to Susan Yance on 28 Oct 1885 in Washington, Virginia.
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