William Noble Richards^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}

1876 - 1951  (74 years)

• Name	William Noble Richards
  Born	19 Aug 1876	Concord Township (Buda), Bureau County, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Apr 1951	Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois
  Buried	Pleasant View Cemetery, Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois
  Person ID	I253	Vigor Family Tree | Leslie Hansen's side of the family tree
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2007

  
  

  Father	John Henry Richards
  Mother	Julia Ann Coggins
  Family ID	F593	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Irene Sadie DeVenney,   b. 5 Feb 1892,   d. 19 Sep 1956  (Age 64 years)
  Married	23 Jan 1910	Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois
  Notes	In January, 2006, I asked W. Hansen which of William and Irene's children remained alive. At that time he told me that Irma, Gene and Shirley were living. Also, only Shirley had a living spouse.
  Children	1. Margaret Laura Richards,   b. 10 Feb 1911,   d. 5 May 1998  (Age 87 years) + 2. Gladys Mildred Richards,   b. 22 Sep 1913,   d. UNKNOWN   3. Helen Frances Richards,   b. 8 Nov 1915,   d. UNKNOWN   4. Effie Mae Richards,   b. 11 Feb 1918,   d. 24 Jul 1993  (Age 75 years)   5. William Louis Richards,   b. 6 Apr 1920,   d. 27 Aug 1943, WWII  (Age 23 years)   6. Living   7. Walter George Richards,   b. 16 Dec 1923,   d. 25 Jun 1945, WWII  (Age 21 years) + 8. Gene Glen Richards,   b. 20 May 1925, Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois ,   d. 25 May 2006, Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois  (Age 81 years)   9. Betty Marie Richards,   b. 21 Sep 1927,   d. 23 Sep 1927  (Age 0 years) + 10. Shirley Ann Richards,   b. 26 June 1929, Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois ,   d. 9 Sep 2007, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2006
  Family ID	F103	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		William and Irene (DeVinney) Richards portrait Thank you to W. Hansen for obtaining and sharing this photo.
  		Head shot for William Richards Cropped from image 0721.
  		Richards family group photo As numbered, including several **UNKNOWN** people: 1. Unknown 2. Unknown 3. William Noble Richards 4. Unknown 5. Thomas Horton 6. Frank Rotz 7. Unknown 8. Helen Richards 9. Unknown 10. Unknown 11. Gladys Richards 12. Margaret Richards 13. Jacob Verkruyse 14. Unknown Thank you W. Hansen for obtaining and providing this photo. Date based on indentification of Shirley Richards in image 0720

  
  

  Documents		Census -- Illinois, Henry County, Kewanee, 1920, Devenney / Richards As trancribed by Ancestry.com: George Devenney 50 Lennis Devenney 51 George W Devenney 17 Edith K Devenney 13 Hazel A Devenney 10 William Richards 43 Irene Richards 27 Margarete Richards 8 Gladys Richards 6 Hellen Richards 4 1/12 Effie Richards 1 10/12
  		Census -- Illinois, Henry County, Kewanee, 1930 William Richards, 54 Irene Richards, 39 Margaret Richards, 19 Gladys Rotz, 17, daughter Frank Rotz, 20, son-in-law Helen Richards, 15 Effie Richards, 12 William Richards, 11 Erma Richards, 9 Walter Richards, 8 Gene Richards, 5 Shirley Richards, 9/12 (under 1)

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone for William Richards 1876-1951 Lot #1640 PV. 10 rows west of Eastern Avenue, 1 lot north of Avenue A. Thank you to W. Hansen, Ro. Whetstone, Ra. Whetstone and V. Foley for taking a large group of headstone photos for this project.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1862] William Hansen. [S1893] Obituary for Gene Richards, (Rux Funeral Home web site). [S1908] The DeVenney Family History - 1829, 2 of 3, 4 Aug 2006. [S1909] Children of William and Irene DeVenney Richards, 4 Aug 2006. [S1944] Census -- Illinois, Henry County, Kewanee, 1920, 10 Sep 2007. [S1946] Census -- Illinois, Henry County, Kewanee, 1930, 10 Sep 2007.