Husband: THOMAS "JIM" RICHARDS
Marriage: DECEMBER 04, 1848 HAWKINS CO., TN
Wife: CATHERINE "KATE" MAUK

Birth: FEBRUARY 09, 1831
Death: JULY 18, 1909, BARREN CO., KY
Burial: BARREN CO., KY
Occupation: SEAMSTRESS
Father: GEORGE MAUK (MAY 11, 1810-JULY 13, 1878)
Mother: ELIZABETH SHIPLEY (DECEMBER 23, 1809-Before 1880)
Other Spouses: NONE

Children.....

1. F Child MARTHA ELIZABETH RICHARDS
Birth: JANUARY 14, 1850 TN
Death: JANUARY 12, 1940 BARREN CO., KY
Burial: MT. OLIVET/DEWEESE CEMETERY, BARREN CO., KY
Occupation: HOME MAKER/FARMER
Spouse: JOHN TYLER DEWEESE (MAY 20, 1842-MAY 24, 1888)
Marriage: NOVEMBER 21, 1871 BARREN CO., KY
2. F Child MARY MAKINNA RICHARDS
Birth: DECEMBER 18, 1852
Death: OCTOBER 11, 1880, BARREN CO., KY
Burial: MT. OLIVET/DEWEESE CEMETERY, BARREN CO., KY
Spouse: NEVER MARRIED

Research: 1850 Barren County Kentucky Federal Census, 1860 Barren County Kentucky Federal Census, 1870 Barren County Kentucky Federal Census, 1880 Barren County Kentucky Federal Census, 1900 Barren County Kentucky Federal Census, 1910 Barren County Kentucky Federal Census, 1920 Barren County Kentucky Federal Census; Early East Tennessee marriages, Vol 1, Brides, by Byron and Barbara Sistler, 1987; Hawkins County Tennessee Marriage Records; Barren County Kentucky Marriage Records; Barren County Kentucky Circuit Court Records 1865-67; Death Certificate of Martha Elizabeth Richards Deweese; Personal cemetery investigation of Deweese/Mt. Olivet Cemetery Barren County Kentucky by Debbie Coulter; Barren County Kentucky Cemetery Records, Leech and Beard, eds. 1992; Family notes from Goldia Deweese Thomerson; Family photos from Lois Elaine Lyda and Goldia Deweese Thomerson.
Text Sources

Prepared by Lois Cordova August 2000. Updated April 2004.
Primary research by Lois Cordova.