Person Page 1,765

Louis Crawford Richards^1,2

Life Events

• Birth: 23 September 1837^1,2
• Residence: 1850; Division 15, Fayette County, Alabama, USABG³
• Residence: 1860; Eastern Division, Fayette County, Alabama, USABG⁴
• Death: 30 November 1864; Family lore says Lewis Crawford Richards was killed in the Battle of Franklin, Tenn. on 30-November-1864. However, no evidence confirming this tale was found by Steve Richards while conducting research at the battlefield visitor center.²

Citations

1. Personal Family Tree, Louis Moore Family Tree, Descendants of William Richards. Provided by Martha Cobb, 2013., A paper copy of the genealogy was given to Robert Reyes and is the basis for this information.
2. Personal Family Tree, Steve Ricards Family Tree, Early Richards Line Details. Provided by Steve Richards, 3 December 2014., Attached to an e-mail sent to Robert Reyes.
3. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=18346906&indiv=try, Year: 1850; Census Place: Division 15, Fayette, Alabama; Roll: M432_5; Page: 73A; Image: 342, Record for Gean M Richards
4. Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=17536863&indiv=try, Year: 1860; Census Place: Eastern Division, Fayette, Alabama; Roll: M653_9; Page: 350; Image: 354; Family History Library Film: 803009, Record for Gran M Richards