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Lucy Amelia “Mellie” Richardson Pendergrass

Aug 1866 – 25 Oct 1918

Birth	Aug 1866
Death	25 Oct 1918
Cemetery	Gervais Pioneer Masonic Cemetery Gervais , Marion County , Oregon , USA
Added by	Ancestors on 12 Dec 2018
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30772198

Bio

Lucy Amelia 'Mellie' Richardson was the daughter of Naomi Elizabeth Riggs (1841-1872) and Homer R. Richardson (1838-1868). She was named for her grandmother, Lucy C. (Kerr) Riggs. Lucy was not quite two years old when her father died and only five years old when her mother died in May 1872. She and her older brother, Sammie, were raised by their grandmother, Lucy C. (Kerr) Riggs , who was recently widowed. In the 1880 census, she was 13 years old and living with Lucy C. (Kerr) Riggs James and her new husband, Daniel James in Pawnee Township, Bourbon County, Kansas. She married John Alexander Taylor (1861-1943) on November 10, 1883 in Dallas County, Missouri. Children: Atlantis N. Taylor Wilkins (1884-1944) Della Matilda Taylor Swinney (1886-1911) In 1893, John Taylor left his family in Oregon and went to Helena, Montana, where he changed his name to John Jefferson Justice. His mother's maiden name was Justice. They were later divorced and he continued to support Lucy and the family. In 1896, Lucy married Edmund R. Wright (1865-1927) in Oregon. They later divorced. No children. Sometime before 1910, she married Mr. Laidlaw. They later divorced. No children. She then married Albert Pendergrass (1862-1944) on November 11, 1911 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. No children. Family history had it that Lucy died of influenza during the great flu epidemic, however recently Carol Weldon found her death certificate and it stated she died of Bright's disease.

Inscription

Lucy A. / Pendergrass / Died / Oct. 25, 1918

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Family

Parents

• Homer R Richardson 1838–1868 FaG
• Naomi Elizabeth Riggs Richardson 1841–1872 FaG

Spouse

• John Alexander Taylor Justice 1861–1943
• Albert Pendergrass 1862–1944 FaG

Siblings

• William Samuel "Sam" Richardson 1861–1918 FaG
• Elizabeth Atlantis "Lizzie" Richardson Hillard 1868–1942 FaG
• Infant Daughter Edmundson 1872–1872 FaG

Children

• Atlantis Naomi Taylor Wilkins 1884–1944
• Della Matilda Taylor Swinney 1886–1911

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