Judge Richard Henry Rawls

   Cause of his death was Carcinoma of Cameous? Duct.

  General Notes:

Lawyer (Judge Rawls of Suffolk), served in the State Senate of Virginia for 4 years.
From the web site Library of Virginia, Chancery Records Index
Will of Joshua Bryant - Dated November 13, 1871 - image 117 of 149, Richard H. Rawles is named as the judge of record for the County Court of Nansemond County.
http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/full_case_detail.asp?CFN=901-1909-044#img

Ola Daughtrey writes to Ethel Daughtrey Ellis ca 1971 that "Richard Rawls was Judge Rawls of Suffolk married Miss Woodward - no children."

The 1880 Federal Census for Suffolk, Nansemond Co., VA, District 55, page 114B records Richard H. (29) and Mary (21) Rawls living with Mary's widowed mother, Missouri Woodward (42) and her sons Richard L. (18) and Hersey (24) Woodward. Also in the household is Hersey's wife, Augusta E. Woodward (22). Missouri is a Hotel Keeper, Richard is a Clerk, Hersey is a Merchant, and Richard H. Rawls is a Lawyer.

The 1900 Federal Census for Suffolk Town, Holy Neck District, Nansemond Co., VA, District 29, page 173B records Richard H. (Sept 1850 - VA/VA/VA) and Mary W. (June 1859 - VA/VA/VA) Rawls living at 4 Bank Street. Also in the household are Richard's brother-in-law Richard L. Woodward (July 1862) and niece-in-law Marie Woodward (June 1883), and nephew Everett H. Rawls (Nov 1883). Richard is listed as employed as a Lawyer. Richard and Mary have been married for 20 years.

The 1910 Federal Census for Suffolk Town, Nansemond Co., VA, District 14, page 202A records Richard H. (59 - VA/VA/VA) and Mary W. (50 - VA/VA/VA) Rawles living at 814 Bank Street. Also in the household is Richard's niece [-in-law] Marie Woodward (22). Richard is listed as employed as an Attorney while Marie is a Public School Teacher. Richard and Mary have been married for 30 years and have had no children.

The 1920 Federal Census for Suffolk Town, Nansemond Co., VA, District 224, page 214B records the widow Mary W. Rawls (60 - VA/VA/VA) living at 814 Bank Street. Also in the household is Mary's brother, Hersie Woodward (64), and his wife, Agusta Epps Woodward (61) [Augusta Epps Saunders]. Note: The 1910 census records Hersey and Agusta Woodward in Suffolk living on Main Street. Hersey is a Bank Teller.

The 1930 Federal Census for Suffolk Town, Nansemond Co., VA, District 119-2, page 196A, dated April 4, 1930 records the widow Mary W. Rawls (70 - VA/VA/VA) living at 114 Bank Street. Mary is listed as the owner of the house valued at $10,000. Also in the household is her nephew Hersey J. Woodard (43 - VA/VA/VA) with his wife, Claude (sic*) L. Woodward (41 - NC/NC/NC), and their children Jacob L. (18) and Sarah L. (6). Hersey is the Post Master at the U. S. Post Office and has been married to Claude for 19 years.

*Note: Claude L. Woodward (above) is actually Claudia Long who was married to Hersey Woodward Jr. on April 27, 1910 in Alamance, N. C.

  Medical Notes:

Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
Name: Richard H Rawles (married)
Residence: 814 Bank Street, Suffolk, VA
Occupation: Lawyer
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age at Death: 69
Birth Date: 15 Sep 1850 in Nansemond CO., VA
Death Date: 26 Sep 1919
Death Place: Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia
Burial: Sept 28, 1919 at Cedar Hill Cemetery
Registration Date: 29 Sep 1919
Father: Henry A Rawles
Mother: Anne Eley
Informant: E. H. Rawles of Suffolk, VA

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Lawyer, Judge Rawls of Suffolk Co. , Va.

Richard married Mary M. Woodward on 7 Jan 1880 in Nansemond Co, VA. (Mary M. Woodward was born on 3 Jun 1859 in Suffolk, Nansemond Co, VA, died on 26 Aug 1943 in Suffolk City, [Nansemond Co., ] VA and was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, VA.) The cause of her death was Diabetes.

  Marriage Notes:

Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940
Name: Richard H . Rawls
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Birth Date: 1851
Marriage Date: 7 Jan 1880
Marriage Place: Suffolk County, Virginia
Father: Henry Rawls
Mother: Ann Rawls
Spouse: Mary Woodward
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Birth Date: 1859
Father: Richard L. Woodward
Mother: Missouri Woodward
FHL Film Number: 2048463
Reference ID: 245