Fifth Generation
106. Richard Wesley
MARDIS was born on 1 Oct 1844 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
He died on 30 Jan 1926 in Altoona, Blair County, Pennyslvania. He
was buried on 2 Feb 1926 in Grandview Cemetery. He was ill with Arterial
Sclerosis and Senile Dementia.. Richard served in the Civil War,
Company B, Independent Calvary Batallion.
According to Shell Wilkinson:
Mary Ann is the second wife. There was supposed to be a divorce, which has not
been proven. He was 53 when Mary Emily was born. When Mary Lindsey (wife) died
the girls went to a home for Civil War Orphans in Chester, PA.
First wife was Martha Thompson. Records claim he deserted her on or about Nov
1880.
He was a Private in B Co, Dale's Cav, Reg. PA mustered out on 1 Dec 1863 source
"History of Pennsylvania Volunteers 1861-1865" published 1870.
Death date taken from Pension request forms on file. Death Certificate on file.
Birth date confirmed on Pension files.
Martha THOMPSON. Richard Wesley MARDIS
and Mary Ann LINSEY were married in 1895 in Pennsylvania. Mary
Ann LINSEY was born about 1848. She died about 1909.
Richard Wesley MARDIS and Mary Ann LINSEY had the following children:
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