_William RICHARDS ___
                                                | (1776 - 1866) m 1805
                           _John R. RICHARDS ___|
                          | (1809 - 1864) m 1831|
                          |                     |_Dicy COBB __________+
                          |                       (1788 - 1855) m 1805
 _Joseph A. RICHARDS _____|
| (1849 - 1881) m 1869    |
|                         |                      _William HINES ______
|                         |                     |                     
|                         |_Mary HINES _________|
|                           (1804 - 1878) m 1831|
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|                                                                     
|
|--William Jackson RICHARDS 
|  (1872 - ....)
|                                                _____________________
|                                               |                     
|                          _N. W. THACKER ______|
|                         |  m 1850             |
|                         |                     |_____________________
|                         |                                           
|_Sarah Carolina THACKER _|
  (1850 - ....) m 1869    |
                          |                      _____________________
                          |                     |                     
                          |_Harriet LNU ________|
                             m 1850             |
                                                |_____________________