Notes:
There is confusion surrougnding Richards correct date of birth.
30 aug 1894 per the inscription on his tombatone in the Harrogate, Claiborne County TN cemetery
31 Aug 1898 per U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Signed by Richard on 16 Feb 1942
30 Aug 1894 per the SS Death Index
1895 calculated from the Tennessee death index (died 1978 at age 83)
1898 calculated from the Tennesse Marriage certificate (age 29 when married in 1927)
Aug 1895 per he 1900 census
1897 cakculated from the 1920 census
1898 cakculated from the 1930 census
1899 cakculated from the 1940 census
5 July 1916 - departed San Francisco on the USAT Sheridan
12 July 1916 - arrived Honolulu, Hawaii
Britton, Richard M. - Recurit in the Coast Artillery Corps
From all of the evidence that has been examined, Richard Britton did not mary Ernestine Maderia, however DNA evidence strongly supports that Richard did father a dauthter while he was stationed in Hawaii. The mother Ernestine Maderia married another soldier, Ray McClure, just a few months prior to giving birth to Dorothy Delfina McClure in July of 1918. It is doubtful that Richard Britton was aware that he had fathered a child and Ernestine simply selected the wrong soldier as the father of her child.
3 Jan 1920 Census: Honolulu, Hawaii Territory
Tenth Company
Richard M Britton, coporal, 23, b: TN/TN/TN
(+ many other soldiers)
12 Apr 1920 - departed Honolulu, Hawaii
21 Apr 1920 - arrived San Francisco, CA
Richard M Britton, Corporal in the Coast Artillery Corps
Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002
Name: R M Brillon, Male, Age: 29
Marriage Date: 21 Nov 1927
Marriage Place: Hawkins, Tennessee, USA
Spouse: Hattie Gibbons
1930: District 9, Hawkins, Tennessee, USA
Richard Britton 32, 1st m: @ age 31, b: TN/TN/TN, labor forman, pulp mill, served in the World War
Hattie Britton 23, 1st m: @ age 22, b: TN/TN/TN
Alvin Britton, nephew, 24, widowed
1940: Garden Dist, Buchanan Co., Virginia
Residence in 1935: Kingsport, Sullivan Co., Tennessee
Merle R Britton 41, b: TN, truckman, mining
Hattie Britton 33, b: TN
Olier D Britton 3, b: TN
Bob Britton 1, b: TN
15 Feb 1942 Draft Registration -Keen Mountain, Buchanan, VA
Richard Merle Britton
Age 44, born Surgoinsville, TN on 31 Aug 1898
Residing: Keen Mountain, Buichanan, VA
Employer: Red Jacket Coal Co.,