Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Moses Purddie Riffle    
                Born: Aug-13-1898           1,2
                Died: May-30-1992           2
              Census: 1930                 in Court House District, Taylor Co, WV  
             Resided: 1918                 in Orlando, Lewis/Braxton Co, WV  1
              Census: 1900                 in Kanawha District, Braxton Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1930                 coal miner  3
              Father: Benjamin F. Riffle   (1858 - 1940) 
              Mother: Sarah C. Blake   (1870 - 1917) 
                Wife: Effie Arissa Wilcox     
         Census name: Effa A. Wilcox 
             Married: 1921                 in Taylor Co, WV  4
                Born: Oct- 2-1898          in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV  5,6 (see note 1)
                Died: Nov- 6-1969          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  7
              Buried:                      in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co, WV  7
             Resided:                      in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV  7
              Census: 1930                 in Court House District, Taylor Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Salt Lick District, Braxton Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: James Homer Wilcox   (1877 - 1923) 
              Mother: Laura A. Devericks   (1881 - 1920) 
           M Child 1: John Silvester Riffle      
                Born: Apr-15-1920          in Braxton Co, WV  8
                Died: Jun- 9-1990           
              Census: 1930                 in Court House District, Taylor Co, WV  
            Military: Oct- 8-1941 - Oct-15-1945 U.S. Army, World War II  9
           F Child 2: Blanch Augustine Riffle      
                Born: Aug- 1-1922          in Flemington, Taylor Co, WV  8
                Died: Jan-13-1998           8
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Flemington (Baileytown), Taylor Co, WV  5
             Resided:                      in Rosemont, Taylor Co, WV  2
              Census: 1930                 in Court House District, Taylor Co, WV  
             Husband: Roland Whitehair  b. Jun-11-1925  d. Jul-14-2007  
             Married: 1944                 in Taylor Co, WV  4
           F Child 3: Maggie C. Riffle      
                Born: Feb- 7-1924          in Flemington, Taylor Co, WV  5
                Died: Feb- 7-1924          in Flemington, Taylor Co, WV  5
              Buried:                      in Clover Fork Cemetery, Lewis Co, WV  5
           M Child 4: Clifford Leroy Riffle      
                Born: Nov- 2-1927           5
                Died: Jun-29-1929          in Simpson, Taylor Co, WV  5
              Buried:                      in Clover Fork Cemetery, Lewis Co, WV  5

Sources:
(1) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(2) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(3) 1930 Census, Taylor County, WV. 
(4) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) Findagrave.com. 
(6) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) 
(7) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(8) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(9) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in death record as Oct 2 1896.  But age 11 in 1910 Census
puts it in about 1899, while the 1900 Census shows it as Oct 1898.







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