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Thornton Kimble RIFFEE

Thornton Kimble RIFFEE

Male 1847 - 1903  (56 years)

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  • Name Thornton Kimble RIFFEE 
    Born 17 Apr 1847  Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Pvt, Co C, 14th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War  [4] 
    Census 1850, 1860  Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Booths Creek District, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1897  Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1900  Booths Creek District, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [5] 
    Died 11 Nov 1903  Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Poling Cemetery, Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I74868  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 1 Jun 2022 

    Father John RIFFEE,   b. CA 1815 
    Mother Lydia BONER,   b. CA 1812,   d. Bef Jun 1860  (Age ~ 48 years) 
    Family ID F31954  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alberta Patience SMITH,   b. 23 Mar 1874, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 1960, Boothsville, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 17 Jan 1897  Boothsville, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Taylor Co, WV (Booths Creek District), enumerated on Jun 7 1900:
      Thornton K. Riffee, 53, b. Apr 1847, farmer, married 3 yrs; wife Alberta P, 26, b. Mar 1874, married 3 yrs, mother of 2 children (both still living); son Carroll T, 2, b. Jul 1897; son Charles E, 1, b. Nov 1898; sister-in-law Harriet A. Smith, 18, b. Sep 1881, single.
    Children 
    +1. Charles Everett RIFFEE,   b. 12 Nov 1898, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Nov 1971  (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F31953  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S2019] 1900 Census, Taylor County, WV.

    3. [S1835] Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV.

    4. [S2587] U.S. Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 [database online], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration (NARA)).

    5. [S2187] 1880 Census, Taylor County, WV.

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S1835] Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV, MR p. 464.
      Identified as Thornton K. Riffee, 47, b. Taylor Co, res. Marion Co; and Patience A. Smith, 22, b. & res. in Marion Co. Married Jan 17 1897 in Boothsville, Marion County.