Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John Riffee    
                Born: ca 1815               1
              Census: 1880                 in Booths Creek District, Taylor Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Taylor Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Thomas Riffee   (1784 -     ) 
              Mother: Lucinda ___   (1785 -     ) 
                Wife: Lydia Boner     
             Married: Mar-  -1840          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  2 (see note 1)
                Born: ca 1812               1
                Died: bef Jun 1860          3
              Census: 1850                 in Taylor Co, (W)VA  
              Father:
              Mother:
Notes 
           M Child 1: Isaac Newton Riffee      
                Born: Nov- 7-1841          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  4,5,6
                Died: Oct-28-1902          in Taylor Co, WV  5
              Census: 1900                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1882                 in Taylor Co, WV  4
              Census: 1880                 in Booths Creek District, Taylor Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Fetterman District, Taylor Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Taylor Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  7
                Wife: Phoebe E. Brown  b. ca 1844  d. bef Jun 1880  
       Also known as: Phebe E. Brown 8
             Married: 1866                 in Taylor Co, WV  8
                Wife: Sallie Tate  b. May-31-1846  
       Also known as: Sally Tate 9
             Married: Jan-22-1882          in Doddridge Co, WV  4
           M Child 2: Thornton Kimble Riffee      
                Born: Apr-17-1847          in Taylor Co, (W)VA  10,11,12
                Died: Nov-11-1903          in Marion Co, WV  10
              Census: 1900                 in Booths Creek District, Taylor Co, WV  
             Resided: 1897                 in Marion Co, WV  12
              Census: 1880                 in Booths Creek District, Taylor Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Taylor Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  13
            Military:                      Pvt, Co C, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  14
                Wife: Alberta Patience Smith  b. Mar-23-1874  d. Feb-24-1960  
       Also known as: Patience A. Smith 12
             Married: Jan-17-1897          in Boothsville, Marion Co, WV  15

Sources:
(1) 1850 Census, Taylor County, (W)VA. 
(2) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(3) 1860 Census, Taylor County, (W)VA. 
(4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(5) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(6) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 
(7) 1870 Census, Taylor County, WV. 
(8) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(10) Headstone. 
(11) 1900 Census, Taylor County, WV. 
(12) Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV. 
(13) 1880 Census, Taylor County, WV. 
(14) Findagrave.com. 
(15) Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV, 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. MR p. 
464. 

Event Notes
Note (1) A marriage bond was issued on Mar 17 1840.  It is presumed that the marriage
took place shortly thereafter, as was the custom.







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