Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John Michal Riggs    
                Born: Jul-29-1881          in Mooresville, Monongalia Co, WV  1,2,3,4 (see note 1)
                Died: May-19-1946           2
             Resided: 1942                 in Bolivar, Allegany Co, NY  
             Resided: 1918, 1920           in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  5,6
             Resided: 1909                 in Shirley, Tyler Co, WV  7
              Census: 1900                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1942                 Prindle Powder Co.  
          Occupation: 1918                 repairman for Hope Natural Gas Co.  5
          Occupation: 1909                 boiler maker  7
          Occupation: 1900                 farm laborer  3
              Father: Coloston H. Riggs   (1856 - 1934) 
              Mother: Mariah Wright 
                Wife: Ida May Smith     
             Married: Aug-12-1909          in Middlebourne, Tyler Co, WV  4
                Born: Mar- 1-1889          in Tyler Co, WV  8
             Resided: 1918, 1920           in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  5,9
             Resided: 1909                 in Shirley, Tyler Co, WV  7
              Census: 1900                 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  
              Father: William Washington Smith   (1862 - 1948) 
              Mother: Mary Elizabeth Underwood   (1863 - 1903) 

Sources:
(1) National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(2) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(3) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) 
(4) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12042792&Type=Marriage. 
(5) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(6) Obituary of wife's sister. 
(7) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, MR p. 130, Line 65 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12036973&Type=Marriage. 
(8) 1900 Census, Tyler County, WV. 
(9) Obituary of sister. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age in marriage record would put birth in about 1883.







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