Individual Details
Emma Elizabeth Wood
(7 Apr 1875 - 11 Jul 1958)
Events
| Birth | 7 Apr 1875 | Bismarck, Vermilion, Illinois, United States |  | ||
| Census | 1880 | Blount Township, Vermilion, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 5 Feb 1896 | Bismarck, Vermilion, Illinois, United States - John Rife |  | | |
| Living | 5 Feb 1896 | Blount Township, Vermilion, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Census | 1900 | Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States | | | |
| Census | 1910 | Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States | | | |
| Living | 1915 | 1126 Dakota, Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Census | 1920 | 1126 Dakota, Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Living | 13 Mar 1925 | Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Living | 1930 | 1226 (1126) Dakota, Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Census | 1930 | Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Census | 1940 | 1126 Dakota, Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States | | | |
| Living | 6 Jun 1947 | Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States | | | |
| Death | 11 Jul 1958 | Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States | | | |
| Burial | 12 Jul 1958 | Gundy Cemetery, Newell Township, Vermilion, Illinois, United States | | |
Families
| Spouse | John Rife (1867 - 1947) |
| Child | Rife (1897 - 1897) |
| Child | Cecil Frances Rife (1900 - 1974) |
| Child | Ruby Adella Rife (1904 - ) |
| Child | Pearl Clemence Rife (1915 - 1993) |
| Father | Leonard Henry Wood (1848 - 1922) |
| Mother | Frances Adella Hendrix (1851 - 1925) |
| Sibling | Albert Wilbur Wood (1871 - 1872) |
| Sibling | Sarah Catherine Wood (1873 - 1947) |
| Sibling | Nora Adella Wood (1879 - ) |
| Sibling | Cynthia Helen Wood (1884 - 1973) |
| Sibling | Wood (1886 - 1886) |
| Sibling | Wood (1887 - 1887) |
| Sibling | Hazel Ellen Wood (1893 - 1993) |
Notes
Marriage
They were married by J. S. Lee, a minister, at his home.Census
The census reports she is the mother of one child none living.Census
In the census, she is reported to be the mother of three children, two of them living.Census
Emma has 8 years of education. Her marital status is married. She resided in the same house in 1935.Living
Sister's obituary identifies her as Mrs. John Rife of Danville.Death
Although her home was at 1126 Dakota Ave. in Danville, she died at Rosetta Nursing Home. She had been ill a month.Burial
C. M. Read officiated at services held at Barrick & Sons Funeral Home in Danville, Ill.Endnotes
1. Gundy Cemetery, Newell Twp., Vermilion Co., Illinois, headstone inscriptions for John and Emma Rife. (Personal transcription.), The headstone gives her birth date as 1875..
2. Marriage record of John Rife to Emma E. Wood, Book 3, p. 97. (Vermilion County Clerk, Danville, Illinois).
3. Obituary of Mrs. Emma E. Rife. (The Commercial-News (Danville, Vermilion Co., Illinois) 11 July 1958.).
4. "Rife family records compiled by Paul and Cecil Hendrickson" (Typescript in possession of James V. GIllinois), Record gives birth date as 7 Apr 1875..
5. Death record of Emma E. Rife, #38157. (Vermilion County Clerk, Danville, Illinois).
6. 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Vermilion Co., Illinois.
7. 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Vermilion Co., Illinois.
8. Smith, Jo Ann and Joanna Fox, Baugus, Boggus, & Boggess Footprints on the Sands of Time (Vol. 2. n.p.: Jo Ann Smith, 1994), p. 318. The genealogy says she was born in 1875..
9. 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Vermilion Co., Illinois.
10. 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Vermilion Co., Illinois.
11. 1880 census, Vermilion Co., Illinois, population schedule, Blount Twp., enumeration district (ED) 204, 193A, dwelling 5, family 5, Leonard H. Wood household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 January 2011); National Archives microfilm publication T9, roll 254.
12. 1940 census, Vermilion Co., Illinois, population schedule, Danville city, enumeration district (ED) 92-12, p. 10A, household 201, John Rife household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 Oct 2012); National Archives microfilm publication T627, roll 897.
13. 1920 census, Vermilion Co., Illinois, population schedule, Ward 4 Danville, enumeration district (ED) 164, p. 6A, dwelling 137, family 140, John Rife household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 May 2013); National Archives microfilm publication T625, roll 411.
14. 1880 census, Vermilion Co., Illinois, population schedule, Blount Twp., enumeration district (ED) 204, 193A, dwelling 5, family 5, Leonard H. Wood household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 January 2011); National Archives microfilm publication T9, roll 254.
15. Marriage record of John Rife to Emma E. Wood, Book 3, p. 97. (Vermilion County Clerk, Danville, Illinois), Record gives marriage date as 5 Feb 1896..
16. Obituary of John Rife. (The Commercial-News (Danville, Vermilion Co., Illinois) 7 Feb 1947.).
17. "Rife family records compiled by Paul and Cecil Hendrickson" (Typescript in possession of James V. GIllinois), Record gives marriage date as 5 Feb 1896..
18. 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Vermilion Co., Illinois.
19. 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Vermilion Co., Illinois.
20. Smith, Jo Ann and Joanna Fox, Baugus, Boggus, & Boggess Footprints on the Sands of Time (Vol. 2. n.p.: Jo Ann Smith, 1994).
21. 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Vermilion Co., Illinois.
22. 1940 census, Vermilion Co., Illinois, population schedule, Danville city, enumeration district (ED) 92-12, p. 10A, household 201, John Rife household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 Oct 2012); National Archives microfilm publication T627, roll 897.
23. 1920 census, Vermilion Co., Illinois, population schedule, Ward 4 Danville, enumeration district (ED) 164, p. 6A, dwelling 137, family 140, John Rife household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 May 2013); National Archives microfilm publication T625, roll 411.
24. Marriage record of John Rife to Emma E. Wood, Book 3, p. 97. (Vermilion County Clerk, Danville, Illinois).
25. 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Vermilion Co., Illinois.
26. 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Vermilion Co., Illinois.
27. L. Leshnick, Leshnick's Danville City Directory: 1915 (Rockford, Illinois: L. Leshnick, 1915), .
28. 1920 census, Vermilion Co., Illinois, population schedule, Ward 4 Danville, enumeration district (ED) 164, p. 6A, dwelling 137, family 140, John Rife household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 May 2013); National Archives microfilm publication T625, roll 411.
29. Frances A. Wood obituary, The St. Joseph Record, St. Joseph, Illinois, 13 Mar 1925, page 1, column 3.
30. Polk's Danville (Illinois) City Directory: 1930 (Chicago: R. L. Polk, 1930), .
31. 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Vermilion Co., Illinois.
32. 1940 census, Vermilion Co., Illinois, population schedule, Danville city, enumeration district (ED) 92-12, p. 10A, household 201, John Rife household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 Oct 2012); National Archives microfilm publication T627, roll 897.
33. Mrs. Sarah Alverson obituary, The St. Joseph Record, St. Joseph, Illinois, 6 Jun 1947, page 1, column 6.
34. Gundy Cemetery, Newell Twp., Vermilion Co., Illinois, headstone inscriptions for John and Emma Rife. (Personal transcription.), The headstone gives her death date as 1958..
35. Obituary of Mrs. Emma E. Rife. (The Commercial-News (Danville, Vermilion Co., Illinois) 11 July 1958.), The obit gives her death date as 11 July 1958..
36. "Rife family records compiled by Paul and Cecil Hendrickson" (Typescript in possession of James V. GIllinois), Record gives death date as 11 Jul 1958..
37. Death record of Emma E. Rife, #38157. (Vermilion County Clerk, Danville, Illinois).
38. Smith, Jo Ann and Joanna Fox, Baugus, Boggus, & Boggess Footprints on the Sands of Time (Vol. 2. n.p.: Jo Ann Smith, 1994), p. 318. The genealogy says she died in 1958..
39. Gundy Cemetery, Newell Twp., Vermilion Co., Illinois, headstone inscriptions for John and Emma Rife. (Personal transcription.).
40. Obituary of Mrs. Emma E. Rife. (The Commercial-News (Danville, Vermilion Co., Illinois) 11 July 1958.).