Individual Details
Perry Rife
(2 Apr 1885 - 6 Feb 1920)
Events
| Birth | 2 Apr 1885 | Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States |  | ||
| Census | 1900 | Newell Township, Vermilion, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Census | 1910 | Jackson Township, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States |  | | |
| DraftReg | 12 Sep 1918 | Hoopeston, Vermilion, Illinois, United States | | | |
| Death | 6 Feb 1920 | Kankakee, Illinois, United States | | | |
| Burial | 7 Feb 1920 | State Hospital Cemetery, Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, United States | |
Families
| Father | David M. Rife (1836 - 1905) |
| Mother | Harriet Boggess (1848 - 1896) |
| Sibling | John Rife (1867 - 1947) |
| Sibling | Cornwallis Walter Rife (1869 - 1934) |
| Sibling | Harriet Helena Rife (1871 - 1952) |
| Sibling | David C. Rife (1874 - 1958) |
| Sibling | May Rife (1876 - 1939) |
| Sibling | Martha Eugenia Rife (1878 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Charles Rife (1883 - 1939) |
| Sibling | Grover Cleveland Rife (1887 - 1958) |
Notes
Census
His occupation is given as laborer - general farm. He is a hired man in the household of Sylvester Rothenberger. He is single.DraftReg
His name is given as Perry Rife and his address as 616 E. Lincoln, Hoopeston. He is employed as a farm laborer by Guy Uilly at RFD 2, Hoopeston. Wall (Cornwallis) Rife of Alvin is identified as his nearest relative. He is described as tall, of slender build with blue eyes and light brown hair. He is hard of hearing.Death
His residence at time of death was Rossville.Endnotes
1. 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Vermilion Co., Illinois.
2. Smith, Jo Ann and Joanna Fox, Baugus, Boggus, & Boggess Footprints on the Sands of Time (Vol. 2. n.p.: Jo Ann Smith, 1994).
3. 1910 census, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana, population schedule, Jackson Twp., enumeration district (ED) 174, p. 9A, dwelling 178, family 180, Sylvester Rothenberger household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 October 2009); National Archives microfilm publication T624, roll 381.
4. Perry Rife World War I Draft Registration Card, 12 Sep 1918, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18 [database online], Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 20,243 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration..
5. 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Vermilion Co., Illinois.
6. 1910 census, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana, population schedule, Jackson Twp., enumeration district (ED) 174, p. 9A, dwelling 178, family 180, Sylvester Rothenberger household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 October 2009); National Archives microfilm publication T624, roll 381.
7. Perry Rife World War I Draft Registration Card, 12 Sep 1918, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18 [database online], Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 20,243 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration..
8. Obituary of John Rife. (The Commercial-News (Danville, Vermilion Co., Illinois) 7 Feb 1947.), He is not mentioned as a survivor on 7 Feb 1947..
9. Smith, Jo Ann and Joanna Fox, Baugus, Boggus, & Boggess Footprints on the Sands of Time (Vol. 2. n.p.: Jo Ann Smith, 1994).
10. Obituary: Perry Rife, The Commercial-News, Danville, Illinois, 7 February 1920, page 2, column 3.
11. Obituary: Perry Rife, The Commercial-News, Danville, Illinois, 7 February 1920, page 2, column 3.