Individual Details

Grover Cleveland Rife

(20 Nov 1887 - 16 Oct 1958)

Events

Birth	20 Nov 1887	Newell Township, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
Census	1900	Newell Township, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
Census	1910	Roome Township, Polk, Minnesota, United States
Marriage	1913 or 1914	Elmina
DraftReg	5 Jun 1917	Roome Township, Polk, Minnesota, United States
Census	1920	Roome Township, Polk, Minnesota, United States
Census	1930	Roome Township, Polk, Minnesota, United States
Living	15 Feb 1939	Minnesota, United States
Living	7 Feb 1947	Crookston, Polk, Minnesota, United States
Living	26 Dec 1949	Crookston, Polk, Minnesota, United States
Death	16 Oct 1958	Crookston, Polk, Minnesota, United States

Families

Spouse	Elmina (1892 - 1963)
Child	Living
Child	Living

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	Perry Rife (1885 - 1920)

Notes

Census

His occupation is given as farm laborer - general farm.

DraftReg

His name is given as Grover Cleveland Rife and his address as Eldred, Minnesota. He is a self-employed farmer at Eldred. He is married and has a wife and child. He is described as of medium height and medium build with brown eyes and dark hair.

Census

His occupation is given as farmer - general farm. He rents his farm.

Census

His occupation is given as farmer - farm. He rents his farm and owns a radio set.

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, Polk Co., Minnesota, population schedule, Roome Twp., enumeration district (ED) 221, p. 3B, dwelling 55, family 56, Wallace Rife household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 October 2009); National Archives microfilm publication T624, roll 716.

4. Grover Cleveland Rife World War I Draft Registration Card, 5 Jun 1917, 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. Grover Rife death (1958), Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002, Ancestry.com Database, online . Original data: Department of Health, State of Minnesota, Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minnesota..

6. 1920 census, Polk Co., Minnesota, population schedule, Roome Twp., enumeration district (ED) 220, p. 3B, dwelling 40, family 41, Grover C. Rife household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 October 2009); National Archives microfilm publication T625, roll 851.

7. 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Vermilion Co., Illinois.

8. 1910 census, Polk Co., Minnesota, population schedule, Roome Twp., enumeration district (ED) 221, p. 3B, dwelling 55, family 56, Wallace Rife household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 October 2009); National Archives microfilm publication T624, roll 716.

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. Grover Cleveland Rife World War I Draft Registration Card, 5 Jun 1917, 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..

11. 1920 census, Polk Co., Minnesota, population schedule, Roome Twp., enumeration district (ED) 220, p. 3B, dwelling 40, family 41, Grover C. Rife household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 October 2009); National Archives microfilm publication T625, roll 851.

12. 1930 census, Polk Co., Minnesota, population schedule, Roome Twp., enumeration district (ED) 66, p. 2A, dwelling 26, family 30, Grover Rife household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 October 2009); National Archives microfilm publication T626, roll 1113.

13. Grover Cleveland Rife World War I Draft Registration Card, 5 Jun 1917, 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..

14. 1920 census, Polk Co., Minnesota, population schedule, Roome Twp., enumeration district (ED) 220, p. 3B, dwelling 40, family 41, Grover C. Rife household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 October 2009); National Archives microfilm publication T625, roll 851.

15. 1930 census, Polk Co., Minnesota, population schedule, Roome Twp., enumeration district (ED) 66, p. 2A, dwelling 26, family 30, Grover Rife household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 October 2009); National Archives microfilm publication T626, roll 1113.

16. Farm Hand Dead at 55; Charles Rife, The Commercial-News, Danville, Illinois, perhaps 16 February 1939.

17. Obituary of John Rife. (The Commercial-News (Danville, Vermilion Co., Illinois) 7 Feb 1947.).

18. Mrs. Collings Of Potomac Dies at 72, The Commercial-News, Danville, Illinois, 26 December 1949, page 39, column 7.

19. Smith, Jo Ann and Joanna Fox, Baugus, Boggus, & Boggess Footprints on the Sands of Time (Vol. 2. n.p.: Jo Ann Smith, 1994).

20. Grover Rife death (1958), Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002, Ancestry.com Database, online . Original data: Department of Health, State of Minnesota, Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minnesota..

21. Grover C. Rife, The Commercial-News, Danville, Illinois, 19 October 1958, page 41, column 6.