Byron RIFFLE ¹

  General Notes:

1900 IA CENSUS, Mills Co, White Cloud Twp: "Byron" Riffle, Mar 1878, 22, single, b. IN, parents b. IN, farmer. He was living with his parents, Byron S. & Melissa Riffle, and siblings.

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918: Byron Riffle of RFD 23, Latour, Johnson Co, MO; 41; b. Mar 6, 1877; self-employed farmer at RFD 23, Latour, Johnson Co, MO; nearest relative: May Rosella Riffle of same address, medium height and built, dark brown eyes, gray hair.

1930 MO CENSUS, Johnson Co, Rose Hill Twp: Byron Riffle, 53, 1st marriage age 22, b. IN, father b. IL, mother b IN, farmer; wife Elsie, 48, 1st marriage age 19, b. IN, parents b. IN; dau. Anna M, 26, single; son Frederick T., 22, single, b. MO, father b. IL, mother b. IN; son Byron S., 20, single; dau. Velna M., 18 single; son Walter James, 16; son Allen I., 14; dau. Bertha B., 4. All children, except Frederick, were b. MO, father b. IN, mother b. IA.

Byron married May Rosella SHAMBLEN, daughter of Thomas Jefferson SHAMBLEN and Anna Eliza MERRILL, on 26 Feb 1901 in Strahan, Mills Co, IA.¹ (May Rosella SHAMBLEN was born on 13 Feb 1882 in Rawles Twp, Mills Co, IA ⁴ and died on 7 Feb 1921 in Garden City, Cass Co, MO ².)

Byron next married Elsie Barbara AGAN on 16 Jul 1926.² (Elsie Barbara AGAN was born about 1882 in IA ⁵.)