Bruce O. RIGGS

1884 - 1924  (40 years)

• Name	Bruce O. RIGGS  [1, 2]
  Birth	8 Mar 1884	, Calhoun, WVA, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1920	Richwood, Nicholas, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  	Relation to Head: Head; Residence Marital Status: Married
  Death	30 Aug 1924	Richwood, Nicholas, West Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I31	Green
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2024

  
  

  Father	James RIGGS,   b. Abt 1851, Virginia
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Rebecca J STARCHER,   b. 10 Mar 1854, Gilmer, , Virginia, USA d. 3 Mar 1930, Hur, Calhoun, West Virginia, USA (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F512	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eva Mae NUTTER,   b. 18 Sep 1892, Rocksdale, Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States of America d. 6 Feb 1983, Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia, United States of America (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	9 May 1909	, Calhoun, WVA, USA   [2, 5, 6]
  Children	1. Bruce RIGGS,   b. Abt 1922, West Virginia d. 2009 (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Theodore Eugene "Ted" RIGGS,   b. 5 Mar 1918, Richwood, W VA d. 25 Nov 1985 (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Gladys RIGGS,   b. Abt 1912, West Virginia  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F18	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2024

  
  

• Notes

  It is family tradition that the Bruce Riggs who was Eva's first husband was, to everyone's dismay, a leader in the Ku Klux Clan. He enlisted in World War I in Richwood, Nicholas, West Virginia on Sep. 12, 1918. His nearest relative was his wife, Eva. He was tall, of medium build and had blue eyes and dark hair. They lived at 14 Chesnut St., Richwood, Nicolas Co., WV. In the 1920 census, he worked in and they boarded in the Paper Mill in Richwood, WV. They had a son named Bruce Junior about 1921-1922. He died of tuberculosis in Aug. of 1924.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Richwood, Nicholas, West Virginia; Roll: T625_1965; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 100. 1920 United States Federal Census [S7] Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). [S12] 1920 US Federal Population Census, Richmond, Nicholas, WV, (Name: www.ancestry.com;). [S13] Death Certificate for Bruce Riggs, (Name: Nicolas Co., WV Vital Records, #10197;). [S14] 1910 US Federal Population Census, Richmond, Beave, Nicholas, WV, (Name: www.ancestry.com;). [S15] Riggs-Nutter Marriage License, (Name: Calhoun Co., West Virginia Marriage dated May 9, 1909;).