Bruce O. RIGGS^{[1, 2, 3]}

1884 - 1924  (40 years)

• Name	Bruce O. RIGGS  [4, 5]
  Birth	8 Mar 1884	, Calhoun, WVA, USA   [4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1920	Richwood, Nicholas, West Virginia, USA   [4]
  	Relation to Head: Head; Residence Marital Status: Married
  UID	6686872AB6D948EA9D9372C070CFF4F0E301
  Death	30 Aug 1924	Richwood, Nicholas, West Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I312069288397	Green Family
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family	Eva Mae NUTTER,   b. 18 September 1892, Rocksdale, Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States of America d. 6 February 1983, Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia, United States of America (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	9 May 1909	, Calhoun, WVA, USA   [2, 3, 5]
  Children	1. Gladys RIGGS,   b. Abt 1912, West Virginia   2. Theodore RIGGS   3. Bruce RIGGS,   b. Abt 1922, West Virginia d. 2009 (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F106	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Sep 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

  [S1081920664] World War I Draft Registration, (www.ancestry.com). [S1081920705] 1910 US Federal Population Census, Richmond, Beave, Nicholas, WV, (www.ancestry.com). [S1081920706] Riggs-Nutter Marriage License, (Calhoun Co., West Virginia Marriage dated May 9, 1909). [S1081921529] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1920; Census Place: Richwood, Nicholas, West Virginia; Roll: T625_1965; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 100. [S1081921553] Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S1081920665] 1920 US Federal Population Census, Richmond, Nicholas, WV, (www.ancestry.com). [S1081920666] Death Certificate for Bruce Riggs, (Nicolas Co., WV Vital Records, #10197).