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

1884 - 1924  (40 years)

• Name	Bruce O. RIGGS  [4, 5]
  Born	8 Mar 1884	, Calhoun, WVA, USA   [4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 Aug 1924	Richwood, Nicholas, West Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I41	Green Tree
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2022

  
  

  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)
  Married	9 May 1909	, Calhoun, WVA, USA   [2, 3, 5]
  Children	1. Gladys RIGGS   2. Theodore RIGGS   3. Bruce RIGGS,   b. Abt 1922, West Virginia ,   d. 2009  (Age ~ 87 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F29	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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

  [S26] World War I Draft Registration, (www.ancestry.com). [S67] 1910 US Federal Population Census, Richmond, Beave, Nicholas, WV, (www.ancestry.com). [S68] Riggs-Nutter Marriage License, (Calhoun Co., West Virginia Marriage dated May 9, 1909). [S85] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2010 Place:Provo, UT, USA), 1,6061::0., Year: 1920; Census Place: Richwood, Nicholas, West Virginia; Roll: T625_1965; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 100 (Reliability: 0). [S87] West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2011 Place:Provo, UT, USA), 1,2538::0. (Reliability: 0). [S27] 1920 US Federal Population Census, Richmond, Nicholas, WV, (www.ancestry.com). [S28] Death Certificate for Bruce Riggs, (Nicolas Co., WV Vital Records, #10197).