Tipton-Decatur County IN Archives Biographies.....Riffe, George M. 1825 - 
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Author: Charles Blanchard, Editor (1883)

   GEORGE M. RIFFE, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in West Virginia January
15, 1825, and is the son of David and Mary (Miller) Riffe, also natives of
Virginia, of German descent. Our subject at the age often removed to Decatur
County, Ind., where he assisted his father on the farm, and received his
education from the subscription school; upon arriving at his majority, he began
farming on rented ground, and by hard work and economy made a good home of 240
acres in Decatur County. In the fall of 1861, he exchanged this for wild land in
Tipton County, upon which he soon located; he made several changes, and in 1871
located on the farm where he now lives; he was married, in 1847, to Sarah J.
Seright, of Rush County, Ind. She was born January 14, 1830, and is of German
descent. By this union they had nine children -A. D., Mary S., J. W., Anna C.,
Sarah M., George A., Charles K. (deceased), Levina (deceased), and Rachael
(deceased). Mr. Riffe and wife are members of the old Christian Church; he is a
Master Mason, and was reared a Democrat, but of late years has voted the
Republican ticket.

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COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA.

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
ILLUSTRATED.

CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR.
CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO.
1883.


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