Person:Florence Arrington (1)

Watchers
m. 23 Mar 1887
  1. Florence Emily Arrington1888 - 1962
  2. Ernest Dale Arrington1890 - 1914
  3. Arthur R. Arrington1891 - 1964
  4. Carl L. Arrington1893 -
m. 24 Nov 1907
  1. Frederick Gordon Riggs1908 - 1957
  2. Donald Riggs - 1920
  3. Helen C. Riggs1910 - 1955
  4. William Riggs1912 - 1988
  5. Theresa Riggs1914 - 1991
  6. Miriam Jean Riggs1918 - 1991
Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Florence Emily Arrington
Married Name[1][2][5] Florence Emily Riggs
Gender Female
Birth[1][2][4] 29 Feb 1888 Morgan twp., Knox co., Ohio, United StatesIn the 1900 U.S. census it was recorded that she was born “Feb 1888”.
Marriage License 23 Nov 1907 Knox co., Ohio, United StatesA marriage license was issued for S. H. Riggs (occ. gas company field man), from Parkersburg, W. Va., son of C. W. Riggs and Margaret E. Lowery; and Florence Arrington, from Morgan Twp., Knox Co., daughter of W. J. Arrington and Christeanne Debolt.
to Sanford Henry Riggs
Marriage 24 Nov 1907 Morgan twp., Knox co., Ohio, United StatesSanford and Florence were joined in marriage by Rev. H. E. Lewis of Owl Creek Parsonage, Utica, Ohio (at a rural address in Morgan Twp.).
to Sanford Henry Riggs
Residence[1] 4 Mar 1953 Weston, Lewis co., West Virginia, United States(at a rural postal address)
Florence applied to have her birth date corrected.
Education[3] Florence completed the 8th grade, and she could read and write.
Death[2] 31 Aug 1962 Weston, Lewis co., West Virginia, United Statesat 393 Monroe
Florence E. Riggs, married, died at home of myocardial degeneration due to arteriosclerotic heart disease. The informant was [her husband] Sanford Riggs of Weston, W. Va. It was recorded that she was the daughter of William J. Arrington and Christine DeBolt.
Burial[2] 3 Sep 1962 Butcher Cemetery, Turnertown, Lewis co., West Virginia, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ohio. Probate Court (Knox County). Record of corrected or omitted births, 1941-1977. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1998)
    14: 35, case # 1988, FHL # 2131059 (starting at image 929), filed 9 March 1953.

    Florence E. Arrington, b. 29 Feb. 1888, Morgan twp., Knox co., Ohio; father William J. Arrington, b. Franklin, Va.; mother Christy Anne Debolt, b. Knox, Ohio, res. Morgan twp., Knox co.

    Affidavits given by cousin Georgia H. Webster and half-sister Virginia Brown.

    Her birth was originally recorded in the Record of Births, vol. 3 (FHL # 1299056), p. 9, as having occurred on 29 March 1888.

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 West Virginia. Division of Vital Statistics. Certificates of deaths, 1917-1973. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1994-1995, 1998)
    FHL # 2074174, cert 62012700, filed 7 Sep. 1962.
  3. ED 21-16, Freemans Creek mag. dist., Lewis, West Virginia, in United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T627)
    roll 4417, folio 230, sheet 4A, line 33, Florence Riggs, [digital image, Ancestry.com], enumerated 6 April 1940.

    Highest grade of school completed “8”.

  4. ED 59, Morgan twp., Knox, Ohio, in United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T623)
    roll 1291 (FHL # 1241291), folio 223, sheet 3-A, line 48, Florence Arrington, [digital image, Ancestry.com], enumerated 6 June 1900.

    Florence Arrington was born “Feb 1888”. She could read and write.

  5. On her husband's WW I draft registration, her name was stated to be “Florence Emily Riggs”.