Henry Jacob Rife, Sr

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Henry Jacob Rife, Sr

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Middletown, Dauphin County, PA, United States
Death: June 09, 1887 (50-51)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
Place of Burial: Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Jacob Rife, Sr and Mary Ann Rife
Husband of Adaline "Addie" K Rife and Mary W. Rife
Father of Magdalena K Wells; Henry Jacob Rife, Jr; Thomas Arlington Rife; Jacob William Rife and Myra Chambers Smith
Brother of Sophia Matlack; Mary Ross; Margaret Shelley Klop; Clara Lauman Rife; Hon. John Winebrenner Rife and 4 others

Occupation: Leather Dealer Old Lancaster Pike & Col Av Ward 24
Managed by: Jim Wile
Last Updated:

About Henry Jacob Rife, Sr

His will specifies 3 children by his 1st wife (Adaline)

  • Mary B. Morgan
  • Lena K. (Magdalena)
  • Henry J.

And three other children are mentioned, presumably to his 2nd wife, Mary.

  • William L.
  • Thomas A.
  • Myra C.

Probated 24 Nov 1885, Philadelphia https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2278921:8802?tid=...


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Henry Jacob Rife, Sr's Timeline

1836
1836
Middletown, Dauphin County, PA, United States
1863
March 31, 1863
Middletown, Dauphin Co, PA
1868
May 5, 1868
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
1879
January 27, 1879
Pennsylvania
1880
September 18, 1880
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1883
May 21, 1883
Pennsylvania
1887
June 9, 1887
Age 51
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
June 11, 1887
Age 51
Middletown Cemetery, Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States