James Dewey Reigle1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 17129, (1898 - 1937)
FatherWilliam David Riegel4,5 (25 Jan 1850 - abt 1924)
MotherMary J. Quakenbush6,7 (18 Sep 1857 - 3 Nov 1925)

Key Events:

Birth: 30 May 1898, Kansas8,9,10
Marriage: 22 Dec 1920, Alma, Harlan Co., Nebraska, Cora A. Bishop (6 Feb 1894 - 18 Apr 1983)11,12,13
Death: 13 Dec 1937, 331 Scott Ave., Fort Collins, Colorado14,15,16
Burial: Loveland Burial Park, Loveland, Larimer Co., Colorado17
ChartsDescendants of Jacob K. and Christiana Ohl Riegel
AncestryThe Reigel Family

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Narrative:

     James Dewey Reigle was born on 30 May 1898 in Kansas.8,9,10 James and his sister Iva were twins.
     He appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Sumner Twp., Phillips Co., Kansas, in the household of his parents, William David Riegel and Mary J. Quakenbush.4
     He moved to Missouri with his parents by before Mar 1906.18 He appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Hazelwood Twp., Webster Co., Missouri, in the household of his parents.5
     James moved back to the area where he had lived as a child, and where his older brother John was living, on the Kansas - Nebraska line, by 1918. James registered for the draft for World War I on 12 Sep 1918, while living at Neponee, Franklin Co., Nebraska, reporting he was employed as farm laborer for Albert Schluntz at the same place.1
     James seems to have adopted the spelling Reigles between 1920 and 1930, perhaps after he joined his brother John who was using that spelling.19,20
     James appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Mullally Twp., Harlin Co., Nebraska, enumerated 20 Jan 1920, in the household of Albert Schultz, his wife, and two children, as a hired hand on their farm.21
     James married Cora A. Bishop, daughter of John Milton Bishop and Mary Ann Moreland, and sister of the woman his older brother John married the following year, on 22 Dec 1920 in Alma, Harlan Co., Nebraska.11,12,13
     James and Cora and their young son moved to Colorado in 1930 where his brother John and his family were living. James and Cora appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Larimer Co., Colorado, on Lincoln Highway, enumerated 9 Apr 1930, in the same dwelling as his brother John and his wife, who was also her sister. Their son Ervin was listed as living with them.19
     James and Cora moved to Fort Collins in Sep 1937 with his brother John and her sister Laura.22
     James died on 13 Dec 1937, at his home, 331 Scott Ave., Fort Collins, Colorado, at age 39.14,15,16 He was buried in Loveland Burial Park, Loveland, Larimer Co., Colorado.17

Children:
     Child with Cora A. Bishop:

Citations

  1. [S4647] James Dewey Reigle, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  2. [S1394] William D. Riggle household, 1900 U.S. Census, Phillips Co., Kansas, shows name as James D. Riggle.
  3. [S1396] William D. Reigle household, 1910 U.S. Census, Webster Co., Missouri, shows name as James Reigle.
  4. [S1394] William D. Riggle household, 1900 U.S. Census, Phillips Co., Kansas.
  5. [S1396] William D. Reigle household, 1910 U.S. Census, Webster Co., Missouri.
  6. [S1394] William D. Riggle household, 1900 U.S. Census, Phillips Co., Kansas, shows him as the son of her husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  7. [S1396] William D. Reigle household, 1910 U.S. Census, Webster Co., Missouri, shows him as the son of her husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  8. [S4647] James Dewey Reigle, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, shows date.
  9. [S1394] William D. Riggle household, 1900 U.S. Census, Phillips Co., Kansas, shows month, as June, year, age 1, and state.
  10. [S1396] William D. Reigle household, 1910 U.S. Census, Webster Co., Missouri, shows age 10 and state.
  11. [S4850] "Nebraska, Marriages, 1855-1995," FamilySearch.org, record for James Reigls and Cora A.. Bishop, citing FHL #1954539, Book F, 4024, pg 226, shows date, city, county, and state.
  12. [S4642] James Reigles household, 1930 U.S. Census, Larimer Co., Colorado, shows married, with his first marriage at age 22 and hers at 36.
  13. [S4646] John Reigles household, 1940 U.S. Census, Larimer Co., Colorado, shows her as sister-in-law of his brother John, and as a widow.
  14. [S12642] James D Reigles obituary, Fort Collins Express-Courier, shows died this morning, and address.
  15. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 33764680, James Reigles, shows year and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  16. [S4646] John Reigles household, 1940 U.S. Census, Larimer Co., Colorado, shows his wife as a widow.
  17. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 33764680, James Reigles, includes tombstone photo.
  18. [S7343] Deeds, Phillips Co., Kansas, 19:386-7, William D. Reigel and Mary J. Reigel to Greene Price, 16 Apr 1906, shows them as of Webster Co. Missouri, and their signitures were notarized in Webster Co.
  19. [S4642] James Reigles household, 1930 U.S. Census, Larimer Co., Colorado.
  20. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 33764680, James Reigles, includes tombstone photo showing same.
  21. [S4648] Albert Schultz household, 1920 U.S. Census, Harlan Co., Nebraska.
  22. [S12642] James D Reigles obituary, Fort Collins Express-Courier, shows he moved there in Sep with his wife, son, and brother John.
  23. [S4646] John Reigles household, 1940 U.S. Census, Larimer Co., Colorado, shows the boy as nephew of James' brother.