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SILAS RIFFLE, contractor and builder (firm of Riffle & Hager, Dallas) Ansonia; one of the old settlers of Darke Co.; born in Richland Township April 27, 1828; he was a son of Jacob Riffle, who was born in Randolph Co., Va.) in 1793; came to Montgomery Co., Ohio, with his parents in 1796. He married Mary Van Scoyk, and followed farming until 1818, when he came to Darke Co and located in Richland Township, and was the second white family of the township; his father came from Virginia to Ohio with two children upon a pack-horse, Jacob being one of them, then 3 years of age; upon the above land Jacob Riffle died in the fall of1853; Mrs. Riffle died in February, 1852. At 20 years of age, Silas commenced to learn the trade of a carpenter, and has since followed the same, with the exception of four years in the saw-mill business; he has assisted largely in the building of Dallas, and by his superintendence and labor half of the town has been constructed. In 1875, he associated with Orlander Hager, since which time he has conducted the business under the above firm name. He is a strong Republican, and has been Assessor four years, Township Trustee one year, and held some other petty office. His marriage with Emeline Fogger was celebrated in 1852; she died in 1854; in 1859, he married Leah Schultz, a native of Dauphin Co., Penn., born March 23, 1832; they have two daughters and one son by this union—Florence M., born Nov. 5, 1860 (now teaching in the public schools of Dallas); Elmer O., born Dec. 27, 1862; Grace, born Nov. 18, 1863.