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Primarily, the information contained in this book will relate to the Rife/Riffe generations throughout Virginia and West Virginia. Peter Reif was the earliest ancestor of this family, born about 1725 either in Germany or Pennsylvania. He moved from Pennsylvania to Montgomery Co., Maryland about 1763, then to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, settling in what later became known as Rockingham County. At he time of his death he lived in Wythe Co., Virginia.
A New Force at Sea tells the story of one of the most important officers in the U.S. Navy between the Civil War and World War II. Born in Montpelier, Vermont, George Dewey attended the still relatively new U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in 1858. He served with distinction in the Civil War in the Union Navy, saw a significant amount of action in the Mississippi River and along the Atlantic coast, and was singled out for his leadership and bravery by his superior officers. In the wake of the war, Dewey remained in the Navy as an officer, but the American people were generally uninterested in any role their nation could play in the broader world and the Navy languished. Dewey however, refined h...
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