George Edward RIX

1808 - 1892  (83 years)

• Name	George Edward RIX
  Born	6 Dec 1808	Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont
  Gender	Male
  _UID	9DB794681EF34B58A2A8E49C97204727F345
  Died	20 Mar 1892	Keokuk, Lee Co., Iowa
  Person ID	I107064	Branch 171 James Stafford b. 1730
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2010

  
  

  Family	Rebecca H. DIAL,   b. 30 Apr 1823, Sumpterville, Greene Co., Alabama ,   d. 30 Apr 1901, Keokuk, Lee Co., Iowa  (Age 78 years)
  Married	31 Jan 1842	Sumpterville, Greene Co., Alabama
  Children	1. Alice Montgomery RIX,   b. 6 Jul 1845, Sumpter, Alabama
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2019
  Family ID	F34979	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Descendant of James Rix, Revolutionary War Patriot. George relocated with his brother William, from Royalton, Windsor, Vermont to Mobile, Alabama. George opened a wholesale grocery business, later with his brother went into the banking business, Rix, Kendall & Co. managing the business in Sumpterville, Alabama. William and George were ardent unionists found themselves trapped in Alabama at the outbreak of the Civil war. William and his wife Katherine Kendall returned to Royalton, Vermont. George and his wife Rebecca H. Dial, including Alice Montgomery, relocated to Keokuk, Iowa and George founded, a banking business, Rix, Hale and Company. Later he partnered with Frederick McKee Stafford, Stafford & Rix Company, a wholesale merchant iron business. (His son-in-law). Source(s): History of Royalton VT and their families 1769-1911; 1911 Burlington Free Press, Burlington, Vermont by Evelyn Lovejoy Rix History and Genealogy of the Rix Family of America; 1906 New York, New York ; by Guy Scoby Rix Ricks History and Genealogy of the Ricks Family; 1908 Salt Lake City, Utah ; by Guy Scoby Rix