Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Jonathan Franklin "Frank" Riggs    
       Also known as: Frank Riggs 1,2,3
                Born: Jun-30-1879          in Monongalia Co, WV  4,5,6,7
                Died: May- 3-1959          in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  5,7
              Buried:                      in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, near Pullman (Co Rds 9 & 7/4), Ritchie Co, WV  5,8
             Resided:                      in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  5,9,10
              Census: 1900                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  5
          Occupation: 1900                 farm laborer  6
              Father: Coloston H. Riggs   (1856 - 1934) 
              Mother: Mariah Wright 
                Wife: Addie Darnold   1,2  
                Born: Jan-12-1882          in Doddridge Co, WV  11,7 (see note 1)
                Died: Jan-13-1958          in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  11,7
              Buried:                      in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, near Pullman (Co Rds 9 & 7/4), Ritchie Co, WV  8,11
             Resided:                      in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  11
              Father: Carr M. Darnold   (1845 - 1923) 
              Mother: Manerva Emily Carder   (1849 - 1940) 
           M Child 1: Brent C. Riggs      
                Born: Nov-15-1908          in Ritchie Co, WV  12,13
                Died: Sep-  -1977           12
             Resided:                      in Wellsburg, Brooke Co, WV  14
              Census: 1940                 in Wellsburg, Brooke Co, WV  
             Resided: 1933                 at Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  13
          Occupation:                      steel mill worker  15,16
                Wife: Frances Virginia Bee  b. Jun-14-1913  d. Oct- 6-1997  
         Census name: Frankie V. Bee 
             Married: Sep- 4-1933          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  17
           F Child 2: Goldie Eunice Riggs 1     
                Born: Dec-25-1910           1,3
                Died: Jul-22-1950           1,3
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  18
             Husband: Harlie Graydon Wass  b. Aug-19-1905  d. Mar-21-1957  
       Also known as: Charlie Graydon Wass 1
             Married: Mar-30-1932           1

Sources:
(1) Harold A. Tichenor, Tichenor Families in America, Braun-Brumfield Inc, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988, p. 151. 
(2) Newspaper wedding announcement of son. 
(3) Headstone. 
(4) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1032576&Type=Death. 
(6) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) 
(7) Headstone (year only) 
(8) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(9) Death record of wife. 
(10) Death record of father. 
(11) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(12) Social Security Death Index. 
(13) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(14) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(15) 1940 Census, Brooke County, WV. 
(16) Newspaper wedding announcement. 
(17) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Brent C. Riggs, 24, b. Ritchie Co, res. Pullman; and 
Frances Virginia Bee, 20, b. Ritchie Co, res. Pullman.  Married Sep 4 1933 in Harrisville. MR, p. 444 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11543860&Type=Marriage. 
(18) Findagrave.com. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jan 1883, age 17.







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