Jul-28-2018
Husband: Coloston H. Riggs Also known as: C. H. Riggs 1,2
Born: Aug-18-1856 in Mooresville, Monongalia Co, WV 3,4,5,2 Died: May-12-1934 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV 3,5 Buried: in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, near Pullman (Co Rds 9 & 7/4), Ritchie Co, WV 6,3 Cause of death: atrophic cirrhosis of the liver 3 Resided: near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1899 in Doddridge Co, WV 2 Occupation: 1900 farm laborer 4 Father: Azireel Riggs Mother: Sarah J. Eddy Other spouse 2
Wife: Mariah Wright 1 Also known as: Mary ___ 1 Married: ca 1878
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M Child 1: Jonathan Franklin "Frank" Riggs Also known as: Frank Riggs 7,8,9 Born: Jun-30-1879 in Monongalia Co, WV 10,11,4,5 Died: May- 3-1959 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 11,5 Buried: in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, near Pullman (Co Rds 9 & 7/4), Ritchie Co, WV 11,12 Resided: in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 11,13,14 Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farmer 11 Occupation: 1900 farm laborer 4 Wife: Addie Darnold b. Jan-12-1882 d. Jan-13-1958
M Child 2: John Michal Riggs Born: Jul-29-1881 in Mooresville, Monongalia Co, WV 15,16,4,17 (see note 1) Died: May-19-1946 16 Resided: 1942 in Bolivar, Allegany Co, NY Resided: 1918, 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 18,19 Resided: 1909 in Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 20 Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1942 Prindle Powder Co. Occupation: 1918 repairman for Hope Natural Gas Co. 18 Occupation: 1909 boiler maker 20 Occupation: 1900 farm laborer 4 Wife: Ida May Smith b. Mar- 1-1889 Married: Aug-12-1909 in Middlebourne, Tyler Co, WV 17
M Child 3: Noah Sanford Riggs Born: Dec-29-1883 in Monongalia Co, WV 6,4,5,21 Died: Sep-21-1955 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 6,5 Buried: in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 6 Resided: 1923 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 21 Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Lorena May Davis b. 1894 d. 1992 Married: Jul- 8-1923 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 21
F Child 4: Martha Alice Riggs Born: Jul- 8-1887 in Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV 10,9,4 Died: Nov- 8-1904 9 Buried: in Chevauxdefrise/Kendall Cemetery, CR 24, east of Washburn, Ritchie Co, WV 6 Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 5: Sarah C. Riggs Born: Apr-16-1889 in Doddridge Co, WV 9,4,22 Died: May-15-1983 9 Buried: in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 6 Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1910, 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1907 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 22 Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: George Curtis Howard b. Jul- 3-1874 d. Dec-16-1938 Married: Dec- 8-1907 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 22
F Child 6: Mary Anna Riggs Born: Aug-27-1891 in Doddridge Co, WV 10,23,4,5,24 Died: Mar- -1980 23,5 Buried: in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 6 Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 25,26 Census: 1930, 1940 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Census: 1920 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV Resided: 1914 in Harrison Co, WV 24 Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Charles Wesley Britton b. Jul-19-1882 d. Nov-14-1950 Married: May-20-1914 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 24
Sources: (1) Marriage record of daughter. (2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793749&Type=Marriage. (3) 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=182077&Type=Death. (4) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) (5) Headstone (year only) (6) Findagrave.com. (7) Harold A. Tichenor, Tichenor Families in America, Braun-Brumfield Inc, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988, p. 151. (8) Newspaper wedding announcement of son. (9) Headstone. (10) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (11) 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. (12) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (13) Death record of wife. (14) Death record of father. (15) National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com online database) (16) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (17) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12042792&Type=Marriage. (18) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (19) Obituary of wife's sister. (20) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, MR p. 130, Line 65 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12036973&Type=Marriage. (21) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11543218&Type=Marriage. (22) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (23) Social Security Death Index. (24) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (25) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (26) Death record of husband. Event Notes Note (1) Age in marriage record would put birth in about 1883.Name Index