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             Husband: Eli RIGGS (1 2 3 4 5)
                Born: 23 SEP 1799 (6)
             Married: 31 Sep 1835 in Derby, New Haven, CT (54)
                Died: 11 DEC 1879 (7)
              Father: David RIGGS
              Mother: Hannah WHEELER
             Spouses: Caroline
                Wife: Susan L. BRONSON (8 9 10)
                Born: 1803 (11)
                Died: 19 Aug 18__ (12)
              Father: 
              Mother: 
             Spouses:
Children
01               (M): John Frederick RIGGS (13 14 15 16)
                Born: 15 AUG 1835 in Humphreysville, New Haven, CT (17 18)
                Died:
             Spouses: Sarah BELDEN
02               (M): James Philo RIGGS (19 20 21 22 23 24)
                Born: (25 26)
                Died:
             Spouses: Henrietta PERRY
03               (M): William Hubert RIGGS (27 28 29 30 31)
                Born: 26 FEB 1839 (32)
                Died: 1918 (33)
             Spouses: Martha Bates TOMLINSON
04               (M): George S. RIGGS (34 35 36)
                Born: 20 JAN 1841 (37)
                Died: 16 MAY 1862 in Newbern, North Carolina (38 39)
             Spouses: 
05               (M): Mark Eli RIGGS (40 41 42 43 44 45)
                Born: 06 MAY 1843 (46)
                Died: 30 NOV 1884 (47)
             Spouses: Minnie BEEBE
06               (F): Hannah L. RIGGS (48)
                Born: 11 MAY 1845 (49)
                Died: 06 JUL 1888 (50)
             Spouses: Edward E. SLYE
07               (F): Ellen M. RIGGS (51 52)
                Born: 27 AUG 1848 (53)
                Died:
             Spouses: Moses REDSHAW

Footnotes

  1. Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852 (Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997), 200.
    ... of Oxford ...
  2. 1840 Oxford Census.
  3. 1850 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  4. 1860 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  5. 1870 Oxford Census.
    Day Laborer.
    [Living w/ son William and family.]
  6. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 543.
  7. Ibid., 544.
  8. Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852 (Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997), 200.
  9. 1850 Oxford Census.
  10. 1860 Oxford Census.
  11. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 544.
  12. Ibid., 544.
  13. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 106.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/106.html.]
  14. 1850 Oxford Census.
  15. Compiled by Authority of the General Assembly Under Direction of the Adjutants-General, Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army and Navy of the United States During the War of the Rebellion. (Hartford, CT, Press of Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1889), 515, 537.


    p515
    Thirteenth Regiment Infantry ...
    Company A ...
    Privates:
    Riggs, Frederick J.
    Residence: Oxford
    Date of Enlistment: Nov. 2, '61
    Date of muster in this organization: Dec. 22, '61
    Remarks: Trans. to Co. K, Apr. 30, '62

    p537
    Thirteenth Regiment Infantry ...
    Company K ...
    Privates:
    Riggs, Frederick J.
    Residence: Oxford
    Date of Enlistment: Nov. 2, '61
    Date of muster in this organization: Dec. 22, '61
    Remarks: Trans. from Co. A, Apr. 30, '62. Trans. to 161st Co. 2d Batt. V. R. C.
  16. 1860 Oxford Census.
    Day Laborer.
  17. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 544.
  18. 1860 Oxford Census.
  19. 1850 Oxford Census.
  20. 1860 Naugatuck Census.
    Laborer.
    [Living at the home of David and Flora P. Candee.]
  21. 1870 Oxford Census.
    Farm Laborer.
  22. 1880 Oxford Census.
    Teamster.
  23. 1900 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  24. Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Oxford's Record: The First 175 Years (Oxford, CT, Oxford Record, Inc., 1973), 84.
    1884 ... Town Officers. ... Moderators - James Riggs, box tending.
  25. 1900 Oxford Census.
    Sep 1836.
  26. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 544.
    James T., born Sept. 23, 1837.
  27. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 114.
    ... This place is known as the Osborn homestead. The north portion of the house was built by Harvey Osborn about the year 1820. ... The place was afterwards sold to Edwin Alling and some time in the year 1909 the place was sold to Charles Baldwin of Seymour, who occupied it only a short time.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/114.html.]
  28. 1850 Oxford Census.
  29. 1860 Orange Census.
    Farmer.
    [Living at the home of John R & Lucy Johnson.]
  30. 1870 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  31. 1900 Ansonia Census.
    Day Laborer.
  32. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 544.
  33. 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Union Cemetery, Seymour (Union Cemetery, Seymour), 27.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/uncemscan27.html.]
  34. 1850 Oxford Census.
  35. Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), 158.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/158.html.]
  36. Compiled by Authority of the General Assembly Under Direction of the Adjutants-General, Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army and Navy of the United States During the War of the Rebellion. (Hartford, CT, Press of Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1889), 451.
    Eleventh Regiment Infantry
    Company E
    privates:
    Riggs, George S.
    Residence: Oxford
    Date of Enlistment: Nov. 25, '61
    Date of muster in this organization: Nov. 27, '61
    Remarks: Died May 20, '62.
  37. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 544.
  38. Ibid., 544.
  39. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 513.
    The War of the Rebellion ...
    Soldiers Furnished by the Town of Oxford ...
    Eleventh Regiment Infantry, C. V. ...
    Riggs, George S., private company E, November 27, 1861. Died May 20, 1862, Newbern, N. C.
  40. 1850 Oxford Census.
    Eli M.
  41. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 544.
    Mark E.
  42. Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), 158.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/158.html.]
  43. Compiled by Authority of the General Assembly Under Direction of the Adjutants-General, Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army and Navy of the United States During the War of the Rebellion. (Hartford, CT, Press of Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1889), 451.
    Eleventh Regiment Infantry
    Company E
    Privates:
    Riggs, Mark E.
    Residence: Oxford
    Date of Enlistment: Sep. 27, '61
    Date of muster in this organization: Oct. 25, '61
    Remarks: Trans. to Co. M. 3d Regt. U. S. Art. Oct. 25, '62. Re-en. Vet. Feb. 22, '64. Trans. to Co. G. Feb. 22, '64. Dis. Feb. 22, '67.
  44. Ibid., 913.
    Connecticut Men in the Regular Army ...
    Name: Riggs, Mark E.
    Rank: Priv.
    Residence: New Haven
    Date of Enlistment: Feb. 22, '64
    Co: G
    Regiment or Orginization: 3d Art.
    Remarks: Disc. Feb. 22, '67, tm. ex.
  45. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 513.
    The War of the Rebellion ...
    Soldiers Furnished by the Town of Oxford ...
  46. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 544.
  47. Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oak Cliff Cemetery, 180.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/occemscan180.html.]
  48. 1850 Oxford Census.
  49. Ibid.
  50. 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Elm St. Cemetery, 220.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/elmstcemscan220.html.]
  51. 1850 Oxford Census.
  52. 1860 Oxford Census.
  53. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 544.
    Nellie M.
  54. Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852 (Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997), 200.
    ... by Rev. John E. Bray.

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