Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Warren Harpin Riggs.

Picture Plub. date 1906.
Warren Harpin Riggs.

Birth: Oct. 5, 1837, Ohio.
Death: Jan. 24, 1910.

Parents: Harpin Riggs (1809 - 1865)
Melinda B. Hanson Riggs (1813 - 1882)

CIVIL WAR VET CO G 11TH IOWA INF.

Warren H. Riggs, Age 24, Residence Mount Pleasant, Nativity Ohio, Enlisted September 11, 1861, Mustered in October 15, 1861.  Promoted Hospital Steward July 1, 1863.  Discharged October 17, 1864, Chattanooga, Tenn.  Expiration of term of service.

Mr. Riggs came to Washington County in 1870, and settled in section 33, of Linn township.  He had a farm of 160 acres which was about 2 and a half mile south of Linn, Kansas, from which he got his mail and supplies.

Burial: Linn City Cemetery, Linn, Washington County, Kansas.

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