Saturday, December 6, 2014

Mahlon B. Riggs

Publish date 1902.
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Mahlon B. Riggs. 

Birth: 1833.
Death: Apr. 22, 1905.
Parents: Reuben Riggs (1810 - 1873), Nancy Riggs Riggs (1814 - 1867).

Wife: Eliza J. Riggs (1833 - 1917).

Children: Lewis E. Riggs (1855 - 1927), James D. Riggs (1856 - 1926), Delma Riggs (1863 - 1924), Ida Belle Riggs Noll (1870 - 1901).

Siblings: Mahlon B. Riggs (1833 - 1905), David Carlow Riggs (1838 - 1904), Louise C. Riggs Colusky (1843 - 1867).

Burial: Hillcrest Cemetery, Florence,Marion County, Kansas.

Mr. Riggs came to Marion county, Kansas, in 1864 and settled in section 2, of Fairplay township.  He was a farmer and stock Raiser on his 504.98 acres of land.  His post office address was Florence, Kansas, which was one mile south east of the farm.  His two sons were also farmers.

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