John Hanna Briggs and Julia Ann Tod

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Husband John Hanna Briggs ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1815 - Silver Spring, Cumberland Co, PA 1
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           Died: 29 Mar 1872 1
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         Father: Joseph Briggs (      -      ) 1 2 3 4
         Mother: Caroline Elizabeth Hanna (1794/1795-1872/1880) 2 4 5 6

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Julia Ann Tod ⁷

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            AKA: Juliann Tod,1 Julia Ann Todd 2
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           Died: Aft 1896
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         Father: Hon. John Tod (1779-1830) 2 4
         Mother: Mary Read Hanna (1788-1826) 2 4 8

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General Notes: Husband - John Hanna Briggs

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His ancestors were of English descent, and early settlers in Pennsylvania. He received a classical education, and was a graduate of Rutgers College, New Jersey. Returning to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where his parents had made their home, he began the study of law with James McCormick, then one of the leading lawyers at the capital, and was admitted to the Dauphin County bar April 18, 1837, and at once entered upon a successful practice of his profession. Mr. Briggs took a prominent interest in municipal affairs, was nine years a member of Borough Council, of which body he was eight years president. He was a director of the old Harrisburg Bank, of the Harrisburg Bridge Company, and president of the First National Bank of Harrisburg at the time of his death.

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 469.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 84.

3 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 173.

4 Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies (New York, 1900), Pg 53.

5 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 469, 501.

6 Thomas Lynch Montgomery, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, Vol. 15 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1924), Pg 343.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 85.

8 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 501.