Silas A. Riggs and Anna Mary McCabe

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Husband Silas A. Riggs ^{1 2}

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           Born: Dec 1813 - New Jersey 2
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Wife Anna Mary McCabe ^{1 3}

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         Father: Richard Butler McCabe (1792-1860) 4
         Mother: Sarah A. Vinacke (      -Aft 1880) 4

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Children

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1 M Richard Riggs ³

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 U [Infant] Riggs ³

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3 U [Infant] Riggs ³

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4 U [Infant] Riggs ³

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5 M Silas Riggs ³

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6 M Jetur R. Riggs ³

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7 F Nannie W. Riggs ³

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         Spouse: E. H. Ferry (      -      ) 3

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8 M Robert M. Riggs ²

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           Born: 2 Mar 1858 - New Derry, Westmoreland Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Minnie E. Frye (      -      ) 3

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9 F Sarah Riggs ³

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         Spouse: D. M. Wineman (      -      ) 3

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10 F Elizabeth Riggs ³

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Silas A. Riggs

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He was a native of New Jersey, coming of Puritan lineage. In early life he learned the trade of a machinist and helped to make the first telegraph instruments that were ever constructed, for the use of Professor Morse, at Speedwell. He also made the first American steamboat shaft for ocean-going steamships. He went to Beardstown, Pennsylvania, in 1841, where he established a machine shop and foundry which he conducted for some years. He was afterward engaged for a number of years in the milling business at Madison, Pennsylvania, after which he settled on a farm in New Derry where he passed the remainder of his life. For some time he held the office of school director. He was a Republican in politics and was a member of the New (popularly called the Swedenborgian) church.

1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 362.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 329.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 330.

4 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 361.