David Riggs and Elizabeth Bates

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Husband David Riggs ^{1 2}

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           Born: 3 May 1822 - Washington Co, PA 2 3
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         Father: John Riggs (1800/1800-1848/1848) 1 2
         Mother: Mary Phillips (1800-1882) 2 3

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       Marriage: 1850 3

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Wife Elizabeth Bates ³

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           Born: 23 Jul 1832 - Guernsey Co, OH 3
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         Father: William Bates (1804-1858) 4
         Mother: Ellen Stewart (1810-      ) 4

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Children

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1 M John S. Riggs ⁴

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2 M William Bates Riggs ⁴

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3 F Mary E. Riggs ⁴

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         Spouse: James T. Douglas (      -      ) 4

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4 F Sarah J. Riggs ⁴

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         Spouse: Rev. F. W. Cramer (      -      ) 4

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5 F Emma C. Riggs ⁴

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6 M David Elmer Riggs ⁴

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7 F Edmonia F. Riggs ⁴

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         Spouse: Loyal Cheesman (      -      ) 4

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8 F Elizabeth R. Riggs ⁴

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9 F Ida Bell Riggs ⁴

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10 F Alta May Riggs ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - David Riggs

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He was six years old when his father returned to the old farm in Washington County, Pennsylvania. He was the eldest of eleven children, and at the death of his father he took charge of the family and occupied the Riggs homestead.
He was justice of the peace for twenty years on the republican ticket. He and Mrs. Riggs were members of the Baptist Church at Library, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 344, 469.

2 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 18.

3 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 469.

4 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 470.