William Eugene Briggs and Cornelia Estelle Gillett

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Husband William Eugene Briggs ¹

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           Born: 22 Jun 1876 - Waterford Twp, Erie Co, PA 1
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         Father: Edward Briggs (1853-      ) 2
         Mother: Linnie Margaret Patterson (1857-      ) 1

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       Marriage: 18 Nov 1902 3

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Wife Cornelia Estelle Gillett ³

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           Born: 22 Jun 1879 - Waterford, Erie Co, PA 3
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         Father: Harrison Gray Otis Gillett (1830-1891) 4
         Mother: Estelle Phelps (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M Edward Gillett Briggs ³

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           Born: 26 Nov 1904 3
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2 F Virginia Estelle Briggs ³

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           Born: 30 May 1906 3
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General Notes: Husband - William Eugene Briggs

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He acquired a substantial and practical education in the public schools of his native township, completing his education at Waterford Academy. Until the age of nineteen years he assisted in the labors of the farm, then spent one year in the employ of the F. W. Ensworth Weldless Tube Mill, at Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, after which he was freight and passenger trainman for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company until August, 1906. Having purchased a half-interest in a flour and feed mill at Waterford from H. P. Gillett, he devoted his time and attention to this, and in December, 1913, the firm of Gillett & Briggs bought the general store, coal and builders' supplies business at Waterford Station, from Morrison & Company, and conducted this in connection with their milling business. Mr. Briggs was manager of the firm beginning in 1908. He was also a stockholder and director in the Ensworth National Bank of Waterford, served as a member of the town council, was a school director, and secretary of that board. He was a member, and past master, of Waterford Lodge, No. 425, Free and Accepted Masons; Temple Chapter, No. 215, Royal Arch Masons, of Erie; Mount Olivet Commandery, No. 30, Knights Templar, of Erie, and of the local lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Waterford.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1729.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1728.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1730.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1584, 1730.