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Kansas Family Group Sheet for John William RIGGS Family
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Submitted by: Sandra Patterson
Email address: sandra_patterson@hotmail.com
Husband: John William RIGGS
Birthdate: July 27, 1850
Birthplace: Bond Co., Illinois
Death date: Jan. 6, 1937
Place of death: Sumner Co., Kansas
Father: Ignatius I. RIGGS
Mother: Phoebe Bolen HARPER
Marriage date: Dec. 26, 1883
Marriage place: Sumner Co., Kansas
Wife: Emma Sara MILLER
Birthdate: July 3, 1863
Birthplace: Indiana
Death date: Aug. 25, 1935
Place of death: Sumner Co., Kansas
Father: Dr. John Timmerman MILLER
Mother: Eliza BONEBRAKE
CHILDREN
Child No. 1: Frank Arthur RIGGS
Sex: M
Birthdate: Sep. 29, 1884
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Kansas
Death date: Oct. 28, 1972
Place of death: Sumner Co., Kansas
Marriage date: Feb. 16, 1910
Marriage place: Houston, Texas
Spouse's name: Nora H. MILLER
Child No. 2: Raymond (Red) RIGGS
Sex: M
Birthdate: Feb. 18, 1887
Birthplace: Sumner Co., KS
Death date: Dec. 13, 1971
Place of death: Wellington, KS
Marriage date: May 20, 1916
Marriage place: Sumner Co., KS
Spouse's name: Ida Olive BAKER
Child No. 3: Armeda May RIGGS
Sex: F
Birthdate: June 5, 1889
Birthplace: Sumner Co., KS
Death date: Oct. 26, 1963
Place of death: Boulder, CO
Marriage date: Nov. 20, 1911
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: Lawrence (Mutt) BEAM
Child No. 4: Benjamin Harrison RIGGS
Sex: M
Birthdate: Sep. 13, 1891
Birthplace: Sumner Co., KS
Death date: May 27, 1959
Place of death: Belle Plaine, KS
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Ethel BEAM
Child No. 5: Joseph Leland RIGGS
Sex:
Birthdate: Feb. 13, 1894
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Kansas
Death date: Jan. 21, 1972
Place of death: Sumner Co., Kansas
Marriage date: June 20, 1925
Marriage place: Anthony, Kansas
Spouse's name: Lydia Gertrude METZ
Child No. 6: Ora Francis (Jack) RIGGS
Sex: M
Birthdate: Aug. 21, 1896
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Kansas
Death date: April 15, 1956
Place of death: Halstead, Kansas
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Vera LNU
Child No. 7: Harold Colonel (Boone) RIGGS
Sex: M
Birthdate: April 13, 1901
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Kansas
Death date: July 24, 1981
Place of death: Sumner Co., Kansas
Marriage date: Oct. 30, 1926
Marriage place: Wichita, Kansas
Spouse's name: Mabel Bernice WILSON
Child No. 8: Fayne P. (Shorty) RIGGS
Sex: M
Birthdate: Oct. 22, 1903
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Kansas
Death date: Nov. 10, 1990
Place of death: Wellington, Kansas
Marriage date: April 24, 1925
Marriage place: Boulder, Colorado
Spouse's name: Sylvia Kate ZIMMERMAN
Documentation: All information gathered from obituaries or family personal
information. J. W. Riggs and Emma are buried in the cemetery in
Oxford, Kansas. They lived in Valverde Township, Sumner County,
Kansas on a farm southwest of Oxford, Kansas. All of their children were
born at this location. Frank, Raymond, Joseph, and Harold are also buried
in the Oxford Cemetery.
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