Anna Riggs (Reynolds)

Birth: Feb. 8, 1819, Bellefonte, Jackson County, Alabama, USA

Death: Aug. 8, 1904, Pima, Graham County, Arizona, USA

Burial: Glenbar Cemetery, Glenbar, Graham County, Arizona, USA

Anna, born in Alabama, left her home to head west with her then husband William Alma Young from whom she was later divorced. From Alabama she carried with her the cotton seed that she would plant in her new home in Matthewsville (now Pima) Arizona. This "pima cotton" would become the staple of the cotton industry. It was the first cotton planted in the Gila Valley of Arizona. Anna married Nathaniel Riggs, Sr. who would be the father of her daughter, Rachel Isabel Riggs, which daughter would marry Frances Kerby, III, a Mormon pioneer from the British Isles.

Spouses:

William Alma Young (1804 - 1875)

Nathaniel Riggs (1798 - 1869)

Children:

Polly Ann Young Riggs Penrod (1836 - 1909)

Nathaniel Riggs (1852 - 1903)

Nancy Jane Riggs Boren (1853 - 1920)

Rachel Isabelle Riggs Kerby (1856 - 1922)

Created by: Candace Young-Mayo

Record added: Mar 31, 2009

Find A Grave Memorial# 35382972

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Anna Reynolds Riggs

Birth: Feb. 8, 1819 Bellefonte Jackson County Alabama, USA Death: Aug. 8, 1904 Pima Graham County Arizona, USA

Anna, born in Alabama, left her home to head west with her then husband William Alma Young from whom she was later divorced. From Alabama she carried with her the cotton seed that she would plant in her new home in Matthewsville (now Pima) Arizona. This "pima cotton" would become the staple of the cotton industry. It was the first cotton planted in the Gila Valley of Arizona. Anna married Nathaniel Riggs, Sr. who would be the father of her daughter, Rachel Isabel Riggs, which daughter would marry Frances Kerby, III, a Mormon pioneer from the British Isles.

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Spouses:

 William Alma Young (1804 - 1875)

 Nathaniel Riggs (1798 - 1869)*

Children:

 Polly Ann Young Penrod (1836 - 1909)*

 Nathaniel Riggs (1852 - 1903)*

 Nancy Jane Riggs Boren (1853 - 1920)*

 Rachel Isabel Riggs Kerby (1856 - 1922)*

 Rachel Isabel Riggs Kerby (1856 - 1922)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Glenbar Cemetery Glenbar Graham County Arizona, USA

Created by: Candace Young-Mayo Record added: Mar 31, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 35382972

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Anna Young (født Reynolds) 1819 - 1904 Fødsel: Feb 8 1819 Bellefonte, Jackson, Alabama, USA Ancestral fil nummer: 1DXD-FM Død: Aug 8 1904 Pima, Graham, Arizona, USA Gravlagt: 1904 Glenbar Cemetery, Pima, Graham, Arizona, 85543, USA Familiemedlemmer Forældre: Edward Reynolds 1788 - 1822 Jane Reynolds (born Ready) 1788 - 1839 Eksmand: William Alma Young 1804 - 1870 Mand: Rev Nathaniel Riggs 1798 - 1869 Børn: Polly Ann Penrod (born Young) 1836 - 1909 Nancy Jane Boren (born Riggs) 1853 - 1920 Nathaniel Riggs, Jr. 1852 - 1903 Rachel Isabel Kerby (born Riggs) 1856 - 1922

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