Elijah Hugh Riggs

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Elijah Hugh Riggs

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Chariton, Missouri, United States
Death: July 28, 1873 (45)
Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa, United States
Place of Burial: Creveling Cemetery, Lamoni, Decatur County, Iowa, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Samuel Marion Riggs and Rhoda Riggs
Husband of Lucinda Riggs
Brother of James Daugherty Riggs; Nancy Jane Riggs (Riggs) and Hasel Peter Riggs
Half brother of Mary Josephine Lambert; Rebecca George; Daniel Abraham Riggs and Samuel Marion Riggs, Jr.

Managed by: William Owen "Bill" Irwin
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About Elijah Hugh Riggs

Elijah Hugh Riggs, 1828–1873 • L1FT-LJC​​

Marriage: 1854

Lucinda McGaughey, 1833–1898 • L7PC-CQF

  • Residence: Fox, Davis, Iowa, United States - 1850
  • Residence: Platte Township, Union, Iowa, United States - 1860
  • Residence: Iowa, United States - 1870
  • Residence: Union Township, Adams, Iowa, United States - 1870
  • Residence: Fayette, Decatur, Iowa, United States - 1880

Son of Samuel Riggs & Rhoda Belcher.

Elijah was a Baptist Minister, a new minister at the Terre Haute Church, starting in 1872. Elijah and Lucinda lived between Andover and Blythedale, MO (no building is left at this location). In 1865 they lived Florence, KS; 1867 still in Florence, KS with his brother Pete Riggs.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Dec 11 2020, 20:55:52 UTC

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Elijah Hugh Riggs's Timeline

1828
January 22, 1828
Chariton, Missouri, United States
1873
July 28, 1873
Age 45
Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa, United States
July 29, 1873
Age 45
Creveling Cemetery, Lamoni, Decatur County, Iowa, USA