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Rufus Briggs 1819–1902 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Feb 1819

Birth Location: Vermont

Death Date: 1902

Death Location: Cleveland, Ohio

Father: Rufus Sr.

Mother: Alice Knowles

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Rufus Briggs was born in 1819 in Vermont, the child of Rufus Briggs Sr And Alice Knowles. Rufus Briggs passed away in 1902 in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Biography

  • Rufus Briggs was born in 1819 in Vermont, the child of Rufus Briggs Sr And Alice Knowles.
  • Rufus Briggs passed away in 1902 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Immediate Family

Parents

Rufus Sr.
1777–1856
Birth Location: Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
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Alice Knowles
1790–1856
Birth Location: Rhode Island, United States
AK

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Rufus Briggs's Ancestors

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Rufus Briggs
1819–1902
Birth Place: Vermont
Parents
Rufus Briggs Sr.
1777–1856
Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Alice Knowles
1790–1856
Rhode Island, United States
Grandparents
George Briggs
1734–1816
Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Sarah Wells
1751–1815
Rhode Island, United States
Great-Grandparents
Job Briggs
1696–1739
Mary Tallman
1696–1769
Edward Wells
1726–1749
Elizabeth Sheffield
1728–1774
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Briggs
1650–1716
Elizabeth Cooke
1653–1716
Isaac Sheffield
1695–1773
Sarah Card
1705–1740

Rufus Briggs's Timeline

2 Records

1819
Feb 1819
Birth of Rufus Briggs in Vermont
Vermont
1902
1902
Age 83
Death of Rufus Briggs in Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Feb 1819
    Event Place: Vermont

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1902
    Event Place: Cleveland, Ohio
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