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Sophronia Riggs 1817–1911 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Jan 1817

Birth Location: Livonia, Livingston, New York, USA

Death Date: 15 Nov 1911

Death Location: Irvington, Marion, Indiana, USA

Father: Ransom Riggs

Mother: Sarah Tremaine

Spouse(s): Ambrose Barnett

Children(s): Mary Barnett, Dewitt Barnett, Lucy Barnett, America Barnett, Henry Barnett, William Barnett, Benjamin Barnett

Sophronia Riggs was born in 1817 in Livonia, Livingston, New York, USA, the child of Ransom Riggs And Sarah Tremaine. Sophronia Riggs married Ambrose Dudley Barnett, and had children including America Ellen Barnett, Benjamin Franklin Barnett, Dewitt Clinton Barnett, Henry Clay Barnett, Lucy Jane Barnett, Mary Ann Barnett, William Harrison Barnett. Sophronia Riggs passed away in 1911 in Irvington, Marion, Indiana, USA.

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Biography

  • Sophronia Riggs was born in 1817 in Livonia, Livingston, New York, USA, the child of Ransom Riggs And Sarah Tremaine.
  • Sophronia Riggs married Ambrose Dudley Barnett, and had children including America Ellen Barnett, Benjamin Franklin Barnett, Dewitt Clinton Barnett, Henry Clay Barnett, Lucy Jane Barnett, Mary Ann Barnett, William Harrison Barnett.
  • Sophronia Riggs passed away in 1911 in Irvington, Marion, Indiana, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Ransom Riggs
1789–1863
Birth Location: Litchfield,Litchfield,Connecticut, USA
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Sarah Tremaine
1795–1863
Birth Location: Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
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Spouses(s)

Ambrose Barnett
1809–1885
Birth Location: Millersburg, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
AB

Children(s)

Mary Barnett
1845–1929
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Johnson, Indiana, USA
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Dewitt Barnett
1850–1939
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Johnson, Indiana, USA
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Lucy Barnett
1852–1913
Birth Location: Nineveh, Johnson, Indiana, USA
LB
America Barnett
1858–1944
Birth Location: Cicero, Hamilton, Indiana, USA
AB
Henry Barnett
1848–1945
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Johnson, Indiana, USA
HB
William Barnett
1841–1921
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Johnson, Indiana, USA
WB
Benjamin Barnett
1842–1929
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Johnson, Indiana, USA
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Sophronia Riggs's Ancestors

Self
Sophronia Riggs
1817–1911
Birth Place: Livonia, Livingston, New York, USA
Parents
Ransom Riggs
1789–1863
Litchfield,Litchfield,Connecticut, USA
Sarah Tremaine
1795–1863
Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Jeremiah Riggs
1750–1820
Litchfield,Litchfield,Connecticut, USA
Anna Woodruff
1756–1808
Litchfield,Litchfield,Connecticut, USA
Great-Grandparents
Jacob Woodruff
1717–1790
Lucy Farnham
1727–1815
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Farnham
1702–1768
Hannah Crittenden
1703–1777

Sophronia Riggs's Descendants

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Sophronia Riggs (23 Jan 1817–15 Nov 1911) m. Ambrose (Dudley) Barnett (24 Jul 1809–20 May 1885)
  1. 1. Mary (Ann) Barnett 1845–1929 m. George (Washington) Barnett 1843–1931
    1. 1. Albert (Emory) Barnett 1881–1963 m. Lucy (E) Yount 1884–1976
      1. 1. Ralph (Emory) Barnett 1909–1963
      2. 2. Helen (L) Barnett 1911–2003
      3. 3. Lucy (Marie) Barnett 1914–1938
      4. 4. William (Layton) Barnett 1919–1945
    2. 2. Edmund (Clinton) Barnett 1875–1917 m. Audrey (May) Holman 1880–1920
      1. 1. James (Clinton) Barnett 1908–1980 m. Armen Ashjian 1909–1989
      2. 2. Mary (Doris) Barnett 1907–1990 m. Charles (V) Todd 1904–1971
    3. 3. Jessie (Isadora) Barnett 1888–1973
    4. 4. Ella (Jane) Barnett 1872–1940 m. Claude Woods 1868–
      1. 1. Verle (Barnett) Woods 1903–1998
      2. 2. Howard (M) Woods 1911–1986
    5. 5. Flora (Alice) Barnett 1877–1931 m. Oro (E) Pickerel 1871–
      1. 1. Lawrence (Alden) Pickerel 1919–2015
  2. 2. Dewitt (Clinton) Barnett 1850–1939 m. Ida Burney 1861–1926
    1. 1. Mary (Edith) Barnett 1893–1992 m. Roy (John) Denham 1889–1962
      1. 1. Roy (John Jr) Denham 1927–1994
      2. 2. Mary (Doris) Denham 1918–
    2. 2. Charles (Clinton) Barnett 1889–1910
    3. 3. Dudley (Burney) Barnett 1887–1963
  3. 3. Lucy (Jane) Barnett 1852–1913 m. Andrew (Jackson) Forsyth 1846–1913
    1. 1. Haidee (Alice) Forsyth 1889–1986 m. Carl (Alonzo) Burkhardt 1887–1971
      1. 1. Carl (Alonzo) Burkhardt 1922–2009 m. Hazel (M) Adamson 1921–1966
      2. 2. William (Andrew) Burkhardt 1931–2009
      3. 3. Reba (Elaine Pearl) Burkhardt 1926–2006 m. John (Edward) Roorbach 1926–
      4. 4. Myrta (Constance) Burkhardt 1917–2006 m. Louis (Obanion) Nelson 1907–1982
      5. 5. Bessie (Blythe) Burkhardt 1919–2008 m. William (Kirby) Linvill 1919–1980
      6. 6. Anna (Jane) Burkhardt 1916–2012
    2. 2. Pearl (Burnett) Forsyth 1880–
    3. 3. Lura (Edna) Forsyth 1875– m. Clement (Leo) Fix 1873–1946
      1. 1. Philip (Forsyth) Fix 1908–1995
      2. 2. Gordon (Forsythe) Fix 1913–1999
  4. 4. America (Ellen) Barnett 1858–1944 m. Absalom (D) Ralston 1852–1908
    1. 1. Horace (Vance) Ralston 1880–1952 m. Cora Cottom 1883–1918 m. Blanche (Angeline) Ralston 1899–1981
      1. 1. Dorothy (Elizabeth) Ralston 1903– m. Gardner (Ira) Throm 1895–1950
      2. 2. James (Virkler) Ralston 1928–2009
    2. 2. Charles (Dudley) Ralston 1885–1980
    3. 3. Eula (May) Ralston 1893–1967 m. Oran (Roscoe) Guthrie 1891–1975
  5. 5. Henry (Clay) Barnett 1848–1945 m. Mary (Katherine) Tucker 1853–1932
    1. 1. Minnie (May) Barnett 1873–1960 m. Fredrick (Roger) Owens 1874–1931
      1. 1. Roger (Barnett) Owens 1906–1987 m. Gertrude Deer 1906–1997
      2. 2. John (Henry) Owens 1904–1977
    2. 2. Robert (Emmett) Barnett 1878–1970 m. Dessie (Y) Anderson 1883–1933 m. Della (C) Hayes 1892–1979
    3. 3. Oral (Stanley) Barnett 1880–1954 m. Pansy (Theo) Matthews 1885–1977
      1. 1. Stanley (Matthews) Barnett 1923–1944
    4. 4. Bessie (L) Barnett 1884–1943 m. John (Wesley) Coon 1883–1925
    5. 5. Marjorie Barnett 1888–1906
    6. 6. Maree Barnett 1888–1908
  6. 6. William (Harrison) Barnett 1841–1921 m. Lucy Boyd 1846–1906
    1. 1. Albert (Raphael) Barnett 1871–1936 m. Alta (May) Fix 1880–1957
      1. 1. Richard (Wallace) Barnett 1919–1992 m. Helen (Ruth) Morris 1921–1995
      2. 2. Clara (Margaret) Barnett 1917–2017 m. Clifford (Oren) Stubbs 1914–1991
      3. 3. Robert (Boyd) Barnett 1921–2011 m. Margaret (Louise) Dragoo 1928–2009
    2. 2. Carl (Harry) Barnett 1881–1950 m. Jennie (Bessie) McHatton 1884–1971
      1. 1. Howard (Albert) Barnett 1920–1998
      2. 2. Jean (Paul) Barnett 1910–1995 m. Kathryn (Ann) Barnett 1920–1981
      3. 3. Carl (Worth) Barnett 1909–1988 m. Eupha (Maybelle) Payne 1914–2016
      4. 4. William (Robert) Barnett 1912–1990
        1. 1. Cynthia (Darlene) Barnett 1944–2007 m. Ronald (D) Fredrick 1942–1989
      5. 5. Jennie (Marie) Barnett 1924–2002
      6. 6. Nancy (Ann) Barnett 1929–2005 m. Charles (Theodore) Fryberger 1927–2015
    3. 3. John (Ambrose) Barnett 1874–1958 m. Ruby Hall 1883–1982
      1. 1. Leslie (Ambrose) Barnett 1909–1993 m. Ada (Leona) Crisp 1915–1991
      2. 2. Harold (Ray) Barnett 1903–1973 m. Emma (Marie) Newkirk 1923–2000 m. Martha (Ann) Shipley 1907–1983
      3. 3. Marion (Juanita) Barnett 1905–1996
      4. 4. John (Alfred) Barnett 1914–1940
      5. 5. Victoria (Boyd) Barnett 1915–2010 m. Chauncey (Darwin) Ellington 1915–1993
      6. 6. Rubie (Darline) Barnett 1918–2003 m. Robert (L) Doane 1918–2013
    4. 4. Victor (Hugo) Barnett 1877–1916 m. Christine (N) Agnew 1883–1953
      1. 1. Violet (Elizabeth) Barnett 1912–2004 m. George (Albert) Weisser 1911–2010
      2. 2. Lucy (Frances) Barnett 1916–2001 m. Wilfred (L) Luna 1917–2001
    5. 5. Chester (Boyd) Barnett 1884–1918
  7. 7. Benjamin (Franklin) Barnett 1842–1929 m. Mary (Ellen) Middleton 1842–1905
    1. 1. Mamie (Sophronia) Barnett 1879–1976 m. Marcus Nelson 1879–1938
      1. 1. Myrtle (Barnett) Nelson 1904–1990 m. Robert (Henry) Harder 1912–1999
      2. 2. Orvis (Marcus) Nelson 1907–1976
    2. 2. Ida Barnett 1865–1941 m. John (Wellington) Crandall 1862–1943
      1. 1. Hiram (Benjamin) Crandall 1904–1975 m. Esther (A) Dean 1908–1958
      2. 2. Edward (Barnett) Crandall 1899–1966
      3. 3. Mary (Myrtle) Crandall 1902–1931 m. Harold (D) Hibbs 1901–1968
      4. 4. John (Wellington Jr) Crandall 1909–
    3. 3. Dilla (A) Barnett 1868–1957 m. Andrew Hamilton 1865–1903
      1. 1. John (Benjamin) Hamilton 1899–1989
    4. 4. Maggie Barnett 1869–1963 m. Earnest (Augustus) Nay 1870–1965
      1. 1. Zelma (Eddi) Nay 1890–1978 m. Homer (Raymond) Snepp 1884–1958
        1. 1. Leona (B) Snepp 1912–1981 m. James (M) Sharp 1914–1965
        2. 2. Wellbourne (A) Snepp 1915–2003 m. Edith James 1914–2003
      2. 2. Morean (Othelo) Nay 1895–1983 m. Helena (Cora) Sheffler 1894–1959
        1. 1. Paul (Lloyd) Nay 1916–1988 m. Odetta (M) Mohr 1917–2015
      3. 3. Travis (E) Nay 1892–1968 m. Ruth Niebel 1894–1973
        1. 1. Naomi Nay 1915–
        2. 2. Roland (R) Nay 1922–
        3. 3. Raymond (E) Nay 1916–
    5. 5. Docia (Alanta) Barnett 1871–1957 m. Edward (Theodore) Lilliedale 1873–1938
      1. 1. Juanita (Docia) Lilliedale 1898–1975 m. Blynn (Todd) Shafer 1897–1992
      2. 2. Graydon (Edward) Lilliedale 1900–1958
      3. 3. Garnett (Violet) Lilliedale 1905–1989 m. Earl (Daniel) Bosserman 1896–1970
        1. 1. Earl (Daniel Jr) Bosserman 1924–1996 m. Oma (Abbie) Albright 1923–1987
        2. 2. Violet (Earline) Bosserman 1924–1989 m. Richard (Victor) Aurand 1922–2007
    6. 6. Myrtle (Violet) Barnett 1875–1904
    7. 7. Kathrine Barnett 1881–1934 m. Otis Pitcher 1876–1947
    8. 8. Thomas (Franklin) Barnett 1883–1977 m. Myrtle (Marie) Cobb 1885–1970
    9. 9. Wilson (Humbolt) Barnett 1873–1945 m. Carrie Halverson 1873–1955
      1. 1. Ellen (Katherine) Barnett 1911–1993 m. Raymond (Dominic) Palino 1911–2003
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Charlotte) Barnett 1908–1984 m. Robert (Miller) Brooks 1903–1979
      3. 3. Benjamin (Joakim) Barnett 1899–1972 m. Ruby Wells 1902–2002
        1. 1. Jack (Leroy) Barnett 1928–1998 m. Dolores Stockstill 1930–2002
        2. 2. Joe (Allen) Barnett 1933–2011
        3. 3. Eleanor (Marie) Barnett 1923–2013
        4. 4. Marion (Eugene) Barnett 1925–1944
      4. 4. Frank (William) Barnett 1913–1985 m. Betty (Lou) Scott 1920–1992
      5. 5. Elfel (Leonora) Barnett 1901–1985 m. Hester (James) White 1895–1989
        1. 1. Richard (Basil) White 1927–2001
      6. 6. Eldre Barnett 1906–1987 m. William (Emperson) Collett 1903–1971

Sophronia Riggs's Timeline

2 Records

1817
23 Jan 1817
Birth of Sophronia Riggs in Livonia, Livingston, New York, USA
Livonia, Livingston, New York, USA
1911
15 Nov 1911
Age 94
Death of Sophronia Riggs in Irvington, Marion, Indiana, USA
Irvington, Marion, Indiana, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Jan 1817
    Event Place: Livonia, Livingston, New York, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Nov 1911
    Event Place: Irvington, Marion, Indiana, USA
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