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Thomas Jefferson Riggs 1860–1945 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Aug 1860

Birth Location: Lafollette, , Tennessee, USA

Death Date: Sep 1945

Death Location: Campbell County, Tennessee

Father: George Riggs

Mother: Martha Smith

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Thomas Jefferson Riggs was born in 1860 in Lafollette, , Tennessee, USA, the child of George Washington Riggs And Martha Eleanor Smith. Thomas Jefferson Riggs passed away in 1945 in Campbell County, Tennessee.

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Biography

  • Thomas Jefferson Riggs was born in 1860 in Lafollette, , Tennessee, USA, the child of George Washington Riggs And Martha Eleanor Smith.
  • Thomas Jefferson Riggs passed away in 1945 in Campbell County, Tennessee.

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Thomas Riggs's Ancestors

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Thomas Riggs
1860–1945
Birth Place: Lafollette, , Tennessee, USA
Parents
George Washington Riggs
1836–1907
Page, Campbell County, Tennessee, USA
Martha (Eleanor) Smith
1839–1923
Campbell County, Tennessee
Grandparents
Thomas Riggs
1802–1855
Washington County Tennessee
Milly (Ann Chapman or) Cabbage
1805–1870
Tennessee
Joseph Smith
1792–1875
North Carolina, United States
Elizabeth Owsley
1795–1860
Grainger County, TN
Great-Grandparents
Isaiah (Ruth)
1773–1855
Ruth Murray
1782–1859
John Sr
1758–1852
Elizabeth Barrows
1762–1852
Thomas Smith
1754–1830
Mary Thurston
1767–1850
John Ousley
1757–1845
? Roberts
1770–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Mary Elligan
1761–1837
Shadrack Murray
1765–1840
Hannah Perry
1771–1850
Susannah Hutchinson
1732–
Lt. Jr
1730–1812
Elizabeth Thurston
1735–1817
John Sr
1734–1764
Ann Stephens
1735–1810
Roberts
1752–1830
Susanna Roberts
1728–1779

Thomas Riggs's Timeline

2 Records

1860
12 Aug 1860
Birth of Thomas Jefferson Riggs in Lafollette, , Tennessee, USA
Lafollette, , Tennessee, USA
1945
Sep 1945
Age 85
Death of Thomas Jefferson Riggs in Campbell County, Tennessee
Campbell County, Tennessee

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Aug 1860
    Event Place: Lafollette, , Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Sep 1945
    Event Place: Campbell County, Tennessee

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