Brief Life History of Elihu P
When Elihu P Briggs was born on 12 June 1834, in Medina, Ohio, United States, his father, Uriah P. Briggs, was 36 and his mother, Mary Holcomb, was 29. He married Emma Grover on 22 February 1859, in Peoria, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Wakarusa Township, Douglas, Kansas, United States in 1880 and Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, United States in 1900. He died in 1906, at the age of 72, and was buried in Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, United States.
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Sources (8)
- E B Briggs, "Kansas State Census, 1875"
- Elihu Briggs in household of Uriah Briggs, "United States Census, 1850"
- Elihu P. Briggs, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1834–1906 Male
1833–1904 Female
Children (1)
1859–1938 Female
Parents and Siblings
1797–1870 Male
1804–1881 Female
Siblings (10)
1829–1893 Male
1831–1831 Male
1832–1878 Female
1834–1906 Male
1836–1900 Female
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World Events (8)
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Name Meaning
English: variant of Brigg, with post-medieval excrescent -s, from Middle English brig(g) (Old Norse bryggja), the northern and Scottish word for bridge, for someone who lived by a bridge or who came from any of the places called from the word.
History: The surname Briggs is found chiefly in West Yorkshire. A family of gentry have held lands at Keighley in West Yorkshire continuously for 500 years. The mathematician Henry Briggs (1561–1631), who invented logarithms, was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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