Joseph "Joe" Fred Wiggins

Brief Life History of Joseph "Joe" Fred

When Joseph "Joe" Fred Wiggins was born on 7 July 1894, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Robert Lee Wiggins, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Sue Wagoner, was 26. He married Bettie Ruth Snow Smith on 10 May 1914, in Moore, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Lincoln, Tennessee, United States in 1930 and Tracy City, Grundy, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 15 September 1971, in Grundy, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Lynchburg, Moore, Tennessee, United States.

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Joseph "Joe" Fred Wiggins
1894–1971
Bettie Ruth Snow Smith
1897–1929
Marriage: 10 May 1914
Robert McDonald Wiggins
1916–1999
Joe Wiggins
1917–1971
William Curry Wiggins
1919–1996
Mary Sue Wiggins
1922–2011
Betty Louise Wiggins
1924–1946
Dixie Pearl Wiggins
1925–1987
James Liston Wiggins
1927–1982

Sources (18)

  • Fred Wiggins in household of Robt Wiggins, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Fred Wiggins, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Fred Wiggins, "United States Social Security Death Index"

World Events (8)

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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

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Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): variant of Wiggin with the addition of genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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