Brief Life History of Obadiah Higbee
When Obadiah Higbee Riggs was born on 6 July 1843, in Library, South Park Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Riggs, was 43 and his mother, Mary Phillips, was 43. He married Emma Louisa Robbins on 12 May 1867, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in South Park Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860. He died on 11 September 1907, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States.
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- Obadiah Riggs in household of Mary Riggs, "United States Census, 1860"
- O.H. Riggs, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Obadiah H Riggs, "BillionGraves Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (Dorset):
variant of Ricks with voicing of /ks/ to /gs/.
variant of Rigg , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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