Myron Clark Riggs (1832 - 1873)

Born 22 Nov 1832 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca H (Thaw) Riggs — married 18 Jun 1859 in Washington, DC

Biography

Myron Clark RIGGS ^[1][2] was born ^[3][4] 22 Nov 1832 in Oxford, New Haven, CT. He died ^[5] 7 Jul 1873. Myron married Rebecca THAW.

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 Oxford Census. "Clerk."
2. ↑ John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 96. "He was an officer in the marine corps, resigned and served in the Southern army during the Civil War ... auditor of the International Great Northern Railway at Houston, Texas."
3. ↑ Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 543.
4. ↑ John H. Wallace, The Riggs Family, 65, 96.
5. ↑ John H. Wallace, The Riggs Family, p. 96.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M68P-VXZ : 12 April 2016), Myron C Riggs in household of Garry Riggs, Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing family 204, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7G5-D5B : 31 March 2016), Myron C. Riggs and Rebecca H. Thaw, 1859.