Benjamin
Franklin
(Franklin)
Riggs
Born in Troy, Lincoln, Missouri, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Jonathan Riggs
and Jane (Shaw) Riggs
Brother of
Lucinda (Riggs) Raymond
Husband of
Margaret A. (Garner) Burt
— married
22 Nov 1849 in Grant County, Wisconsin, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Jane (Riggs) O'Neill
Died
at age 42
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Miner - 1850 Census
With Jeremiah & Rachel Garner, Fredrick Roberts in 1850 Census
Pvt. Co. H, 43" Regt. Wisconsin Infintry
Died while serving in Civil War. Body shipped back to Cassville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Franklin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Franklin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Franklin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Franklin:
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~1.56%
Alta (Kendrick) Ramsey
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A295315 [compare], Ancestry member AltaRamsey
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Paul McJones :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A845296 [compare], Ancestry member paulmcjones
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~0.78%
Nancy (Demidow) DeLeonardo :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MH2337708 [compare], yourDNAportal NAN64aa3e28, Ancestry member nancyldeleonardo
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