David Clarke Riggs (1832 - 1913)

Born 20 Apr 1832 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Esther A (Twitchell) Riggs — married 11 Nov 1855 (to 19 Dec 1891) in St. Peters Episcopal Church, Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States

Husband of Harriett E (Church) Riggs — married about 1894 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States

Biography

David Clarke RIGGS ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]} was born ^[13] 20 Apr 1832 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States. He died ^[14] 17 Feb 1913 and was buried ^[15] in Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States. David married ^[16] Harriet E. CHURCH calculated 1894.

Sources

1. ↑ B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), #20. . http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/josiah-twitchell_rowland-homestead.html http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Twitchell_Homestead.pdf NOTE: A few corrections: The house would have been built by Joseph Twitchell, the great grandfather of Jeremy. Jeremiah5, Ebenezer4, Wooster3, Joseph2, John1 [the original settler in Oxford in the 1790's] Jeremy's daughter was named Esther, she married David C. Riggs, as shown at that location on the 1868 map.
2. ↑ 1875 Oxford Agricultural Society, (http://www.our-oxford.info/oxford-agricultural-society/oxford-ag-society.html), p. 13. "Chairman of Committee." http://www.our-oxford.info/oxford-agricultural-society/1875_13.html.
3. ↑ 1850 Oxford Census. "Farmer."
4. ↑ 1860 Oxford Census. "Farmer."
5. ↑ 1870 Oxford Census. "Farmer."
6. ↑ 1880 Oxford Census. "Farmer."
7. ↑ B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford, Chapter 15. " David C. Riggs who lived on the Oxford road near Hoadley's mill married Ester Twitchell of Oxford, who died Dec. 13, 1891. for his first wife, and his second was Harriet Church who survives him. For many years he lived on Christian Street in Oxford, until the place was purchased by Philip Roland. He died Feb. 17, 1912." http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-15.html.
8. ↑ George T. Davis, Genealogy of the Davis Descendants of Colonel John Davis of Oxford, Conn. (New Rochelle, N. Y., 1910), p. 37.
9. ↑ Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Oxford's Record: The First 175 Years (Oxford, CT, Oxford Record, Inc., 1973), p. 84. . "1884 ... Town Officers ... Road Inspector - D. C. Riggs." http://www.oxfordpast.com/p84.html.
10. ↑ Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 544.
11. ↑ F. W. Beers, 1868 map, Reproduced for the Oxford Historical Society, Inc. 1977. Excerpt from1868 map, Available at http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm D. C. Riggs, Christian Street, at the end of Towner Lane, in the old Joseph Twitchell House. http://www.oxfordpast.com/1868TownerLane.jpg.
12. ↑ Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 424.
13. ↑ Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, p. 62. http://oxfordpast.net/trcemscan62.html.
14. ↑ Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, p. 62. http://oxfordpast.net/trcemscan62.html.
15. ↑ Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, p. 62. http://oxfordpast.net/trcemscan62.html.
16. ↑ 1900 Oxford Census.