Merritt Woodruff Riggs (1800 - 1870)

Born 18 Nov 1800 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Died 27 Dec 1870 at age 70 in Avon, Livingston, New York, United States

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Biography

Merritt Woodruff RIGGS ^[1][2] was born ^[3][4][5][6] 18 Nov 1800 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

He died ^[7] 27 Dec 1870 and was buried in Avon, Livingston, New York, United States.

Merritt married ^[8] Harriet KELLOGG on May 1825.

Sources

1. ↑ Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 541.
2. ↑ Letter. "1865 letter written by Merritt." http://oxfordpast.net/BarnesRiggsletters.html.
3. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 69. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. "Riggs, ____, son of Samuel and Betsey, Nov. 18, 1800." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/069.html.
4. ↑ Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850., General Editor, Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 66.
5. ↑ John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 64. " ... born at Oxford Conn., November 7, 1800 ..."
6. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F745-L2G : 3 December 2014), Riggs, 18 Nov 1800; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
7. ↑ John H. Wallace, The Riggs Family, p. 65. " ... killed by a backing train at Avon, N. Y."
8. ↑ John H. Wallace, The Riggs Family, p. 64.

See also:

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCYY-RXL : 9 November 2014), Merritt W Riggs, Avon, Livingston, New York, United States; citing family 215, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC7K-QGQ : 30 December 2015), Merritt W Riggs, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8JQ-VSB : 17 October 2014), Merritt Riggs, New York, United States; citing p. 23, family 184, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,464.

Acknowledgments

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