Sarah (Tremain) Riggs (1795 - 1863)

Born 30 Jun 1795 in Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Ransom Riggs Sr. — married 30 Mar 1814 in Yorkville, Oneida, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Jan 1863 at age 67 in Pulaski, Indiana, United States

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Biography

SARAH TREMAIN, daughter of Elijah Tremain and Mary Holmes, said to have been born 30 June 1795 in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

Sarah Tremain was married 3/30 March 1814 in Yorktown No state given. to Ransom Riggs. Ransom Riggs was son of Jeremiah Riggs and Anne Woodruff. Ransom was born 06 March 1789 in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

Ransom Riggs arrived in Indiana ca 1822, first living in Dearborn County, [Indiana, USA] then Decatur [County, Indiana, USA], then Shelby [County, Indiana, USA], and finally Johnson County [Indiana, USA] where he lived out his life. He was a minister of the Gospel in his latter years, and died in January, 1863. ^{[1] [2]}

1860 U. S. Federal Census ^[3] Johnson County, Indiana
Nineveh Township
26 July 1860
615-609
Ransom Riggs, 71, male, farmer, Real Estate $4500, Personal Property, $800, b CT
Sarah Riggs, 55, female, b VT (sic)

Sarah “Sally” (Tremain) Riggs died 8 January 1863 at 67 years in Pulaski County, Indiana likely from small pox. [See Note below} She is buried in the Riggs Cemetery in Nineveh, Johnson County, Indiana, USA. Find A Grave: Memorial #156371234

Ransom Riggs died 16 January 1863 in Johnson County, Indiana at age 73. He is given as born 6 March 1789 in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA. He is buried at the Riggs Cemetery, in Nineveh, Johnson County, Indiana. Find A Grave: Memorial #38856507

Notes

15 March 1865 (1863?) Issue of "Sign of the Times" obituary by Brother Beebe.
BURIAL: William Riggs Farm
They had smallpox in the 1850's and 1860's in central Indiana. Sarah Tremain Riggs, daughter of Elijah Tremain and Mary Holmes, died when she and her husband [Rev. Ransom Riggs] drove a wagon, in the winter, to the farm of their son, Samuel Davis Riggs in Pulaski Co., IN. Their daughter-in-law, Grace Greenwood Riggs and three of their grandchildren died, Sarah died, and her husband, Ransom Riggs drove, in the winter, Sarah home in her coffin in the wagon, buried her and then Ransom Riggs died that week. All in Nov and Dec 1862 and Jan 1863. ^[4]

Sarah died

Ranson was born 6 March 1789 in Litchfield, Connecticut, and died 16 JAN 1863 in Ind.

Marriage

She was born 30 JUN 1795 in Mass, and died 8 JAN 1863 in Ind.^[5]

Find A Grave Memorial# 156371234

Birth: Jun. 30, 1795 Sheffield Berkshire County Massachusetts, USA

Death: Jan. 8, 1863 Pulaski County Indiana, USA

15 March 1865 (1863?) Issue of "Sign of the Times" obituary by Brother Beebe. BURIAL: William Riggs Farm They had smallpox in Indiana in the 1850's and 1860's in central Indiana. Sarah Tremain Riggs, daughter of Elijah Tremain and Mary Holmes, died when she and her husband drove a wagon, on the winter, to the farm of their son, Samuel Davis Riggs in Pulaski Co., IN. Their daughter-in-law, Grace Greenwood Riggs and three of their grandchildren died, Sarah died, and her husband, Ransom Riggs drove, in the winter, Sarah home her coffin in the wagon, buried her and then Ransom Riggs died that week. All in Nov and Dec 1862 and Jan 1863.

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Parents: Elijah Tremain (1769 - 1833) Mary Holmes Tremain (1768 - 1848)

Spouse: Ransom Riggs (1789 - 1863)

Children: Susanah Riggs Burton (1821 - 1868)* Simeon Tremain Riggs (1823 - 1914)* Wilson Thompson Riggs (1828 - 1873)* Harvey Riggs (1831 - 1911)*

• Calculated relationship

Burial:

Riggs Cemetery, Riggs Farm, Nineveh Johnson County Indiana, USA^[6]

Sarah was born about 1790.

Sources

1. ↑ Counties of White and Pulaski Counties, Indiana - White Post Township by F.A. Battey & Co., 1883
2. ↑ Ancestry.com Message Board: Ransom Riggs as posted by Proctor Brown on 15 Oct 1999 [1]
3. ↑ 1860 U. S. Federal Census
4. ↑ 5 March 1865 (1863?) Issue of Sign of the Time obituary by Brother Beebe.
5. ↑ Re: Samuel Riggs & Betsey Rigby family CT, NY By Jane Curci January 29, 2006 http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/riggs/3238/
6. ↑ Created by: Anonymous Record added: Dec 26, 2015 Find A Grave Memorial# 156371234 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=156371234

Acknowledgements

WikiTree profile Tremain-139 was added by "living" Lockhart on 30 December 2015.

• Search for Data on Sarah Tremain Wife of Ransom Riggs Author : David G. Richardson Detail ISBN code : OCLC:866334142 NOTE: I was unable to view this so if someone else can, please let me know.

• Smith, Alvy Ray. The Probable Genetic Signature of Edward¹ Riggs, Immigrant to Roxbury, Massachusetts, in 1633, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2010) Vol. 164, WN 654, Page 98.