From Gauss and his Children

RIGGS. -- General Jonathan Riggs, whose name has frequently been mentioned in this work, and particularly as Lieutenant under CAPT. CALLAWAY at the time of his death, was the son of REV. BETHEL RIGGS, a Baptist preacher, of Campbell Co., KY. In 1812 he removed to MO., and settled within the present limits of Lincoln county; and in 1813 he organized the Sulphur Springs Baptist church. His son Jonathan, married JANE SHAW, of Campbell Co., KY., and they had 10 children: Samuel, Franklin, Tucker, Clinton, Nancy, Epsy, Lucinda, Matilda, Eliza, and Sally. Samuel was killed in Texas, by a runaway team. Franklin died in Wisconsin. Tucker lives in California. Clinton lived in Louisiana, MO. Nancy married JAMES SHAW. Epsy married ELI H. PERKINS. Lucinda married a lawyer, named RAYMOND. Matilda married JOHN MASSEY. Eliza married JOHN MITCHELL. Sally married DANIEL DRAPER. General Riggs settled in Lincoln Co., three miles north of Troy, on the auburn road, where he died in in 1835. His widow died in 1873, and was buried at Louisiana, MO. The remains of several of the children, who had died and were buried in Lincoln County, were removed in 1874 and re-interred by the side of their mother's grave.

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The History of Pioneer Families of Missouri, Bryan, William and Robert Rose, 1876. A reproduction with an added index was published in 1935. Be careful to use this information as a hint to further research; it is essentially equivalent to interviews, and was not checked for accuracy. Please add any comments you have on this document to the discussion page (see the tab at top). Also see comments by Dorris Keeven on the discussion page for the main index.