Emanuel Riggins
b. 23 June 1845, Boone County, Indiana, to Reeves Washington and Perlina (White) Riggins
d. 28 December 1921, Phoenix, Arizona
m. 29 January 1871
Rosaline Thompson
b. 17 November 1849, Coles County, Illinois
d. 31 August 1928, Coconine County, Arizona
Children with Rosaline Thompson:
Emanuel emigrated from Boone County, Indiana, to Coles County, Illinois, about 1846.
Submitted by:
Everett W. Spackman
Laramie WY
Charles White Riggins b. 19 June 1835, Union County, Indiana, to Reeves W. and Perlina (White) Riggins
d. 13 November 1902, Riverton, Franklin County, Nebraska
m/1. 9 March 1857, Coles County, Illinois Synthia Walker d. 9 March 1857, Coles County, Illinois
m/2. [–?–]
Children with Synthia Walker:
Children with [–?–]:
Submitted by: Judith L. Weber Greenfield IA
Bathesheba Catherine Riggins
b. 18 March 1843, near Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana, to Reeves Washington and Perlina (White) Riggins
d. 13 June 1913, Cumberland County, Illinois
m. 28 October 1860, Coles County, Illinois
Thomas Nathan Ashby
b. 20 May 1831, Hutton, Coles County, Illinois
d. 13 June 1913, Cumberland County, Illinois
Children with Thomas Nathan Ashby:
Bathesheba moved before 1861 to Cumberland County, Illinois.
Submitted by:
Everett W. Spackman
Laramie WY
Asa Van Buren Riggins b. 12 April 1837, Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana, to Reeves Washington and Perlina (White) Riggins
d. 16 January 1906, Glenwood, Webster County, Nebraska
m. Zilpha M. Walker
b. 28 February 1838, Coles County, Illinois
d. 1897
Children with Zilpha M. Walker:
Asa emigrated from Boone County, Indiana, about 1847. Submitted by: Everett W. Spackman Laramie WY
Henry Raymond Monroe
b. 8 October 1888, Austin, Scott County, Indiana, to Joseph Levi and Mary Ann (Owens) Monroe
d. 28 April 1968, Newcastle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
m/1. 17 September 1909, Austin, Scott County, Indiana
Bertha June Peacock
b. 17 October 1887, Austin, Scott County, Indiana, to William and Sarah (Bolser) Peacock
d. 23 May 1944, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
m/2. about 1945, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Cleo Harriott
Children with Bertha June Peacock:
Henry Monroe’s father and mother and his paternal grandfather, William P. Monroe, were all native-born Hoosiers.
Henry was Bertha June Peacock’s second husband. She first married Clem Chasteen.
Henry tried farming in both Indiana and South Dakota between 1917 and 1927 but in October 1927 moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he accepted a position as plant policeman with the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp. He remained in Pittsburgh until his retirement in 1953 and move to Newcastle, Pennsylvania.
Henry’s son Kenneth Raymond did not like Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after moving there in October 1927 with his parents. On 23 February 1934, with only an eighth grade education, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps. In 1960, after receiving a high school diploma from George Washington University and graduating from Los Angeles City College, he accepted a position as comptroller with the U.S. State Department. He retired after 10 years with a total of 35 years service with the U.S. government.
Submitted by:
Kenneth R. Monroe
Tampa FL
Henry Adkins
b. 22 May 1858, Knox County, Indiana, to John and Barbary Ann (Piety) Adkins
d. 30 December 1941, Sarcoxie, Jasper County, Missouri
m. 2 February 1890, Jasper County, Missouri
Minnie Susannah DeHaven
b. 29 November 1869, Bristol, Elkhart County, Indiana
d. 15 January 1948, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Children with Minnie Susannah DeHaven:
Submitted by:
Mary L. Courtney
Aldrich MO
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