 Birth | June 24, 1874 37 33 |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 3 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Marriage | Lucy Irene Ellis — View this family January 11, 1899 (Age 24 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Elgin Lyman Riggins January 16, 1900 (Age 25 years) |
 Census | June 9, 1900 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Etta Mae Riggins August 8, 1904 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Floyd Otis Riggins January 15, 1906 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Ellis Riggins about December 1909 (Age 35 years) |
| Census | May 6, 1910 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Leslie Bond Riggins January 20, 1911 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a father | Charles Alexander Riggins April 23, 1912 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Margaret Lorene Riggins September 22, 1913 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 41 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 42 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 43 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a son | Ellis Riggins before 1920 (Age 45 years) |
| Census | March 11, 1920 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a mother | Roanna E Weatherford May 30, 1920 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Elbert Ellis Riggins August 17, 1921 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Elgin Lyman Riggins — Julia Emma Anderson — View this family estimated 1925 (Age 50 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Abie Earle Beaty — Etta Mae Riggins — View this family estimated 1926 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 55 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Abie Earle Beaty Jr March 9, 1930 (Age 55 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Floyd Otis Riggins — Athlee Graham — View this family May 1930 (Age 55 years) |
| Census | May 3, 1930 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Leslie Bond Riggins Jr November 1, 1939 (Age 65 years) |
| Census | April 10, 1940 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 75 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a brother | Benjamin Franklin Riggins Sr. 1959 (Age 84 years) |
| Death of a wife | Lucy Irene Ellis December 10, 1960 (Age 86 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 71 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | April 22, 1969 (Age 94 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memphis Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens |