 Birth | March 18, 1888 31 20 |
 Birth of a brother | James Arthur Riggins July 12, 1889 (Age 15 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Luther Lee Riggins December 12, 1891 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Joseph Earl Riggins April 24, 1894 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Jesse Edward Riggins November 10, 1895 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a brother | Jesse Edward Riggins July 20, 1896 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Nelly May Riggins January 31, 1898 (Age 9 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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 |
 Census | June 4, 1900 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Ethel Nannie Riggins December 27, 1900 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Lucinda Epps after 1900 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Nina Ermal Riggins July 25, 1904 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Freddie Riggins June 30, 1907 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a brother | Freddie Riggins January 15, 1908 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mabel Riggins December 2, 1908 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a sister | Minnie E Riggins December 22, 1908 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mabel Riggins March 2, 1909 (Age 20 years) |
| Census | May 2, 1910 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 27 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 28 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 29 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 sister | Nelly May Riggins July 20, 1920 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a father | Andrew Granville Riggins October 27, 1921 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a brother | Joseph Earl Riggins December 7, 1923 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 41 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 |
| Death of a brother | Luther Lee Riggins March 9, 1932 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 53 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 |
| Death of a mother | Azelia Vernetta Macom October 1, 1947 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a brother | Charles William Riggins March 17, 1949 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 61 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 57 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 | July 26, 1971 (Age 83 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mountain View Cemetery |