William RigginsAge: 88 years1866–1954
- Name
- William Riggins
- Given names
- William
- Surname
- Riggins
 Birth | March 1, 1866 36 27 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 10 months)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 10 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Birth of a brother | Thomas Magus Riggins August 28, 1868 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 2 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Census | August 2, 1870 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Fannie Bell Riggins November 1870 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a mother | Clerinda Maletha Shemwell 1872 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Thomas W Shemwell July 20, 1877 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 11 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 4, 1880 (Age 14 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | William M Riggins Jr. — S Alice “Allie” Peele — View this family Type: Religious marriage November 21, 1882 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Herman Chestney Riggins August 28, 1887 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Harry Tracy Riggins November 25, 1889 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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 |
| Death of a sister | Annie E Riggins April 15, 1903 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a father | William M Riggins Jr. September 21, 1907 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 49 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 50 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 51 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 63 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 sister | Martha Earl Riggins July 11, 1936 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 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 83 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 79 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 3, 1954 (Age 88 years) |
 Burial | April 4, 1954 (1 day after death) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hardison Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William M Riggins Jr. Birth: April 16, 1829 — Tennessee, United States Death: September 21, 1907 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Clerinda Maletha Shemwell Birth: December 14, 1838 38 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: 1872 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: December 22, 1853 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Walthen P Riggins Birth: about 1855 25 16 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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2 years elder sister |
Annie E Riggins Birth: January 31, 1857 27 18 — Tennessee, United States Death: April 15, 1903 — Texas, United States |
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17 months elder sister |
Martha Earl Riggins Birth: June 30, 1858 29 19 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 11, 1936 — Pampa, Gray, Texas, United States |
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8 years himself |
William Riggins Birth: March 1, 1866 36 27 — Tennessee, United States Death: April 3, 1954 — Maury, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Thomas Magus Riggins Birth: August 28, 1868 39 29 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: December 21, 1955 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Fannie Bell Riggins Birth: November 1870 41 31 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
| Father’s family with S Alice “Allie” Peele |
| father |
William M Riggins Jr. Birth: April 16, 1829 — Tennessee, United States Death: September 21, 1907 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| step-mother |
S Alice “Allie” Peele Birth: July 1865 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Marriage: November 21, 1882 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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5 years half-brother |
Herman Chestney Riggins Birth: August 28, 1887 58 22 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: 1973 — Illinois, United States |
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2 years half-brother |
Harry Tracy Riggins Birth: November 25, 1889 60 24 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: February 1985 — Illinois, United States |
William Riggins has 0 first cousins recorded
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - William M Riggins - Household
Dover, Stewart, TN
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - William M Riggins - Household
Dover, Stewart, TN
Census says Wm is Married not Widowed. -b |