Herman Chestney RigginsAge: 85 years1887–1973
- Name
- Herman Chestney Riggins
- Given names
- Herman Chestney
- Surname
- Riggins
 Birth | August 28, 1887 58 22 |
 Birth of a brother | Harry Tracy Riggins November 25, 1889 (Age 2 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 1, 1900 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Annie E Riggins April 15, 1903 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a father | William M Riggins Jr. September 21, 1907 (Age 20 years) |
| Census | May 6, 1910 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Charles Lee Riggins April 15, 1915 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 28 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a son #2 | James Howard Riggins February 14, 1917 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a son | James Howard Riggins April 12, 1917 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Mildred Louise Riggins July 29, 1918 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 29 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 30 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/ |
| Census | February 13, 1920 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 42 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 |
| Census | April 7, 1930 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Martha Earl Riggins July 11, 1936 (Age 48 years) |
| Census | April 4, 1940 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 54 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 62 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 half-brother | William Riggins April 3, 1954 (Age 66 years) |
| Burial of a half-brother | William Riggins April 4, 1954 (Age 66 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hardison Cemetery |
| Death of a half-brother | Thomas Magus Riggins December 21, 1955 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 58 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 | 1973 (Age 85 years) |
 Last change | October 27, 2019 – 21:38:30 by: Donna Osiek |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William M Riggins Jr. Birth: April 16, 1829 — Tennessee, United States Death: September 21, 1907 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| 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 himself |
Herman Chestney Riggins Birth: August 28, 1887 58 22 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: 1973 — Illinois, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Harry Tracy Riggins Birth: November 25, 1889 60 24 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: February 1985 — Illinois, United States |
| Father’s family with Clerinda Maletha Shemwell |
| father |
William M Riggins Jr. Birth: April 16, 1829 — Tennessee, United States Death: September 21, 1907 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| step-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 half-brother |
Walthen P Riggins Birth: about 1855 25 16 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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2 years half-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 half-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 half-brother |
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 half-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 half-sister |
Fannie Bell Riggins Birth: November 1870 41 31 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
| Family with Mertha Doris Weston |
| himself |
Herman Chestney Riggins Birth: August 28, 1887 58 22 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: 1973 — Illinois, United States |
| wife |
Mertha Doris Weston Birth: October 3, 1896 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
| daughter |
Private |
| son |
Charles Lee Riggins Birth: April 15, 1915 27 18 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: January 22, 1992 |
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22 months son |
James Howard Riggins Birth: February 14, 1917 29 20 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: April 12, 1917 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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17 months daughter |
Mildred Louise Riggins Birth: July 29, 1918 30 21 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: February 1979 |
Herman Chestney Riggins has 0 first cousins recorded
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William M - Household
Dover Town, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Alice M “Allie” Peele - Household
Pine? Bluff Road Stewart, Tennessee
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Herman Chestney Riggins - Household
Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
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