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Highland Memorial Cemetery, Mt Carmel, Wabash County IL

Sylvester Riggs

  Sylvester Riggs     Born: 24 Jan 1856    Died: 22 Apr 1932    Plot:

Where born:   Olney - Richland Co IL
Where died:   Mt Carmel IL
Son of:   Redden Riggs (12 May 1828 IL-10 Sep 1858 Richland Co IL) & Malinda Gaddy [Linnie] (Jun 1834 IL; m2: 1859 Joseph Scamahorn)
Married:   1878 Mary Ann Troutman*
Lived at:   1860-70 Denver - Richland Co IL 1880-1900 Montgomery Gibson Co IN 1910-30 Mt Carmel IL
Children:
- Laura L (1879-10 Jan 1887 buried Sand Hill Cem)
- Jesse Redden* (30 Apr 1883 Gibson Co IN m: Ora Turner*)
- Maggie Bell* (14 Apr 1886 Gibson Co IN m: Henry Walter Chatman*)

      * indicates buried with Sylvester Riggs in Highland Memorial Cemetery.

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About Highland Memorial Cemetery:
Highland Memorial Cemetery, founded in 1916, is the largest cemetery in Wabash County and receives more interments each year than all other cemeteries in the Mt Carmel area. Other cemeteries in Mt Carmel include Sand Hill Cemetery, Rose Hill Cemetery, St Mary's Cemetery and Simonds Cemetery.
Burials: 8587
Location: 1827 College Drive, Mt Carmel, Illinois - Wabash County