b: Posey Co IN; s/of Jesse Ridden Riggs* & Ora Mae Turner*; m: ca 1923 Mabel Ida*; res: 1920-30 Montgomery - Gibson Co IN 1940 Patoka - Gibson Co IN; ch: Esther (ca 1924 IL) & Monzelle (ca 1927 IN) & Honor M (ca 1930 IN) & Sharon (ca 1939 IN)
RIGGS, Anna Rose (Jackman) 1 Sep 1924 - 16 Dec 2019 ()
age 95; b: Wabash; d: Mt Carmel; d/of Everett O Jackman (2 Apr 1889-5 Feb 1963) & Fern Andrews (1 Feb 1894-26 Jul 1960) both buried Orio Cem; m: Walter Riggs*. (obit)
RIGGS, Erma Linton [Tuck] 3 Jan 1894 - May 1980 ()
b: Grayville IL; d: of Mt Carmel; s/of Melvin T Riggs* & Olive Allen*; m: ca 1924 Hannah Louise Sickman*; m2: 1957 Lydia Patterson; res: 1930-40 Mt Carmel; ch: Melvin L* (1923 IL) & Walter* (6 Aug 1925 Wabash) & Robert J* (1928 IL); step son: Fred Ward.
RIGGS, Flex 19 Apr 1908 - 4 Oct 1978 ()
b: IL; d: of Mt Carmel; s/of James Robert [J R] Riggs (Jun 1859 IL-after 1940 m1: Joan Stanley) & Laura May Bowman (5 May 1870 Wayne Co IL-10 Jan 1940 Mt Carmel buried Mt Erie - Elm River twp Wayne Co IL; d/of Reuben Bowman & Susan); res: 1910 Crouch - Hamilton Co IL 1930 Long Prairie MO w/sister Susie; siblings: May (Jul 1880 Wayne Co IL-20 Jan 1920 Mt Carmel) & Grace Ann (Sep 1883 IL) & Arch (Sep 1885 IL m: Ethel) & Unis B (26 Sep 1889 Wayne Co IL-Jun 1972 Fairfield - Wayne Co IL) & Joseph (Aug 1892 IL res: 1940 Chicago) & Gus (26 Nov 1896 IL) & Hulley* (28 Jan 1899 IL) & Susie J (8 Sep 1901 IL-15 Oct 1989 Ft Branch IN m: Ross Clifton) & Gertrude (23 Aug 1905 IL-Feb 1985 m: Harry Franklin) & Lex (19 Apr 1908 IL-Mar 1975)
RIGGS, Geneva Toletha Feb 1937 - Feb 1940 ()
RIGGS, Hannah Louise (Sickman) Ward 9 Mar 1888 - 19 Nov 1957 ()
b: Pike Co IN; d: Mt Carmel; d/of Frederick Sickman (Aug 1844 Germany) & Anna Hellman (Aug 1855 Germany); m1: 5 Jul 1909 Wabash Harry R Ward (Jul 1883); m2: 1920 Erma L Riggs*; res: 1900 Lockhart - Pike Co IN; Ward ch: Frederick Louis* (10 May 1910 IL-22 Sep 1993 Mt Carmel)
RIGGS, Hulley 22 Jan 1899 - 1962 ()
b: IL; s/of James Robert [JR] Riggs (Jun 1859 IL) & Laura May Bowman (5 May 1870 Wayne Co IL-10 Jan 1940 Mt Carmel buried Mt Erie - Elm River twp Wayne Co IL; d/of Rueben Bowman & Susan); m: by 1918 Lola (ca 1899 TN); res: 1910 Crouch - Hamilton Co IL 1918 Sillestin - Scott Co MO 1920 Cairo - Alexander Co IL 1930 Mt Carmel; ch: Maudie Marie* (6 Dec 1919 Mt Carmel m: James Monroe Elzy). See also Flex*
RIGGS, Ida Mae ( ) Hall Turner May 1875 - 8 Jan 1939 ()
b: IN; d: Wabash; m1: ? Hall; m2: 1898 Johnson Turner (Dec 1855 IN); m3: 1908 Jesse Riggs*; res: 1900 Verner - Ripley Co MO 1910 White River - Gibson Co IN; Hall ch: Fred T (8 Apr 1894 Gibson Co IN-16 Jun 1990 m: Cuba; res: 1940 Evansville IN) & Floy (Nov 1895 IN); Turner ch: Ruth Bell* (Sep 1898 IN-1944 Mt Carmel) & Hazel (ca 1903 MO) & Dorothy (ca 1905 MO)
RIGGS, Jesse 3 Dec 1873 - 5 Jan 1941 ()
b: Vincennes IN; census says Dec 1875; WWI registration & marriage record say 3 Dec 1874; d: Wabash; s/of William Carlton Riggs (Mitchell IN); m: 26 Sep 1908 IN Ida Mae Turner*; res: 1900 Patoka - Gibson Co IN 1910 White River - Gibson Co IN 1920-40 Mt Carmel; ch: Jesse M (ca 1909/10 IN) & Marlin* (22 Dec 1912 IN); seems to have adopted Ida?s Turner children.
RIGGS, Jesse Redden 30 Apr 1883 - 29 Jun 1954 ()
b: Gibson Co IN; d: Mt Carmel; s/of Sylvester Riggs* & Mary Ann Troutman; m: 6 Jan 1901 Lawrence Co IL Ora Mae Turner*; res: 1900-10 Montgomery - Gibson Co IN 1940 Patoka - Gibson Co IN 1942 Princeton IN; ch: Aaron* (1903 IN) & Neva (1905 IN) & Kenneth M (1907 IN) & Orval Sylvester (27 Jun 1908 Mt Carmel-7 Jul 1976 FL m: 27 Jan 1928 Dorothy M Wright) & Ruby V (31 Aug 1912 IN-3 Sep 1990 IN m: Lucas Davis) & Majaska E. (3 Sep 1914 IN-21 Jun 1990 Mt Carmel) & Donald (1917 IN) & Harvey Edward (24 Jan 1919-15 May 1984 IN m: Mary Mason?) & Mabel (1921 IN) & Sylvia L (2 Sep 1926 IN-1 Feb 1999 Princeton IN m: Paul Alvis)
RIGGS, Mable Ida 28 Dec 1904 - 29 Jun 1988 ()
m: ca 1923 Aaron Riggs*
RIGGS, Margaret May - 1979 ()
SS Index: Margaret Riggs 25 May 1906-Feb 1979 Effingham IL
b: IN; s/of Jesse Riggs* & Ida Mae Turner*; m: by 1940 Patricia L Comiskey (28 Jan 1915-29 Dec 2000 Mt Carmel); res: 1930 Mt Carmel 1940 Evansville IN; ch: Joseph Marlin (9 Apr 1944 Princeton IN-10 Jun 2013 Charlotte NC m: Ellie Hayes) & Suzie (m: ? Kennard res: Mt Carmel) & Jim (d).
RIGGS, Mary Ann (Henson) Treadway 9 Nov 1933 - 8 Dec 2003 ()
d/of Leonard Henson* & Ruth Peterson*; m1: 1962 ? Treadway; m2: 1971 ? Riggs; ch Mark Leonard Treadway* (d: 1982).
RIGGS, Mary Ann (Troutman) Aug 1856 - 8 Jan 1943 ()
b: Gibson Co IN; d: Mt Carmel; d/of John Troutman (10 Feb 1828-25 Oct 1897) & Martha Jane Watkins (Oct 1830-9 Nov 1906) both buried Sand Hill Cem; m: 1878 Sylvester Riggs*; res: 1940 Mt Carmel
RIGGS, Mary E [Peggy] Mickey Garwood 30 Aug 1925 - 3 Jun 2013 ()
age 87; b: Lawrence Co IL; d: Lawrenceville; res: Mt Carmel; d/of Barton Edward Mickey (8 Dec 1898 IL-30 Jul 1963) & Margie M McClaskey (ca 1901 IL); m1: ? Garwood; m2: 21 Sep 1993 Melvin L Riggs*; ch: Larry Garwood (m: Becky res: Benton IL); res: 1930-40 Lawrenceville; siblings: Rayburn E (ca 1922 IL-d: m: ? Griffy) & Beulah M (ca 1924 IL-d: m: ? McKeighan) & Ralph B (ca 1928 IL res: Winamac IN) & Clyde D (1 Jun 1929-1 Oct 1930) & Donna (m: Paul Moyes res: Olney). (obit)
RIGGS, Melvin L 9 Jul 1923 - 21 Sep 1993 ()
s/of Erma Riggs* & Hannah Sickman*; m: Ruth Valerie Knoerr (16 Nov 1917-4 Jan 1998 m1: Everett Dale Price both buried Orio Cem); div.: m2: Mar 1963 Lawrence Co IL Mary Mickey*; res 1930-40 Mt Carmel; ch: Daniel Burton (29 Apr 1938-11 Jun 2007 buried Orio) & daughter Daniel Burton* & 3 adopted Price children.
RIGGS, Melvin Thomas 29 Oct 1855 - 12 Jan 1946 ()
b: Cincinnati - Hamilton OH; d: Mt. Carmel; m: 7 Dec 1885 Olive D. Allen*; res: 1910-30 Mt. Carmel; ch: Carma Dona* (1888 m: Joseph Griess*) & Jessie (1892) & Erma L* (1894) & Emma L. (1894)
RIGGS, Olive Delcenia (Allen) 2 Mar 1864 - 5 Feb 1948 ()
b: KY; d: Mt. Carmel; d/of Charles Allen (1823 NC-1892 KY) & Mary Dickey (1825 KY- 1903KY); m: Melvin T Riggs*
RIGGS, Ora Mae (Turner) 14 Dec 1884 - 25 May 1963 ()
b: Lawrence Co IL; d: Princeton - Gibson Co IN; d/of Monroe Turner (1855 IL-1900) & Eliza Ellen Peters (23 Apr 1855 Lawrence Co IL-13 May 1931 Mt Carmel); m: Jesse Ridden Riggs*
RIGGS, Robert James 19 Jan 1928 - 19 Nov 2009 ()
US Army; age 81; b: Mt. Carmel; res: West Salem; d: Evansville IN; s/of Erma ?Tuck? Riggs* & Hannah Sickman*; m: 15 Apr 1951 Winters TX Wadene [Sue] Colburn*; ch: Linda (m: Dan Yarbor res: Mt. Carmel) & Bobbie (m: Jerry Brown res: Mt. Carmel) & James (res: Berryville IL). (obit)
RIGGS, Sylvester 24 Jan 1856 - 22 Apr 1932 ()
b: Olney - Richland Co IL; d: Mt Carmel; s/of Redden Riggs (12 May 1828 IL-10 Sep 1858 Richland Co IL) & Malinda Gaddy [Linnie] (Jun 1834 IL; m2: 1859 Joseph Scamahorn); m: 1878 Mary Ann Troutman*; res: 1860-70 Denver - Richland Co IL 1880-1900 Montgomery Gibson Co IN 1910-30 Mt Carmel; ch: 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*)
RIGGS, Wadene [Sue] (Colburn) 25 Aug 1929 - 12 Feb 2005 ()
age 75; b: Runnels Co TX; res: West Salem; d: Evansville IN: d/of Wade Colburn (2 Mar 1898 TX-2 Nov 1966 TX) & Norene Hogan (27 Jan 1902 TX-3 Aug 1968 TX); m: Robert Riggs*; res: 1940 Runnels TX; siblings: Dorothy (ca 1926 TX m: Compton res: Winngate TX) & Wade Thornwell Jr [ Rusty] (17 Jan 1935 TX-19 Nov 2004 m: Betty res: Winters TX). (obit)
RIGGS, Walter W 6 Aug 1925 - 23 Apr 1996 ()
US Navy WWII; b: Wabash; d: Warrick Co IN; s/of Ermal Riggs* & Hannah Sickman*; m: 19 Jun 1952 Anna Rose Jackman*; ch: Edward (m: Tammie) & Debra (m: Raymond Peters). (obit of Anna)
Wabash Pres Church (Orio) Cemetery Wabash County IL
Burials:969 Photos:98% Rev:240902
* indicates burial in the same cemetery
RIGGS, Daniel B 29 Apr 1938 - 11 Jun 2007 (CC39G3)
Veteran Vietnam; b: Lancaster d: Marion IL; s/of Everett Dale Price* & Ruth V Knoerr* (m2: Melvin Riggs); m: 14 Dec 1963 Shirley Ann Baker*; SP4 US Army Vietnam; Adopted by Melvin Riggs; ch: Lisha (m: John Bittner) & Kristie (m: ? Adams) & Charles Summerfield (m: Brenda) & Rodney Riggs (m: Janet). (obit) note: Gene A Baker (m: Terri res: Louisvile KY) listed as son in Shirley?s obit
RIGGS, Linda Marie (Saltsgaver) 27 Oct 1957 - 3 Dec 2009 (CC41D2)
b: Mt Carmel d: Neosho MO; d/of Fred A Saltsgaver* & Jeanette Marie Stout* (m3: George Lee); m: ? Riggs; ch: Kolesha
RIGGS, Ruth V (Knoerr) 16 Nov 1917 - 4 Jan 1998 (CC39H2)
d/of William Henry Knoerr (1874-1955) & Elizabeth Nora Stoltz (1879-1952) both buried Harrison Cem - Lancaster; m1: Sep 1935 Everett Dale Price*; m2: Melvin Riggs
RIGGS, Shirley Ann (Baker) 26 Nov 1938 - 31 Mar 2007 (CC39G2)
b: Edwards Co d: Evansville IN; d/of Harley A Baker & Ruby Mae Williams; m: Daniel Riggs*
