| Show Ju or oldest resident passes to great reat beyond arh eyon d william sears riggs died at the me ime of his son A J riggs 1 edday at th the e ripe P old age of lety ety three of old age and gen ill debility the funeral services III I 1 11 be lie held id thursday in tropic ter which the body will be taken i henrieville Henri eville for burial by the de lie of his wife who died thirty lars bars ago willani willam sears riggs was born quincy illinois march 19 30 in 1849 during the gold berand rush to california lie he nie me west hut but stayed over in salt A alee ake CRY here he became ac aisted with the mormon people id ad their religious teachings in ane ne 1 1852 he was baptised baptized sed by ider der david evans and confirmed 1 Y isreal evans shortly afterward e moved to southern utah living t toquerville and cedar city at it he ie last named place he met miss arah re reeves evea and married her february 1 1855 to this union ten hildren were born eight of whom urvine him i mr riggs was a carpenter by f rade and when panguitch was n its infancy lie he moved here in in 1879 ind and did much of the building in n this place later he moved to Henri henrieville enri eville where lie he lost his eife fe after lier her adert death th he contina ed to live in henr Henri henrieville ie ville eville tropic escalante Ss calante hatch richfield and panguitch itch dividing his time with his children the following named children mary harris spanish fork mallissia malissia ingrain sugar city idaho emma griffin amanda griffin escalante linda bryce roosevelt W R riggs hatch andrew J of panguitch and mrs rose AhI ahlstrom strom mourn his demise besides 83 grand children great grand children and 22 great great grand children and a host of friends and acquaintances he F was a familiar figure and until recent years was out much among the people and at public gatherings he was a devout latter day saint and took great interest in relating early events in history to the young people |
