Edward Riggs and Hattie Newmyer

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Husband Edward Riggs ^{1 2 3 4 5}

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         Father: Edward Riggs (1764-1843/1844) 3 6 7 8
         Mother: Mary Higbee (1764-1853) 3 7 9

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       Marriage: 1 Jan 1826 4

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Wife Hattie Newmyer ¹

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            AKA: Hettie Newmeyer,4 Hester Newmyer 5
           Born: 6 Nov 1806 5
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         Father: Peter Newmeyer (1760-1836) 1 5
         Mother: Susannah Rhodes (1761-1838) 5 10

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1 M John Riggs ⁵

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2 M David Riggs ⁵

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3 F Susan Riggs ⁵

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4 F Amanda Riggs ⁵

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5 F Sarah Riggs ⁵

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6 F Harriet Riggs ⁵

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7 M Edward Riggs ⁵

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8 M Judson Riggs ⁵

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9 F Mary E. Riggs ⁴

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           Born: 3 Jun 1835 4
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         Spouse: William M. Philips (1826-      ) 4
           Marr: 18 Aug 1853 4

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General Notes: Husband - Edward Riggs

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He was a man "ever foremost of his comrades" in all matters of social, religious, edu-cational and political reform. A stanch advocate of Abolition in its most unpopular days, with Edward Campbell and Edward Anderson-the "Three Edwards"-comprised for many years the whole of the Abolition party in Peters township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. He was one of the leading spirits in forming the Peters Creek Christian Church.

He and his wife had eleven children.

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General Notes: Wife - Hattie Newmyer

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from Fayette Co, PA

1 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 489.

2 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 344.

3 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 18.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 784.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 582.

6 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 899.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 441.

8 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 344, 469.

9 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 469.

10 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 809.