BRANNICK AND MARY RIGGS

1828 BRANNICK RIGGS

BRANNICK RIGGS was born on 10 July 1828 in Marion County, Alabama. He died at his home, the Riggs Home Ranch in the Riggs Settlement, Cochise County, Arizona on 04 July 1907 at age 78 years 11 months 25 days and is buried in the Riggs Family Cemetery.

Location in cemetery: Row 1, headstone H  ( 1 H )

 

BRANNICK's PARENTS

Brannick's father was Thomas Riggs, born about 1801 or 1802 in Kentucky or Tennessee, USA. He died on 16 September 1867 by drowning in the Medina River, Bandera, Texas. He is buried in Bandera, Texas near the Medina River.

Brannick's mother was Rhoda (Casey) Riggs, born about 1804 in Georgia, USA. She died in Bell County, Texas on 22 January 1881 and is buried in the Land Cemetery, Jerrell, Texas.

Thomas and Rhoda were married in February 1822 in Marion County, Alabama and had eleven children. BRANNICK was their fourth child, third son.

1838 MARY ELIZABETH (ROBBINS) RIGGS

MARY ELIZABETH (ROBBINS) RIGGS was born on 27 July 1838 near Nashville, Tennessee. She died at her home, the Riggs Home Ranch in the Riggs Settlement, Cochise County, Arizona on 05 February 1935 at age 96 years 6 months 9 days and is buried in the Riggs Family Cemetery.

Location in cemetery: Row 1, headstone G  ( 1 G )

 

MARY's PARENTS

Mary's father was John L Robbins, born on 17 April 1817 in xxxxxxxxxxx, xxxxxxxx County, Tennessee. He died on 22 October 1855 in Bastrop, Bastrop County, Texas. He is buried in the xxxxxxxxxx Cemetery, Bastrop, Bastrop County, Texas.

Mary's mother was Sarah Ann (Hudson) Robbins, born on 19 September 1819 in Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee. After John’s death Mary married Joseph Burleson on 11 Jun 1857. She died in Bastrop, Bastrop County, Texas on 07 November 1870 (aged 51) and is buried in the Robbins Cemetery, Bastrop, Bastrop County, Texas.

John Robbins and Sarah Ann Hudson were married on 23 December 1836 in xxxxxxx County, xxxxxxxx and had 7 children. MARY was their first child, first daughter.

BRANNICK and MARY were married on 10 July 1856 in Bastrop, Bastrop County, Texas and had eleven children. The first. Thomas Jefferson Riggs born in Travis, Texas. The second, Rhoda Riggs born in Fayette, Texas. The third, William Monroe born in Milam, Texas. The fourth, Martha Riggs born in Milam, Texas. The fifth, Brannick Benjamin Riggs born in Bandera, Texas. The sixth, James Jay Riggs born in Bandera, Texas. The seventh, Mary Francis Riggs born in Las Animas County, Colorado. The eighth, John Casey Riggs born in Los Animas, Colorado. The ninth, Lucy Riggs born in Los Animas, Colorado. The tenth, Barney Kemp Riggs born in Emigrant Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona. The eleventh, Edith Bessy Riggs born in Cochise County, Arizona.

1-4   BRANNICK RIGGS
(10 July 1828  --  04 July 1907)

     Married on 10 July 1856

1-4A MARY ELIZABETH (ROBBINS) RIGGS
(27 July 1838  --  05 February 1935)

 

CHILDREN:

1-4-1  THOMAS JEFFERSON RIGGS
(14 May 1857  --  09 December 1926)

1-4-2  RHODA RIGGS
(18 March 1859  --  16 July 1929)

1-4-3  WILLIAM MONROE RIGGS
(27 December 1861  --  13 February 1949)

1-4-4  MARTHA (RIGGS) STARK
(15 March 1865  --  09 January 1949)

1-4-5  BRANNICK BENJAMIN RIGGS
(21 October 1867  --  19 March 1913)

1-4-6  JAMES JAY RIGGS
(31 January 1870  --  24 January 1911)

1-4-7  MARY FRANCES (RIGGS) STARK
(21 May 1872  --  02 February 1961)

1-4-8  JOHN CASEY RIGGS
(21 September 1874  --  04 January 1943)

1-4-9  LUCY ELIZABETH (RIGGS) MOORE
(20 October 1876  --  05 March 1965)

1-4-10  BARNEY KEMP "B.K." RIGGS
(23 August 1879  --  09 May 1963)

1-4-11  EDITH BESSY RIGGS
(02 August 1884  --  09 August 1885)