Thomas Bennet BRIGGS

1851 - 1925  (73 years)

• Name	Thomas Bennet BRIGGS
  Born	25 Oct 1851	Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Sep 1925	Huntingdon, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I24	My Family History
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	William Hainey BRIGGS,   b. 25 May 1818, Tuscarora Valley, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 5 Dec 1902, Ryde, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Jane Isabella WILSON,   b. 3 Sep 1817, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 7 Jan 1883, German Valley, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 65 years)
  Married	15 Oct 1840	Huntingdon, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA
  Notes	Daughter of Joseph Wilson and Jane Waters of Dublin Township, Huntingdon Co., PA. [Please note that she was NOT the daughter of Joseph Wilson & Jane Cahoun Waters of Franklin County, Pennsylvania.] Jane Wilson Briggs was the granddaughter of two Revolutionary War patriots. She was married to William Hainey Briggs on 15 October 1840. They were the parents of 11 children: George Wilson, Elizabeth Jane Rorer, William Alexander, John Henry, Joseph Elliot, Thomas Bennet, Hadessa Ann Tweed, Harriet Glenn Edelblute, Matilda Ellen Bard, Bruce Henderson and Brice Blair.
  Family ID	F15	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amanda Elizabeth GALLAGHER,   b. 8 Apr 1850, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 27 Feb 1917, Huntingdon, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 66 years)
  Married	19 Feb 1874	Dublin, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA
  Notes	Daughter of and . Wife of . Mother of of , , Hugh Ferdinand, Jesse William and .
  Children	1. Jesse Wiliam BRIGGS,   b. 13 Mar 1885, Burnt Cabins, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 8 Feb 1961, Fayetteville, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2021
  Family ID	F12	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 25 Oct 1851 - Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Son of William Hainey Briggs and Jane Isabella Wilson. Husband of Amanda Elizabeth Gallaher. Father of Ira Edward, Mallia Mock, Hugh Ferdinand, Jesse William and Robert Merble.

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Online Database: Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line] - digital - Thomas Bennet Briggs (Reliability: 3). [S36] Online Database: Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line] - digital - Thomas Bennet Briggs.