Daughter of Benjamin Bullock and Dorothy Kimball
Married Dr. John Riggs, 8 Oct 1843, Moira, Franklin, New York
Children - Mary Ruth Riggs, Susan Jane Riggs, Dorothy Melissa Riggs, Julia Maria Riggs, Martha Adaline Riggs, John Gideon Benjamin Riggs, Marietta Riggs, Jane Kilton Riggs, Cyrus Gardner Riggs
Biography - Jane K. Bullock was born in Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, September 4, 1819. She was the oldest child and the first daughter of Benjamin and Dorothy Kimball Bullock. At the age of five years she moved with her parents from New Hampshire to New York State, and settled in Franklin County in the town of Moira. She was educated in the schools in this locality, and at the age of eighteen began teaching school. She taught school for several years, boarding around in the homes of the patrons as was the custom of the times. She was very frugal and accumulated some means.
When she was twenty she dreamed that she would marry a man by the name of John Riggs. When, two years later, a Mormon elder came to their home in New York and introduced himself as John Riggs she declared that she would never marry a despised Mormon preacher. John Riggs remained in the vicinity preaching and teaching the principles of Mormonism.
After three years he converted her and her mother's family and they all left New York to join the saints in Nauvoo. Immediately after her baptism into the Church, she married John Riggs, on October 8, 1843, at Moira, New York, and the entire Bullock family moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. Jane tells that she sold wool from her own sheep to buy cloth, and cut and made the suit in which her husband was married. They were married by an elder of the Church. Between the time of their marriage in 1843 and 1844 she went with her husband on a mission to Utica, New York.
At Green Plains where they had a home and farm, their crops and house were burned by the mob and they moved back to Nauvoo. While at Nauvoo they kept a boarding house for temple workers until the temple was closed. After moving to Nauvoo they received their endowments in the Nauvoo Temple the very last day it was open for temple work in the spring of 1846. In the summer of 1846 they moved with the "Camp of Israel" to Council Bluffs, Iowa.
They remained at Council Bluffs, Iowa for five years, planting crops and accumulating the necessary finances to equip themselves for the journey across the plains to the Rocky Mountains.
In 1847 her husband John went back to Quincy, Illinois to complete his medical studies which he did in 1848. Jane in the meantime cared for the farm and family.
Early in 1851 they left Council Bluffs, Iowa in the Captain McPherson Company and on the journey encountered the hardship common to the "plains". They were fairly well equipped for those times because of their good management and frugality. These same characteristics were typical of them during their whole lives.
They arrived in Provo, Utah in the fall of 1851 and a year later moved into a good four room adobe house, and later added six rooms. This house was located on the corner of 1st South and 4th West. Here "Aunt Jane", as she was affectionately called, kept open house for many years for traveling saints and later for school teachers or Brigham Young University (B.Y.U.) students.
She was a splendid cook and housekeeper with well stocked pantry and store house at all times. It is reported that many of her less fortunate neighbors came frequently for meals because of her hospitality and generosity.
She gave birth to eight children, three of whom grew to maturity. They were: Susan Jane Riggs, who died as a child, Mary Ruth Riggs, Dorothy Melissa Riggs Stewart, Julia Maria Riggs, Martha Adaline Riggs Beesley, John Gideon Riggs, Mariette Riggs Beesley, and Jane Kilton Riggs.
Of the three daughters grew to maturity, Melissa married Andrew J. Stewart Jr., and had five adult children: Lillie S. Horsely, Andy J., Ida C., Scott P., and John R.
Martha married Phillip Beesley and their children were George, Jane B. Evens, Mattie, and Mariette.
Mariette married Phillip Beesley and their children were Mamie B. Davis, John O., Clay, and Dorothy B., and Wynan Beesley.
There was also an adopted son, Cyrus Riggs, who in early manhood went to the northwest and made his home.
Jane Bullock Riggs was greatly beloved by all who knew her. She lived to be ninety one years and one day old, passing away from old age at the home of her daughter Melissa Riggs Stewart, September 5, 1910 at Provo, Utah. She is interred beside her husband Dr. John Riggs in the Provo City Cemetery, Utah.
- Information compiled by Myrtle Maiben Stewart in 1947.
Married Dr. John Riggs, 8 Oct 1843, Moira, Franklin, New York
Children - Mary Ruth Riggs, Susan Jane Riggs, Dorothy Melissa Riggs, Julia Maria Riggs, Martha Adaline Riggs, John Gideon Benjamin Riggs, Marietta Riggs, Jane Kilton Riggs, Cyrus Gardner Riggs
Biography - Jane K. Bullock was born in Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, September 4, 1819. She was the oldest child and the first daughter of Benjamin and Dorothy Kimball Bullock. At the age of five years she moved with her parents from New Hampshire to New York State, and settled in Franklin County in the town of Moira. She was educated in the schools in this locality, and at the age of eighteen began teaching school. She taught school for several years, boarding around in the homes of the patrons as was the custom of the times. She was very frugal and accumulated some means.
When she was twenty she dreamed that she would marry a man by the name of John Riggs. When, two years later, a Mormon elder came to their home in New York and introduced himself as John Riggs she declared that she would never marry a despised Mormon preacher. John Riggs remained in the vicinity preaching and teaching the principles of Mormonism.
After three years he converted her and her mother's family and they all left New York to join the saints in Nauvoo. Immediately after her baptism into the Church, she married John Riggs, on October 8, 1843, at Moira, New York, and the entire Bullock family moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. Jane tells that she sold wool from her own sheep to buy cloth, and cut and made the suit in which her husband was married. They were married by an elder of the Church. Between the time of their marriage in 1843 and 1844 she went with her husband on a mission to Utica, New York.
At Green Plains where they had a home and farm, their crops and house were burned by the mob and they moved back to Nauvoo. While at Nauvoo they kept a boarding house for temple workers until the temple was closed. After moving to Nauvoo they received their endowments in the Nauvoo Temple the very last day it was open for temple work in the spring of 1846. In the summer of 1846 they moved with the "Camp of Israel" to Council Bluffs, Iowa.
They remained at Council Bluffs, Iowa for five years, planting crops and accumulating the necessary finances to equip themselves for the journey across the plains to the Rocky Mountains.
In 1847 her husband John went back to Quincy, Illinois to complete his medical studies which he did in 1848. Jane in the meantime cared for the farm and family.
Early in 1851 they left Council Bluffs, Iowa in the Captain McPherson Company and on the journey encountered the hardship common to the "plains". They were fairly well equipped for those times because of their good management and frugality. These same characteristics were typical of them during their whole lives.
They arrived in Provo, Utah in the fall of 1851 and a year later moved into a good four room adobe house, and later added six rooms. This house was located on the corner of 1st South and 4th West. Here "Aunt Jane", as she was affectionately called, kept open house for many years for traveling saints and later for school teachers or Brigham Young University (B.Y.U.) students.
She was a splendid cook and housekeeper with well stocked pantry and store house at all times. It is reported that many of her less fortunate neighbors came frequently for meals because of her hospitality and generosity.
She gave birth to eight children, three of whom grew to maturity. They were: Susan Jane Riggs, who died as a child, Mary Ruth Riggs, Dorothy Melissa Riggs Stewart, Julia Maria Riggs, Martha Adaline Riggs Beesley, John Gideon Riggs, Mariette Riggs Beesley, and Jane Kilton Riggs.
Of the three daughters grew to maturity, Melissa married Andrew J. Stewart Jr., and had five adult children: Lillie S. Horsely, Andy J., Ida C., Scott P., and John R.
Martha married Phillip Beesley and their children were George, Jane B. Evens, Mattie, and Mariette.
Mariette married Phillip Beesley and their children were Mamie B. Davis, John O., Clay, and Dorothy B., and Wynan Beesley.
There was also an adopted son, Cyrus Riggs, who in early manhood went to the northwest and made his home.
Jane Bullock Riggs was greatly beloved by all who knew her. She lived to be ninety one years and one day old, passing away from old age at the home of her daughter Melissa Riggs Stewart, September 5, 1910 at Provo, Utah. She is interred beside her husband Dr. John Riggs in the Provo City Cemetery, Utah.
- Information compiled by Myrtle Maiben Stewart in 1947.
Daughter of Benjamin Bullock and Dorothy Kimball
Married Dr. John Riggs, 8 Oct 1843, Moira, Franklin, New York
Children - Mary Ruth Riggs, Susan Jane Riggs, Dorothy Melissa Riggs, Julia Maria Riggs, Martha Adaline Riggs, John Gideon Benjamin Riggs, Marietta Riggs, Jane Kilton Riggs, Cyrus Gardner Riggs
Biography - Jane K. Bullock was born in Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, September 4, 1819. She was the oldest child and the first daughter of Benjamin and Dorothy Kimball Bullock. At the age of five years she moved with her parents from New Hampshire to New York State, and settled in Franklin County in the town of Moira. She was educated in the schools in this locality, and at the age of eighteen began teaching school. She taught school for several years, boarding around in the homes of the patrons as was the custom of the times. She was very frugal and accumulated some means.
When she was twenty she dreamed that she would marry a man by the name of John Riggs. When, two years later, a Mormon elder came to their home in New York and introduced himself as John Riggs she declared that she would never marry a despised Mormon preacher. John Riggs remained in the vicinity preaching and teaching the principles of Mormonism.
After three years he converted her and her mother's family and they all left New York to join the saints in Nauvoo. Immediately after her baptism into the Church, she married John Riggs, on October 8, 1843, at Moira, New York, and the entire Bullock family moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. Jane tells that she sold wool from her own sheep to buy cloth, and cut and made the suit in which her husband was married. They were married by an elder of the Church. Between the time of their marriage in 1843 and 1844 she went with her husband on a mission to Utica, New York.
At Green Plains where they had a home and farm, their crops and house were burned by the mob and they moved back to Nauvoo. While at Nauvoo they kept a boarding house for temple workers until the temple was closed. After moving to Nauvoo they received their endowments in the Nauvoo Temple the very last day it was open for temple work in the spring of 1846. In the summer of 1846 they moved with the "Camp of Israel" to Council Bluffs, Iowa.
They remained at Council Bluffs, Iowa for five years, planting crops and accumulating the necessary finances to equip themselves for the journey across the plains to the Rocky Mountains.
In 1847 her husband John went back to Quincy, Illinois to complete his medical studies which he did in 1848. Jane in the meantime cared for the farm and family.
Early in 1851 they left Council Bluffs, Iowa in the Captain McPherson Company and on the journey encountered the hardship common to the "plains". They were fairly well equipped for those times because of their good management and frugality. These same characteristics were typical of them during their whole lives.
They arrived in Provo, Utah in the fall of 1851 and a year later moved into a good four room adobe house, and later added six rooms. This house was located on the corner of 1st South and 4th West. Here "Aunt Jane", as she was affectionately called, kept open house for many years for traveling saints and later for school teachers or Brigham Young University (B.Y.U.) students.
She was a splendid cook and housekeeper with well stocked pantry and store house at all times. It is reported that many of her less fortunate neighbors came frequently for meals because of her hospitality and generosity.
She gave birth to eight children, three of whom grew to maturity. They were: Susan Jane Riggs, who died as a child, Mary Ruth Riggs, Dorothy Melissa Riggs Stewart, Julia Maria Riggs, Martha Adaline Riggs Beesley, John Gideon Riggs, Mariette Riggs Beesley, and Jane Kilton Riggs.
Of the three daughters grew to maturity, Melissa married Andrew J. Stewart Jr., and had five adult children: Lillie S. Horsely, Andy J., Ida C., Scott P., and John R.
Martha married Phillip Beesley and their children were George, Jane B. Evens, Mattie, and Mariette.
Mariette married Phillip Beesley and their children were Mamie B. Davis, John O., Clay, and Dorothy B., and Wynan Beesley.
There was also an adopted son, Cyrus Riggs, who in early manhood went to the northwest and made his home.
Jane Bullock Riggs was greatly beloved by all who knew her. She lived to be ninety one years and one day old, passing away from old age at the home of her daughter Melissa Riggs Stewart, September 5, 1910 at Provo, Utah. She is interred beside her husband Dr. John Riggs in the Provo City Cemetery, Utah.
- Information compiled by Myrtle Maiben Stewart in 1947.
Married Dr. John Riggs, 8 Oct 1843, Moira, Franklin, New York
Children - Mary Ruth Riggs, Susan Jane Riggs, Dorothy Melissa Riggs, Julia Maria Riggs, Martha Adaline Riggs, John Gideon Benjamin Riggs, Marietta Riggs, Jane Kilton Riggs, Cyrus Gardner Riggs
Biography - Jane K. Bullock was born in Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, September 4, 1819. She was the oldest child and the first daughter of Benjamin and Dorothy Kimball Bullock. At the age of five years she moved with her parents from New Hampshire to New York State, and settled in Franklin County in the town of Moira. She was educated in the schools in this locality, and at the age of eighteen began teaching school. She taught school for several years, boarding around in the homes of the patrons as was the custom of the times. She was very frugal and accumulated some means.
When she was twenty she dreamed that she would marry a man by the name of John Riggs. When, two years later, a Mormon elder came to their home in New York and introduced himself as John Riggs she declared that she would never marry a despised Mormon preacher. John Riggs remained in the vicinity preaching and teaching the principles of Mormonism.
After three years he converted her and her mother's family and they all left New York to join the saints in Nauvoo. Immediately after her baptism into the Church, she married John Riggs, on October 8, 1843, at Moira, New York, and the entire Bullock family moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. Jane tells that she sold wool from her own sheep to buy cloth, and cut and made the suit in which her husband was married. They were married by an elder of the Church. Between the time of their marriage in 1843 and 1844 she went with her husband on a mission to Utica, New York.
At Green Plains where they had a home and farm, their crops and house were burned by the mob and they moved back to Nauvoo. While at Nauvoo they kept a boarding house for temple workers until the temple was closed. After moving to Nauvoo they received their endowments in the Nauvoo Temple the very last day it was open for temple work in the spring of 1846. In the summer of 1846 they moved with the "Camp of Israel" to Council Bluffs, Iowa.
They remained at Council Bluffs, Iowa for five years, planting crops and accumulating the necessary finances to equip themselves for the journey across the plains to the Rocky Mountains.
In 1847 her husband John went back to Quincy, Illinois to complete his medical studies which he did in 1848. Jane in the meantime cared for the farm and family.
Early in 1851 they left Council Bluffs, Iowa in the Captain McPherson Company and on the journey encountered the hardship common to the "plains". They were fairly well equipped for those times because of their good management and frugality. These same characteristics were typical of them during their whole lives.
They arrived in Provo, Utah in the fall of 1851 and a year later moved into a good four room adobe house, and later added six rooms. This house was located on the corner of 1st South and 4th West. Here "Aunt Jane", as she was affectionately called, kept open house for many years for traveling saints and later for school teachers or Brigham Young University (B.Y.U.) students.
She was a splendid cook and housekeeper with well stocked pantry and store house at all times. It is reported that many of her less fortunate neighbors came frequently for meals because of her hospitality and generosity.
She gave birth to eight children, three of whom grew to maturity. They were: Susan Jane Riggs, who died as a child, Mary Ruth Riggs, Dorothy Melissa Riggs Stewart, Julia Maria Riggs, Martha Adaline Riggs Beesley, John Gideon Riggs, Mariette Riggs Beesley, and Jane Kilton Riggs.
Of the three daughters grew to maturity, Melissa married Andrew J. Stewart Jr., and had five adult children: Lillie S. Horsely, Andy J., Ida C., Scott P., and John R.
Martha married Phillip Beesley and their children were George, Jane B. Evens, Mattie, and Mariette.
Mariette married Phillip Beesley and their children were Mamie B. Davis, John O., Clay, and Dorothy B., and Wynan Beesley.
There was also an adopted son, Cyrus Riggs, who in early manhood went to the northwest and made his home.
Jane Bullock Riggs was greatly beloved by all who knew her. She lived to be ninety one years and one day old, passing away from old age at the home of her daughter Melissa Riggs Stewart, September 5, 1910 at Provo, Utah. She is interred beside her husband Dr. John Riggs in the Provo City Cemetery, Utah.
- Information compiled by Myrtle Maiben Stewart in 1947.
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