Carthage Evening Press
September 9, 1940.
DEATH OF T. L. WIGGINS
CARTHAGE PIONEER SUCCUMBS AT AGE OF 83
Former City Collector Came Here as Boy of 13, Funeral Tomorrow Afternoon
Thomas L. Wiggins, 83, a well-known Carthage resident and a former city collector, passed away at 1:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his home, 122 East Sixth street.
He had been ill the last year and a half. While he was not confined to his bed all of the time, there were weeks he did not leave his home. His condition became more acute last July 13 and virtually ever since then he had been critical. He suffered from a complication of ailments.
Thomas Lambert Wiggins was born in November 21, 1856 in Altoona, Illinois. When he was four years old his parents moved to Ohio and then to Missouri, arriving in Carthage in May, 1869. They came by rail to Sedalia, that being the nearest railroad point at that time, and completed the journey to Carthage by covered wagon. Mr. Wiggins was married December 7, 1892, to Jennie F. Wolfley at Radnor, Ohio. She passed away here November 20, 1936.
Mr. Wiggins was in the grocery business in Carthage a number of years and also was a salesman for the old Wells & Wiggins Wholesale Grocery Company, covering territory in southwest Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas.
He was an ardent Republican, having served the city as collector for 12 years. He first was elected in 1917 to fill the unexpired term of George H. Brosius, who resigned. Mr. Wiggins twice was endorsed for re-election by the Democratic party. He also served as a councilman from 1900 to 1902 at the end of which time he was not a candidate for re-election. During his recent illness he expressed the desire he would be spared long enough to go to the polls and vote for Wendell Willkie.
Mr. Wiggins was active in social and civic affairs and stood for the better things in the community.
He was a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge and until the Carthage Elks Lodge disbanded was a member of that order. He was one of the charter members of the Carthage Council of the United Commercial Travelers. He joined in October, 1904.
With the death of Mr. Wiggins, M. E. Weltin is now the only surviving charter member who is still active in the organization.
He was an ardent baseball fan and until his illness he rarely missed seeing the Carthage Pirates when they were home. He watched the growth of Municipal Park with great interest.
Surviving Mr. Wiggins are three sons, Harold and Nelson Wiggins of Carthage and Lawrence Wiggins of Oklahoma City; a daughter, Mrs. Louise Thatcher, who has made her home with her father several years; a sister Mrs. Piatt Carnahan, and a brother, P. N. Wiggins, both of Carthage and six grandchildren; Larry and Jennie Loutisha Wiggins of Oklahoma City, Mrs. Betty Johnson of Tulsa, Bonnie and Mary Ann Wiggins and Tommy Thatcher of Carthage.
A son, Edwin Wiggins, was killed in action in the Meuse-Argonne sector September 29, 1918 and is buried in the Meuse-Argonne Cemetery in France. The Carthage American Legion post is named for Edwin Wiggins.
Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock at the Knell service home. Mrs. Earl Steward, a member of First of Christ, Scientist, will be in charge. Burial will be in Park Cemetery
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Joplin News Herald
September 10, 1940
Wiggins Funeral Held
Carthage, Mo., Sept. 10, - Funeral services for Thomas L. Wiggins, 83 years old, who died at 1:15 o'clock Sunday afternoon at his home, 122 West Sixth street, were conducted this afternoon at the Knell service home. Burial was in Park Cemetery.
bio by NJBrewer
September 9, 1940.
DEATH OF T. L. WIGGINS
CARTHAGE PIONEER SUCCUMBS AT AGE OF 83
Former City Collector Came Here as Boy of 13, Funeral Tomorrow Afternoon
Thomas L. Wiggins, 83, a well-known Carthage resident and a former city collector, passed away at 1:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his home, 122 East Sixth street.
He had been ill the last year and a half. While he was not confined to his bed all of the time, there were weeks he did not leave his home. His condition became more acute last July 13 and virtually ever since then he had been critical. He suffered from a complication of ailments.
Thomas Lambert Wiggins was born in November 21, 1856 in Altoona, Illinois. When he was four years old his parents moved to Ohio and then to Missouri, arriving in Carthage in May, 1869. They came by rail to Sedalia, that being the nearest railroad point at that time, and completed the journey to Carthage by covered wagon. Mr. Wiggins was married December 7, 1892, to Jennie F. Wolfley at Radnor, Ohio. She passed away here November 20, 1936.
Mr. Wiggins was in the grocery business in Carthage a number of years and also was a salesman for the old Wells & Wiggins Wholesale Grocery Company, covering territory in southwest Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas.
He was an ardent Republican, having served the city as collector for 12 years. He first was elected in 1917 to fill the unexpired term of George H. Brosius, who resigned. Mr. Wiggins twice was endorsed for re-election by the Democratic party. He also served as a councilman from 1900 to 1902 at the end of which time he was not a candidate for re-election. During his recent illness he expressed the desire he would be spared long enough to go to the polls and vote for Wendell Willkie.
Mr. Wiggins was active in social and civic affairs and stood for the better things in the community.
He was a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge and until the Carthage Elks Lodge disbanded was a member of that order. He was one of the charter members of the Carthage Council of the United Commercial Travelers. He joined in October, 1904.
With the death of Mr. Wiggins, M. E. Weltin is now the only surviving charter member who is still active in the organization.
He was an ardent baseball fan and until his illness he rarely missed seeing the Carthage Pirates when they were home. He watched the growth of Municipal Park with great interest.
Surviving Mr. Wiggins are three sons, Harold and Nelson Wiggins of Carthage and Lawrence Wiggins of Oklahoma City; a daughter, Mrs. Louise Thatcher, who has made her home with her father several years; a sister Mrs. Piatt Carnahan, and a brother, P. N. Wiggins, both of Carthage and six grandchildren; Larry and Jennie Loutisha Wiggins of Oklahoma City, Mrs. Betty Johnson of Tulsa, Bonnie and Mary Ann Wiggins and Tommy Thatcher of Carthage.
A son, Edwin Wiggins, was killed in action in the Meuse-Argonne sector September 29, 1918 and is buried in the Meuse-Argonne Cemetery in France. The Carthage American Legion post is named for Edwin Wiggins.
Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock at the Knell service home. Mrs. Earl Steward, a member of First of Christ, Scientist, will be in charge. Burial will be in Park Cemetery
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Joplin News Herald
September 10, 1940
Wiggins Funeral Held
Carthage, Mo., Sept. 10, - Funeral services for Thomas L. Wiggins, 83 years old, who died at 1:15 o'clock Sunday afternoon at his home, 122 West Sixth street, were conducted this afternoon at the Knell service home. Burial was in Park Cemetery.
bio by NJBrewer
Carthage Evening Press
September 9, 1940.
DEATH OF T. L. WIGGINS
CARTHAGE PIONEER SUCCUMBS AT AGE OF 83
Former City Collector Came Here as Boy of 13, Funeral Tomorrow Afternoon
Thomas L. Wiggins, 83, a well-known Carthage resident and a former city collector, passed away at 1:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his home, 122 East Sixth street.
He had been ill the last year and a half. While he was not confined to his bed all of the time, there were weeks he did not leave his home. His condition became more acute last July 13 and virtually ever since then he had been critical. He suffered from a complication of ailments.
Thomas Lambert Wiggins was born in November 21, 1856 in Altoona, Illinois. When he was four years old his parents moved to Ohio and then to Missouri, arriving in Carthage in May, 1869. They came by rail to Sedalia, that being the nearest railroad point at that time, and completed the journey to Carthage by covered wagon. Mr. Wiggins was married December 7, 1892, to Jennie F. Wolfley at Radnor, Ohio. She passed away here November 20, 1936.
Mr. Wiggins was in the grocery business in Carthage a number of years and also was a salesman for the old Wells & Wiggins Wholesale Grocery Company, covering territory in southwest Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas.
He was an ardent Republican, having served the city as collector for 12 years. He first was elected in 1917 to fill the unexpired term of George H. Brosius, who resigned. Mr. Wiggins twice was endorsed for re-election by the Democratic party. He also served as a councilman from 1900 to 1902 at the end of which time he was not a candidate for re-election. During his recent illness he expressed the desire he would be spared long enough to go to the polls and vote for Wendell Willkie.
Mr. Wiggins was active in social and civic affairs and stood for the better things in the community.
He was a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge and until the Carthage Elks Lodge disbanded was a member of that order. He was one of the charter members of the Carthage Council of the United Commercial Travelers. He joined in October, 1904.
With the death of Mr. Wiggins, M. E. Weltin is now the only surviving charter member who is still active in the organization.
He was an ardent baseball fan and until his illness he rarely missed seeing the Carthage Pirates when they were home. He watched the growth of Municipal Park with great interest.
Surviving Mr. Wiggins are three sons, Harold and Nelson Wiggins of Carthage and Lawrence Wiggins of Oklahoma City; a daughter, Mrs. Louise Thatcher, who has made her home with her father several years; a sister Mrs. Piatt Carnahan, and a brother, P. N. Wiggins, both of Carthage and six grandchildren; Larry and Jennie Loutisha Wiggins of Oklahoma City, Mrs. Betty Johnson of Tulsa, Bonnie and Mary Ann Wiggins and Tommy Thatcher of Carthage.
A son, Edwin Wiggins, was killed in action in the Meuse-Argonne sector September 29, 1918 and is buried in the Meuse-Argonne Cemetery in France. The Carthage American Legion post is named for Edwin Wiggins.
Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock at the Knell service home. Mrs. Earl Steward, a member of First of Christ, Scientist, will be in charge. Burial will be in Park Cemetery
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Joplin News Herald
September 10, 1940
Wiggins Funeral Held
Carthage, Mo., Sept. 10, - Funeral services for Thomas L. Wiggins, 83 years old, who died at 1:15 o'clock Sunday afternoon at his home, 122 West Sixth street, were conducted this afternoon at the Knell service home. Burial was in Park Cemetery.
bio by NJBrewer
September 9, 1940.
DEATH OF T. L. WIGGINS
CARTHAGE PIONEER SUCCUMBS AT AGE OF 83
Former City Collector Came Here as Boy of 13, Funeral Tomorrow Afternoon
Thomas L. Wiggins, 83, a well-known Carthage resident and a former city collector, passed away at 1:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his home, 122 East Sixth street.
He had been ill the last year and a half. While he was not confined to his bed all of the time, there were weeks he did not leave his home. His condition became more acute last July 13 and virtually ever since then he had been critical. He suffered from a complication of ailments.
Thomas Lambert Wiggins was born in November 21, 1856 in Altoona, Illinois. When he was four years old his parents moved to Ohio and then to Missouri, arriving in Carthage in May, 1869. They came by rail to Sedalia, that being the nearest railroad point at that time, and completed the journey to Carthage by covered wagon. Mr. Wiggins was married December 7, 1892, to Jennie F. Wolfley at Radnor, Ohio. She passed away here November 20, 1936.
Mr. Wiggins was in the grocery business in Carthage a number of years and also was a salesman for the old Wells & Wiggins Wholesale Grocery Company, covering territory in southwest Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas.
He was an ardent Republican, having served the city as collector for 12 years. He first was elected in 1917 to fill the unexpired term of George H. Brosius, who resigned. Mr. Wiggins twice was endorsed for re-election by the Democratic party. He also served as a councilman from 1900 to 1902 at the end of which time he was not a candidate for re-election. During his recent illness he expressed the desire he would be spared long enough to go to the polls and vote for Wendell Willkie.
Mr. Wiggins was active in social and civic affairs and stood for the better things in the community.
He was a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge and until the Carthage Elks Lodge disbanded was a member of that order. He was one of the charter members of the Carthage Council of the United Commercial Travelers. He joined in October, 1904.
With the death of Mr. Wiggins, M. E. Weltin is now the only surviving charter member who is still active in the organization.
He was an ardent baseball fan and until his illness he rarely missed seeing the Carthage Pirates when they were home. He watched the growth of Municipal Park with great interest.
Surviving Mr. Wiggins are three sons, Harold and Nelson Wiggins of Carthage and Lawrence Wiggins of Oklahoma City; a daughter, Mrs. Louise Thatcher, who has made her home with her father several years; a sister Mrs. Piatt Carnahan, and a brother, P. N. Wiggins, both of Carthage and six grandchildren; Larry and Jennie Loutisha Wiggins of Oklahoma City, Mrs. Betty Johnson of Tulsa, Bonnie and Mary Ann Wiggins and Tommy Thatcher of Carthage.
A son, Edwin Wiggins, was killed in action in the Meuse-Argonne sector September 29, 1918 and is buried in the Meuse-Argonne Cemetery in France. The Carthage American Legion post is named for Edwin Wiggins.
Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock at the Knell service home. Mrs. Earl Steward, a member of First of Christ, Scientist, will be in charge. Burial will be in Park Cemetery
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Joplin News Herald
September 10, 1940
Wiggins Funeral Held
Carthage, Mo., Sept. 10, - Funeral services for Thomas L. Wiggins, 83 years old, who died at 1:15 o'clock Sunday afternoon at his home, 122 West Sixth street, were conducted this afternoon at the Knell service home. Burial was in Park Cemetery.
bio by NJBrewer
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SEPT. 8, 1940
Burial: September 10, 1940
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