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Pvt Roswell Briggs

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Pvt Roswell Briggs

Birth
Sumner, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Death
unknown
Burial
Sumner, Oxford County, Maine, USA Add to Map
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Roswell Briggs was a Private in Captain David R. Ripley's Company of Riflemen. This militia unit helped protect Maine's northeastern frontier from March 6, 1839 until March 27, 1839 in the Aroostook War, a border dispute between Maine and Canada.
Roswell Briggs was a Private in Captain David R. Ripley's Company of Riflemen. This militia unit helped protect Maine's northeastern frontier from March 6, 1839 until March 27, 1839 in the Aroostook War, a border dispute between Maine and Canada.

Inscription

ROSWELL
BRIGGS
MAINE
CORPL.
RIPLEY'S RIFLEMEN
ME. MIL.

Gravesite Details

Gravestone is at the opposite end of the cemetery from the entrance.



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