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Ebenezer Briggs

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Ebenezer Briggs

Birth
Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA
Death
27 Feb 1851 (aged 81)
Eureka, Humboldt County, California, USA
Burial
Eureka, Humboldt County, California, USA Add to Map
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A true frontiersman. Ebenezer Briggs was first postmaster at Morganfield, Ky, then a dealer in furs out to Illinois, then traveled to West coast in company with John Jacob Astor, possibly served in Black Hawk War. At age 60, Overseer & Coroner in Ralls Co. Mo, then aged 80, still adventurous, treked out to California at tail end of the Gold Rush and died there in 1851.

1st wife was Phoebe Gilkey, married 9 May 1793 in Kentucky

2nd wife was Hannah Beasley, married 2 Oct 1845 in Missouri

Looking for their burial site 2017.
A true frontiersman. Ebenezer Briggs was first postmaster at Morganfield, Ky, then a dealer in furs out to Illinois, then traveled to West coast in company with John Jacob Astor, possibly served in Black Hawk War. At age 60, Overseer & Coroner in Ralls Co. Mo, then aged 80, still adventurous, treked out to California at tail end of the Gold Rush and died there in 1851.

1st wife was Phoebe Gilkey, married 9 May 1793 in Kentucky

2nd wife was Hannah Beasley, married 2 Oct 1845 in Missouri

Looking for their burial site 2017.

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  • Created by: JD Gilkey
  • Added: Nov 23, 2016
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173085936/ebenezer-briggs: accessed ), memorial page for Ebenezer Briggs (14 Jan 1770–27 Feb 1851), Find a Grave Memorial ID 173085936, citing Myrtle Grove Memorial Cemetery, Eureka, Humboldt County, California, USA; Maintained by JD Gilkey (contributor 47334715).