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John Henry Briggs

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John Henry Briggs

Birth
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
13 Jan 1930 (aged 81)
Mount Union, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Tyrone, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Lot 1281
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Son of William Hainey Briggs and Jane Isabella Wilson. Married Catherine Elizabeth Youtzy 26 November 1872. Father of Eva Hahn, Myra, Jesse, and Lloyd.

Obituary:
John Henry Briggs, retired employe of the Virginia Pulp and Paper company, Tyrone, died at Mount Union at 2:40 p.m. Monday, after an illness of four weeks. Mr. Briggs was born in Dublin township, Huntingdon county, May 1, 1848. He was married in 1873 at Mount Union and was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge there and of the First Baptist church at Tyrone, where he lived 35 years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Briggs, a daughter, Mrs. Charles Hahn, Mount Union, at whose home he died; a son Jesse J. Briggs, Washington, two sisters and a brother: Mrs. Matilda Bard, Mount Union; Mrs. Dessa Tweed, Philadelphia; Bruce H. Briggs, Springville, N.Y. Funeral service will be held Wednesday, 2:30 p.m. at the Gram & Son funeral home, Tyrone, in charge of teh Rev. H.F. King, D.D., assisted by the Rev. A.Z. Myers, Mount Union, who officiated at the wedding. Interment will follow in Grandview cemetery.
The Daily News
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Tuesday, January 14, 1930
Page Four
Son of William Hainey Briggs and Jane Isabella Wilson. Married Catherine Elizabeth Youtzy 26 November 1872. Father of Eva Hahn, Myra, Jesse, and Lloyd.

Obituary:
John Henry Briggs, retired employe of the Virginia Pulp and Paper company, Tyrone, died at Mount Union at 2:40 p.m. Monday, after an illness of four weeks. Mr. Briggs was born in Dublin township, Huntingdon county, May 1, 1848. He was married in 1873 at Mount Union and was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge there and of the First Baptist church at Tyrone, where he lived 35 years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Briggs, a daughter, Mrs. Charles Hahn, Mount Union, at whose home he died; a son Jesse J. Briggs, Washington, two sisters and a brother: Mrs. Matilda Bard, Mount Union; Mrs. Dessa Tweed, Philadelphia; Bruce H. Briggs, Springville, N.Y. Funeral service will be held Wednesday, 2:30 p.m. at the Gram & Son funeral home, Tyrone, in charge of teh Rev. H.F. King, D.D., assisted by the Rev. A.Z. Myers, Mount Union, who officiated at the wedding. Interment will follow in Grandview cemetery.
The Daily News
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Tuesday, January 14, 1930
Page Four

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John H. 1848-1930, Elizabeth 1848-1937, Lloyd M. 1877-1901 Sergt. Co. L. 8th U.S. Cav

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One stone erected for John and Liz and their son Lloyd.

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