John Shannon Briggs

Birth: 1842
Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio, USA
Death: 31 May 1900 (aged 57–58)
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Burial: Prospect Hill Cemetery

Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
Plot: lot 140 1st addition grave 2 SW Corner
Memorial ID: 19881234 View Source

Married Mary Elizabeth Blatchley on Dec. 24, 1867 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. With Lyman Richardson, he purchased the Omaha Daily Herald in 1868 and helped build the Herald Corner at 13th and Douglas Streets.

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Ansel Briggs

1806–1881

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Mary Elizabeth Blatchley Briggs

1846–1910 (m. 1867)

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Nancy "Nannie" Briggs Robertson

1876–1958

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Nancy "Nannie" Briggs Robertson

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