15 March 1865 (1863?) Issue of "Sign of the Times" obituary by Brother Beebe.
BURIAL: William Riggs Farm
They had smallpox in Indiana in the 1850's and 1860's in central Indiana. Sarah Tremain Riggs, daughter of Elijah Tremain and Mary Holmes, died when she and her husband drove a wagon, on the winter, to the farm of their son, Samuel Davis Riggs in Pulaski Co., IN. Their daughter-in-law, Grace Greenwood Riggs and three of their grandchildren [Henry, Martha & John] died, Sarah died, and her husband, Ransom Riggs drove, in the winter, Sarah home her coffin in the wagon, buried her and then Ransom Riggs died that week. All in Nov and Dec 1862 and Jan 1863.
BURIAL: William Riggs Farm
They had smallpox in Indiana in the 1850's and 1860's in central Indiana. Sarah Tremain Riggs, daughter of Elijah Tremain and Mary Holmes, died when she and her husband drove a wagon, on the winter, to the farm of their son, Samuel Davis Riggs in Pulaski Co., IN. Their daughter-in-law, Grace Greenwood Riggs and three of their grandchildren [Henry, Martha & John] died, Sarah died, and her husband, Ransom Riggs drove, in the winter, Sarah home her coffin in the wagon, buried her and then Ransom Riggs died that week. All in Nov and Dec 1862 and Jan 1863.
15 March 1865 (1863?) Issue of "Sign of the Times" obituary by Brother Beebe.
BURIAL: William Riggs Farm
They had smallpox in Indiana in the 1850's and 1860's in central Indiana. Sarah Tremain Riggs, daughter of Elijah Tremain and Mary Holmes, died when she and her husband drove a wagon, on the winter, to the farm of their son, Samuel Davis Riggs in Pulaski Co., IN. Their daughter-in-law, Grace Greenwood Riggs and three of their grandchildren [Henry, Martha & John] died, Sarah died, and her husband, Ransom Riggs drove, in the winter, Sarah home her coffin in the wagon, buried her and then Ransom Riggs died that week. All in Nov and Dec 1862 and Jan 1863.
BURIAL: William Riggs Farm
They had smallpox in Indiana in the 1850's and 1860's in central Indiana. Sarah Tremain Riggs, daughter of Elijah Tremain and Mary Holmes, died when she and her husband drove a wagon, on the winter, to the farm of their son, Samuel Davis Riggs in Pulaski Co., IN. Their daughter-in-law, Grace Greenwood Riggs and three of their grandchildren [Henry, Martha & John] died, Sarah died, and her husband, Ransom Riggs drove, in the winter, Sarah home her coffin in the wagon, buried her and then Ransom Riggs died that week. All in Nov and Dec 1862 and Jan 1863.
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