Leland Monroe Driggs and Annie Louisa Beers were married on December 23, 1893 in Pleasant Grove, Utah County, Utah. He lived in Haden, Fremont County, Idaho in 1900. He died on February 26, 1926 in Venice, Los Angeles County, California. Leland and Annie settled in Driggs, Idaho about 1890. They built their own log cabin on the flats where seven children were born to them.
Later their cabin became a boarding house where borders such as Maude Adams and her mother, Nick Wilson, some fur trappers and even one or two outlaws stayed there. Leland was active in plays put on by the L.D.S. church. He drove the mail wagon from Idaho Falls to Driggs. During cold winters he helped families stay on at this pioneer town by giving them flour, potatoes, and sugar to see them through.
He moved in 1919 back to Pleasant Grove, his birthplace, then in 1921 to Venice, California, where he died in 1926. Leland's father, Benjamin Driggs, Sr. and his family led a true pioneer life, colorful and romantic even to his sons pioneering and settling a town at the only place left to pioneer - Driggs, Idaho.
-------------
To this union were born the following children: Afton Driggs Haws, Helen Beatrice Driggs Weeks, Leland Monroe Driggs, Elizabeth Driggs, Milton Warren Driggs, Olivia Pratt Driggs, unknown and Milton Verlane Driggs.
----------------
Children not listed below: Monroe L. Driggs
Leland Monroe Driggs and Annie Louisa Beers were married on December 23, 1893 in Pleasant Grove, Utah County, Utah. He lived in Haden, Fremont County, Idaho in 1900. He died on February 26, 1926 in Venice, Los Angeles County, California. Leland and Annie settled in Driggs, Idaho about 1890. They built their own log cabin on the flats where seven children were born to them.
Later their cabin became a boarding house where borders such as Maude Adams and her mother, Nick Wilson, some fur trappers and even one or two outlaws stayed there. Leland was active in plays put on by the L.D.S. church. He drove the mail wagon from Idaho Falls to Driggs. During cold winters he helped families stay on at this pioneer town by giving them flour, potatoes, and sugar to see them through.
He moved in 1919 back to Pleasant Grove, his birthplace, then in 1921 to Venice, California, where he died in 1926. Leland's father, Benjamin Driggs, Sr. and his family led a true pioneer life, colorful and romantic even to his sons pioneering and settling a town at the only place left to pioneer - Driggs, Idaho.
-------------
To this union were born the following children: Afton Driggs Haws, Helen Beatrice Driggs Weeks, Leland Monroe Driggs, Elizabeth Driggs, Milton Warren Driggs, Olivia Pratt Driggs, unknown and Milton Verlane Driggs.
----------------
Children not listed below: Monroe L. Driggs
Family Members
-
Benjamin Woodbury Driggs Jr
1858–1930
-
Ella Olivia Driggs
1860–1883
-
Luna Belle Driggs Clark
1862–1917
-
Don Carlos Driggs
1864–1933
-
Parley Shadrach Driggs
1867–1942
-
Florence Marion Driggs Todd
1870–1889
-
Beatrice Lillian Driggs
1874–1874
-
Grace Edith Driggs Smith
1875–1907
-
Alice Vivia Driggs Brown
1877–1961
-
Rintha Blanche Driggs
1880–1883
-
William King Driggs Sr
1885–1965
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement