WILLIAM RIGGINS
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History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois, 1879, by Miller & Ruggles
Bath Township
Page 817

WILLIAM RIGGINS, farmer, Sec 38; P O Bath; was born in Union Co, Ind, March 14, 1827; in 1840 he removed to Illinois with his father's family, locating at Beardstown Feb 22, of that year; he followed farming in Cass Co till 1852, when he went to California, overland, via Salt Lake City; in 1854, he returned from California by way of the Isthmus, and the following year located in Mason Co, where he now resides. He was married, in 1857, to Miss Henrietta McGehee, who was born in Fulton Co, Ill; her father settled in Fulton Co at an early date, and was also an early settler of Mason Co; they have four children--Ada (Wife of B F Gatton), Alva, Stephen and Nelson. Mr R owns 160 acres of land in Bath Township.



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