BIO:  RIGGLE, Jacob U., Pendleton Co., KY
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Subject: BIO: RIGGLE, Jacob U., Pendleton Co., KY
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Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887,
Pendleton Co.

JACOB U. RIGGLE is a native of what is now West Virginia, and was born
April 7, 1852, the son of Zephniah and Elizabeth (Hill) Riggle, who were
natives of Pennsylvania, but removed to Virginia in 1852, and thence came
to Pendleton County, Ky., in 1866.  George Riggle, the paternal grandfather
of Jacob U., was born in Germany, January 10, 1777, came to America in
1790, settled in Pennsylvania, and married Miss Rachael Spears, a native
of Wales.  Jacob U. Riggle was educated at the University of Kentucky,
Lexington, and in 1876 engaged in mercantile pursuits, which he followed
until 1883, when he was appointed county receiver of Pendleton County, and
has been reappointed twice, thus holding the office three successive terms.
His present term will expire in January, 1888.  He was married in February,
1878, to Miss Kate Ellis, daughter of Hayden Ellis, formerly sheriff of
Bracken County.  Mr. Riggle has, besides town property, a fine farm of 300
acres in Pendleton County, about four miles from Falmouth.

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