BIO:  RIGGS, C.P., s/o Hezekiah & Lydia (Ingle) Riggs

Submitted by:  ivie@tima.com  (Diana Flynn)

RIGGS,   INGLE,   LEEK,   RYERSON,   THOMPSON


"HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, STATE OF
INDIANA, FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC." CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS.
& CO., PUBLISHERS. 1884.

SULLIVAN CO., INDIANA
HAMILTON TWP.
PAGE 736
C. P. RIGGS is the son of Hezekiah and Lydia (Ingle) Riggs, who
were natives respectivly of Virginia and Kentucky.  The father came
to Indiana as a soldier in 1812, and the following year (1813) located at
Carlisle, where he met the lady who became his wife.  Her parents had
located in the neighborhood as early as 1803.  He engaged in the cabinet
business, and about the year 1815 was married.  After a time he changed his
occupation to farming, and continued thus until his death.  C. P. Riggs was
born in Fairbanks Township May 3, 1833, and remained with his parents until
1858, engaged principally in farming, and receiving but a limited
education.  In 1858, he engaged in the milling business in Turman Township,
and in 1860, built a flouring mill at Shelburn, which he conducted about
eight years.  In 1878, he moved to Sullivan, and in 1879 entered upon his
duties as County Treasurer, to which office he had been elected.  He served
until 1883.  He has retired from his farm and is now engaged in various
occupations.  His wife is Martha L., daughter of David and Anna M. (Leek)
Ryerson, natives of New York.  They have four children--Emma (wife of John
L. Thompson), James R., Jessie G. and Edgar.  Mr. Riggs is an Odd Fellow, a
Mason and a Democrat, and himself and family are members of the Methodist
Church.
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