Biographical Sketch of George J. Biggs, Greene County, Missouri, Cass
Township

>From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western
Historical Company, 1883.

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Mr. Biggs is the son of Moses Allen Biggs, and was born in Giles
county, Virginia, October 20, 1827.  He came with his father to Miss-
ouri in 1837, and in 1839 they located at Westport, Jackson county.
Here George assisted his father and learned the wagon-maker's trade.
His father died in 1848, and the following year he moved to Kansas
City, and built the first blacksmith and wagon shop in the place, and
continued the business until 1853.  He was married November 11, 1849,
to Miss Louisa Jane Barnett.  He left Kansas City in 1853, and remov-
ed with his wife and little daughter, who died in her first year, to
Fremont county, Iowa, and carried on his former occupation, until he
was elected, in 1857, to the office of treasurer, recorder, and coll-
ector of that county, all those duties being combined in one office.
In 1862 he went to the famous mines of Nevada, where he engaged in
mining until 1866.  In the autumn of the same year he removed his 
family from Iowa to Greene county, and bought his magnificent estate
in Cass township, where he has since lived and farmed very success-
fully.  In 1872 he wife died, leaving four children, viz.: James H.,
Charles H., Cora H. and William W.  Mr. Biggs was married the second
time August 2, 1876 to Elizabeth E. Ernest, of Greene county.  Two
children were born to this marriage, a boy and a girl.  The little
boy died December 1, 1882.

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