Huron County OhArchives Obituaries.....Briggs, Alzina Barker January 22, 1881 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Barbara Sturgill barbtom25@earthlink.net June 20, 2007, 3:11 pm Norwalk Weekly Reflector 1 Feb 1881 Eds. Reflector:-Mrs. Alzina Briggs of whose illness we spoke last week, died, Saturday morning, the 22d ult. Her funeral was held in the M. E. church, at Greewich Station, on Monday. The Rev. Mr. Barron conducted the services. "Aunt Zina" as she was familiarly called was born in Hillsdale County, New Hampshire, December 22d, 1801. She came to Greenwich township, Huron County, Ohio, with her father, Ephraim Barker, in March 1818, and was married August 1st, 1820, to David W. Briggs, who died June 14th, 1863. By this marriage she was the mother of fourteen children, seven boys and seven girls, only eight of whom are now living, five girls and three boys...Mr. H.G. Norwalk Weekly Reflector 2/1/1881 page four column three Additional Comments: Note that David W. Briggs' obituary notice was in Norwalk Weekly Reflector 6/21/1864 and states death date as 15 June 1864. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/huron/obits/briggs1699ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb