LAKE COUNTY OHIO - OBIT: Robert BRIGGS  (d. 1905)
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From the Painesville Telegraph, Lake County, OH Thursday, 29 July 1905

                       ROBERT BRIGGS PASSES AWAY

        Had Been in a Hospital Nearly Two Months-Prominent Among Older 
Residents

  Robert Briggs, aged eighty-two years died at the hospital, early 
Sunday morning. Mr. Briggs had been there for nearly two months as a 
result of a fracture to his hip sustained by a fall in his room in the 
Gage block.  The funeral services were held at Evergreen Cemetery at 4 
o'clock, Monday afternoon.

  Robert Briggs was one of the best known and most prominent of 
Painesville's older residents.  For years he was in the livery and 'bus 
business here and was the first man to drive to the Pine Crest. During 
his long illness his old friends showed him many kindnesses which he 
much appreciated.

  He is survived by one son, frank Briggs of Cleveland, who was here to 
attend the funeral.

                      FUNERAL OF ROBERT BRIGGS

  The funeral services of Robert Briggs were held at Evergreen 
Cemetery, at 4:30 o'clock, Monday afternoon. A few of the immediate 
friends and relatives of the deceased were present. Rev. A. F. Skeele 
conducted the services.

  Robert Briggs was the descendant of one of the most noted families of 
the earlier history of the country. His grandfather was an officer in 
Washington's army and the late governor of Massachusetts, George N. 
Briggs, was his father's brother. His father was Colonel S. B. Briggs, 
who died in this city in 1861.

  He is survived by a daughter, Miss Ethel Briggs-Call, of Perry, who 
was adopted by Solon Call of Perry, and Frank Briggs, of Cleveland.