WILLIAM BERLIN RIGGS Monroe Co. WV Virginia: Rebirth of the Old Dominion, Vol. 5, 1929 pg. 391 William Berlin Riggs, a prominent real estate man of Richmond, Va., was born in Monroe County, WV 1859. He has four brothers, John, Lee, Bud and Jules Riggs. Mr. Riggs was well educated, and when a young man entered real estate and has devoted upwards of half a century to that line of work, in which he still maintains an active connection in Richmond. He is a democrat. Mr. Riggs married in 1888 Miss Frances Hundley. She was born in Amelia County, Virginia in 1872. The record of the Hundley family from prior to the Revolution begins with Josiah Hundley I, who in 1778 married Elizabeth Motley. Their son, Josiah Hundley, II was born November 3, 1779 an died Nov. 6, 1850. He married Feb 3, 1803 to Elizabeth Archer Ogilby, who was born in 1789 and died July 25, 1837. They had a large family of children, one of whom was Josiah Hundley, III who was born Nov. 8, 1808 and died August 19, 1849. Josiah Hundley III married M. Cornelia Jefferson. Her grandfather, George Jefferson was a first cousin, intimate friend and boy playmate of Thomas Jefferson and his name is several times mentioned in Jefferson's writings. A son of George Jefferson was John Garland Jefferson, of Amelia county, who married Nancy Booker, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Giles Booker, Elizabeth Giles being the only sister of Governor William Branche Giles of Virginia. The first Josiah Hundley, who came from England in 1759, was a volunteer in Patrick Henry's Regiment in the Revolutionary Army. Josiah Hundley III was a soldier under General Taylor in the Mexican. Frank G. Hundley, a son of Josiah and Cornelia (Jefferson) Hundley, was a land owner and planter in Amelia County. He was the father of eight children: Mrs. France Hundley Riggs, Mary, George J., Frank, Louie, Janie, Willie and Walker. Mrs. Riggs and her daughters are members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Mr. and Mrs. .Riggs had seven children: Louise, wife of C.N. Wilkinson, a new York businessman; Julie, wife of James H. Tenor, an oil operator at Huntington, WV; Frank H., who is manager of the Logan County Coal Company at Cincinnati; William Gill, who married Aveline Mason, of Fredericksburg and has three children named William Jr. Virginia and Frances; William G. Riggs being city engineer of Richmond; Lewis J. Riggs married Geraldine Morrison; George S. Riggs is in the business department of the Richmond Times-Dispatch and Frances is the wife of James O. Hardway, a business man at Farmville, Va. USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for commercial presentation by any other organization. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must obtain express written permission from the author, or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist. submitted by burns@asu.edu