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Leon Thales Briggs

Birth	:	31 Mar 1847 Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin, USA
Death	:	29 Jan 1937 Linton, Emmons County, North Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Mount Carmel Cemetery, Tenafly, Bergen County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.9118996, -73.9666977
Description	:	Ill for only five days, Leon T. Briggs. 89-year-old Linton resident, passed away at his home here at 10:30 Friday morning. Death was caused by bronchitis and the complications of old age. Mr. Briggs had been a resident of this vicinity for the past 32 years. He homesteaded east of town in 1905 and lived in the city for the past sixteen years. Born near Beloit, Wis., March 31, 1847 he moved with his parents to Hardin county, Iowa, hen he was a young man. There he taught school for many years and later was engaged extensively in cattle... Read More	Ill for only five days, Leon T. Briggs. 89-year-old Linton resident, passed away at his home here at 10:30 Friday morning. Death was caused by bronchitis and the complications of old age. Mr. Briggs had been a resident of this vicinity for the past 32 years. He homesteaded east of town in 1905 and lived in the city for the past sixteen years. Born near Beloit, Wis., March 31, 1847 he moved with his parents to Hardin county, Iowa, hen he was a young man. There he taught school for many years and later was engaged extensively in cattle rising. He and Frank Lowden were neighbors and taught school in the same county. The latter left Iowa, went east, and married one of the Pullman daughters and later was governor of Illinois. In 1905 after his first wife had died. Mr. Briggs was married to Mrs. Myrta Hoyt and in the same year they came to Emmons county and settled on a homestead 4 miles east of Linton where he and his step-son, Bert Hoyt, Operated a ranch for several years. Mr. Briggs owned three quarters of land and they farmed five other rented quarters. He was 71 years old when he left the farm and moved to town. Mr. Briggs' father was Latter Day Saints minister and twice went to England as a missionary. The deceased was great reader and kept up to the minute on Political and economic affairs of this country and abroad. He was a strong Republican and an ardent prohibitionist. He was a member of the Odd Fellows continuously since he was a young man and held some high offices in that organization when he resided in Iowa. He was a member of the First Methodist church of Linton. Besides his wife and step-son here, he is survived by two sons, Oren of Independence, Iowa, and Jason of Iowa Falls, and three sisters living in Los Angeles. Funeral services were held from the Methodist church at 2 P.M. Sunday with Rev. G. S. Moore officiating. Interment was made in the Linton cemetery Pallbearers were Wm. McCulley, F.J. Pietz, Wm. Schwab, Chas. Coventry, J.A. Lang and N.S. Sheffield. Not any of the out of town relatives were able to be here for the rites.

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Leon Thales Briggs's memorial is located at: Mount Carmel Cemetery, Tenafly, Bergen County, USA.
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Leon Thales Briggs death on 29 Jan 1937 in Linton, Emmons County, North Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 40.9118996
Longitude: -73.9666977

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Myrta Josephine Cooper Briggs

(1867 - 1961)

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Nearby Cemetories:

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Coordinate: 40.9118996, -73.9666977

2. Brookside Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.8715410, -73.9809930

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Coordinate: 40.9610870, -73.9569200

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