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Thomas J Briggs

Birth	:	26 Feb 1838 Hampden, Penobscot County, Maine, USA
Death	:	1 Jan 1899 Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Mount Hope Cemetery, Shiloh, Richland County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.9761009, -82.6081009
Description	:	T.J. BRIGGS, farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Epworth; born in Hampden, six miles south of Bangor, Me., Feb. 26, 1838; his father and family removed to the town of Adams, Hillsdale Co., Mich, in 1838 or 1840, and from there to Dubuque Co. in June 1844; so much of Mr. Briggs' life having been spent here, he has had no unimportant part to perform in changing this portion of the "Hawkeye State" from its natural condition to its present state of cultivated prosperity, and he can probably give quite as clear a statement as any man in his community of the... Read More	T.J. BRIGGS, farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Epworth; born in Hampden, six miles south of Bangor, Me., Feb. 26, 1838; his father and family removed to the town of Adams, Hillsdale Co., Mich, in 1838 or 1840, and from there to Dubuque Co. in June 1844; so much of Mr. Briggs' life having been spent here, he has had no unimportant part to perform in changing this portion of the "Hawkeye State" from its natural condition to its present state of cultivated prosperity, and he can probably give quite as clear a statement as any man in his community of the "happenings" here since 1844; he has formerly farmed extensively, but of late years proceeds on the motto of "A little farm well tilled," and practices this maxim on his 40 acre farm near Epworth, being closely identified with the interest of the town, of which his father, Otis Briggs, deceased, was one of the founders. Is a Republican; has held township offices. He was married, Dec. 23, 1868, to Miss Mary P. Snyder, of Iowa City, to which place she had removed in 1841 from Cincinnati, Ohio, her native place; their only child, Mary Eliza, was called away by death. Dubuque County History

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Thomas J Briggs's memorial is located at: Mount Hope Cemetery, Shiloh, Richland County, USA.
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Thomas J Briggs death on 1 Jan 1899 in Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 40.9761009
Longitude: -82.6081009

Family Members:

Parent

Otis Briggs Jr.

(1811 - 1868)

Esther Smith Briggs

(1819 - 1882)

Spouse

Mary P Snyder Briggs

(1835 - 1882)

Siblings

Gilbert Smith Briggs

(1836 - 1844)

Susan Caroline Briggs

(1846 - 1893)

George Otis Briggs

(1833 - 1907)

Children

Mary E Briggs

(1871 - 1871)

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