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William Riley Briggs

Birth	:	14 Apr 1861 Rison, Cleveland County, Arkansas, USA
Death	:	10 Oct 1932 Rison, Cleveland County, Arkansas, USA
Burial	:	Maplewood Cemetery, Mayfield, Graves County, USA
Coordinate	:	36.7500000, -88.6352997
Description	:	Marriage to Sarah Ollie Lain on 12 Mar 1882 in Arkansas and had 6 known children. Children with unknown or non connected burials: - Alice Pearl Briggs 1896 – - Joe K Briggs 1907 – Cleveland County Herald-October 12, 1932 RILEY BRIGGS: AGED FARMER IS SHOT AND KILLED Monroe Patrick Declared He Shot Neighbor In Defense of Own Life Riley Briggs, aged 71 years, of the Macedonia community eight miles south of Rison, was shot and almost instantly killed about 7:30 o'clock Tuesday morning by Monroe Patrick, 42, neighbor of Briggs. Patrick came immediately to Rison and surrendered to Sheriff C.R.Morrison, reporting... Read More	Marriage to Sarah Ollie Lain on 12 Mar 1882 in Arkansas and had 6 known children. Children with unknown or non connected burials: - Alice Pearl Briggs 1896 – - Joe K Briggs 1907 – Cleveland County Herald-October 12, 1932 RILEY BRIGGS: AGED FARMER IS SHOT AND KILLED Monroe Patrick Declared He Shot Neighbor In Defense of Own Life Riley Briggs, aged 71 years, of the Macedonia community eight miles south of Rison, was shot and almost instantly killed about 7:30 o'clock Tuesday morning by Monroe Patrick, 42, neighbor of Briggs. Patrick came immediately to Rison and surrendered to Sheriff C.R.Morrison, reporting that he had shot the man but said he did not know now badly he had wounded him. Sheriff Morrison and Deputies W.A. Fore and J.R. Bussey went at once to Briggs' home and found him dead. Joe Briggs' son of the slain man and who was also wounded during the shooting, carried his father in the house and had almost reached the bed when he died. He was shot with a pistol, the ball striking above the heart and was thought to have ranged downward, perhaps penetrating the heart. Patrick talked freely about the trouble while the officers were gone to Briggs' home. He said that there had been some trouble between them for some time and that Briggs stopped him Tuesday morning when he was passing Briggs' house on his way to work and started an argument. She stated that Briggs began shooting and fired two shots at close range and that he closed upon Briggs in an attempt to take his gun from him when Joe Briggs came to his father's assistance. Patrick claims that he then broke away and drew his own pistol and began firing. The younger Briggs was shot in the knee. Patrick appeared shocked when the news of Briggs' death was told him after the officers returned. He waived preliminary hearing before Justice E.R. Maddox and was held to the grand jury without bond. It is said he will make an effort for bail through habeas corpus proceedings in county court. The trouble is thought to have grown out of a isunderstanding between the two families of several months' standings. Joe Briggs was the only witness to the killing and his version is almost opposite to that told by Patrick. He claims that Patrick fired the first shot and refutes the self-defense plea. Patrick is a son of the Rev. J.M. Patrick, pioneer Free Will Baptist minister who was several times a candidate for representative from this county. He is married and has six children. Briggs who was born and reared in this county is survived by his son, Joe, one daughter, Mrs. Ivy Gardner of Coy and one sister, Mrs. Etta Poteet of this city. Funeral services were held at Macedonia.

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William Riley Briggs's memorial is located at: Maplewood Cemetery, Mayfield, Graves County, USA.
When did William Riley Briggs death?
William Riley Briggs death on 10 Oct 1932 in Rison, Cleveland County, Arkansas, USA
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Latitude: 36.7500000
Longitude: -88.6352997

Family Members:

Parent

Sanders R. Briggs

(1830 - 1905)

Mary Ona McWilliams Briggs

(1838 - 1918)

Spouse

Sarah Ollie “Sallie” Lain Briggs

(1868 - 1924)

Siblings

Charles E. Briggs

(1858 - 1899)

Alice A. Briggs

(1866 - 1891)

Infant Son Briggs

(1880 - unknow)

Children

Mary Ivory “Ivy” Briggs Gardner

(1897 - 1988)

Charles D “Charlie” Briggs

(1901 - 1927)

Infant Daughter Briggs

(1905 - 1905)

William O. Briggs

(1910 - 1910)

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