Benjamin French BIGGS

 

Submitter: Nicole Biggs

Husband: Benjamin French BIGGS
Born: May 15, 1892 Place: Teague, Freestone Co., TX
Married: November 5, 1911 Place: Freestone, TX
Died: November 25, 1951 Place: Mexia, Limestone Co., TX
Cemetery: Salem Cemetery Place: Freestone Co., TX
Father: Benjamin Fletcher BIGGS
Mother: Willie Ann KILBORN
Other Spouses: none

Wife: Mary Ann RIFE
Born: August 14, 1891 Place: Ellis, Ellis Co., TX
Died: February 1986 Place: Teague, Freestone Co., TX
Cemetery: Salem Cemetery Place: Freestone Co., TX
Father: John Abraham RIFE
Mother: Laura Elizabeth DRAKE
Other Spouses: none

Children:

1 Name: M Cecil Willard BIGGS
Born: June 13, 1917 Place: Freestone, Freestone Co., TX
Died: September 22, 1945 Place: Holland
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Spouse 1: Mary Nan MANNING
Married: February 5, 1942 Place: Teague, Freestone Co., TX

2 Name: M Son BIGGS
Born: November 22, 1919 Place: Pyburn, Freestone Co., TX
Died: November 22, 1919 Place: Pyburn, Freestone Co., TX
Cemetery: Salem Cemetery Place: Freestone Co., TX

3 Name: F "Living"
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NOTES:
Cecil Willard Biggs was a World War II pilot and died while on a mission in Holland in 1945.  His remains were not discovered until 2006 and through DNA testing his remains were positively identified.  His burial will take place at the Salem Cemetery, Freestone Co., TX in June 2007.

SOURCES:
Edmund West, Family Data Collection-Individual Records.
1930 Census, Prect. 6, Freestone Co., TX; Roll: 2332; Page: 9A; ED 15; Image: 491.0..Ancestry.com
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Social Security Death Index