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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Pearl V. Briggs: Birth: 28 DEC 1889 in Ainsworth, Nebraska. Death: 18 JAN 1969 in Napa State Hospital, Napa Co., California

  2. John Alvin Briggs: Birth: 1890 in Ainsworth, Nebraska. Death: ABT 1891 in Ainsworth Nebraska (10 months old)

  3. Elizabeth Inez Briggs: Birth: 09 MAY 1896 in Spalding, Nez Perce Co., Idaho. Death: 28 MAR 1957 in Butte Co., California

  4. Wilmer Arthur Briggs: Birth: 12 MAR 1899 in Spalding, Nez Perce Co., Idaho. Death: 16 JUL 1981 in Eugene, Lane Co., Oregon

  5. Lester Loraine Briggs: Birth: 03 JAN 1902 in Coquille, Coos Co., Oregon. Death: 24 FEB 1956 in Durham, Butte Co., California

  6. John Franklin Briggs: Birth: 28 JUL 1904 in Coquille, Coos Co., Oregon. Death: 21 JAN 1998 in Corning, Tehama, California, United States of America


Sources
1. Title:   1900 United States Federal Census
Page:   Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: Lapwai, Nez Perce, Idaho; Roll: T623_234; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 89.
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;
2. Title:   1910 United States Federal Census
Page:   Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Coos, Coos, Oregon; Roll: T624_1280; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 52; Image: 71.
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;
3. Title:   1920 United States Federal Census
Page:   Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Red Bluff, Tehama, California; Roll: T625_150; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 144; Image: 466.
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;
4. Title:   1880 United States Federal Census
Page:   Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Grant, Vermilion, Illinois; Roll: T9_255; Family History Film: 1254255; Page: 489.3000; Enumeration District: 216; Image: 0466.
Author:   Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Publication:   Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;
5. Title:   1870 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1870; Census Place: Grant, Vermilion, Illinois; Roll: M593_285; Page: 245B; Image: 496; Family History Library Film: 545784
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Record;
6. Title:   Web: BillionGraves.com Burial Index
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;
7. Title:   California, Death Index, 1905-1939
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;
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Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 11 August 2011.Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-;
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Author:   Ancestry.com
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13. Title:   1900 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1900; Census Place: Lapwai, Nez Perce, Idaho; Roll: T623_234; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 89.
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18;

Notes
a. Note:   John was born just days after the first election of Abraham Lincoln. Contemporary newpapers of the time indicated that the nation was still counting the ballots.
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 After the birth of their 2nd. child John and Viola headed out by covered wagon westward on the Lewis & Clark trail to Clearwater River, Idaho, and settled on a Nez-Perce Indian reservation.
 John was known as "Judge of the Tribe", as he was the Justice of the peace for the Indians. He ran a store & post office in the town of Spaulding, Idaho.
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 1900 census La Pine precinct, Nez Perce County, Idaho (Roll 234 Book 1, Page 140a).
 Briggs John L., Head, White, Male, b. Nov. 1860, age 39, married 12 years, b. Indiana, Father b. Indiana (actually PA), Mother b. Indiana (actually PA), General Merchant, can read, write, and speak english, renting his home.
 Viola, Wife, White, Female, b. Aug. 1865, age 35, married 12 years, 4 children 3 surviving today, b. Nebraska, Father b. Tennessee, Mother b. Kentucky, can read, write, and speak english.
 Pearl V., Daughter, White, Female b. Dec. 1889, age 10, b. Nebraska, Father b. Indiana, Mother b. Nebraska, attending school.
 Bessie I., Daughter, White, Female b. May 1896, age 4, b. Idaho, Father b. Indiana, Mother b. Nebraska.
 Arthur W., Son, White, Male b. Mar. 1899, age 1, b. Idaho, Father b. Indiana, Mother b. Nebraska.
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 In 1901 the family took flatboats down the Snake River, then the Columbia River, eventually catching a steamer down the coast to Northern California in 1917. They settled first in Red Bluff, Tehama Co., California, where John was a farmer.
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 The 1910 census finds the family living in Coos City, Coos Co., Oregon (Roll 1280 Book 1, Page 34b), as folows:
 Briggs, John L. head, male, white 49, married once, for 22 years, b. IN, fa. b. Ohio, mo. b. PA, Dairyman
 - , Viola L., wife, female, white, 44, married once, for 22 years, b.NB, fa. b. TN, mo. b. KY
 - , Bessie I., daughter, female, white, 13, single, b. ID, fa. b. IN, mo. b. NB
 - , Wilmer A., son, male, white, 11, single, b. ID, fa. b. IN, mo. b. NB
 - , Lester L., son, male, white, 8, single, b. OR, fa. b. IN, mo. b. NB
 - , John F., son, male, white, 5, single, b. OR, fa. b. IN, mo. b. NB
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 1920 census :
 (Dairyville precinct, Red Bluff Township, Tehama Co., California, ED 144, SH 2-A).
 Briggs, John L., Head, renting land, M, W, 59, Married, b. IN, fa. b. PA, mo. b. Unknown, Farmer (Grain)
 ", Viola L., Wife, F, W, 54, Married, b. NE, fa. b. TN, mo. b. IN,
 Zevely, Pearl V., Daughter, F, W, 31, Divorced, b. NE, fa. b. IN, mo. b. NE,
 ", Robert F., Grandson, M, W, 3yr. ?mo., Single, b. OR, fa. b. OR, mo. b. NE,
 Briggs, Wilmer A., Son, M, W, 19, Single, b.ID, fa. b. IN, mo. b. NE, Farm Labor
 ", Lester L., Son, M, W, 17, Single, b. OR, fa. b. IN, mo. b. NE,
 ", John F., Son, M, W, 15, Single, b. OR, fa. b. IN, mo. b. NE,
 Sharp, Victor W., Son-in-law, M, W, 33, Married, b. CA, fa. b. TN, mo. b. CA, Farmer (Grain)
 ", Bessie B., Daughter F, W, 23, Married, b. ID, fa. b. IN, mo. b. NE,
 NOTE: Wilmer was enumerated twice on the 1920 census, both here and on Oak Park Precinct, Los Molinos, Tehama Co., California (Roll 150 Book 1, Page 212a), as a hired hand.
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 John L. Briggs, farmer, appears on the voter registration rolls for Red Bluff, Tehama Co., California as a registered Republican, His Wife Viola registered as a Democrat her entire life.
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 By 1925 they moved to in Durham, Butte Co., California and ran an Almond ranch there. John died of a stroke in 1929 and is buried in Chico Cemetery (section 7, row 3, lot 142). Viola died some 26 years later in 1955.


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