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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Albert Fremont Briggs: Birth: 16 SEP 1856 in Wabash Co., Indiana. Death: 29 APR 1946 in Wellington, Iroquois Co., Illinois

  2. Clinton Lane Briggs: Birth: 19 DEC 1857 in Wabash Co., Indiana. Death: 29 AUG 1929 in Ainsworth, Brown Co., Nebraska

  3. Lorrain Alfonso Briggs: Birth: 11 MAR 1859 in Wabash Co., Indiana. Death: ABT 1940 in Royal Center, Cass Co., Indiana

  4. John Levi Briggs: Birth: 08 NOV 1860 in Wabash Co., Indiana. Death: 06 JAN 1929 in Durham, Butte Co., California

  5. Charles Andrew Briggs: Birth: FEB 1862 in Wabash Co., Indiana. Death: AUG 1910 in Ainsworth, Nebraska

  6. Minnie Belle Briggs: Birth: ABT 1867 in Wabash Co., Indiana. Death: in Nebraska

  7. Effie Ann Briggs: Birth: 30 JUL 1869 in Indiana. Death: 16 MAY 1973 in Ainsworth, Brown Co., Nebraska

  8. James Wilson Briggs: Birth: 1871 in Vermilion Co., Illinois. Death: 1951

  9. Leola Moses Briggs: Birth: 08 OCT 1872 in Vermilion Co., Illinois. Death: 16 JUN 1947 in Durham, Butte Co., California

  10. Jesse Lang Briggs: Birth: 1875 in Vermilion, Illinois.

  11. Elizabeth Irene Briggs: Birth: SEP 1876 in Vermilion, Illinois. Death: JUL 1907 in Ainsworth, Brown Co., Nebraska

  12. L. Ova Briggs: Birth: MAR 1879 in Vermilion, Illinois. Death: 1952 in Ainsworth, Brown Co., Nebraska


Sources
1. Title:   1900 United States Federal Census
Page:   Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: Ainsworth, Brown, Nebraska; Roll: T623_917; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 16.
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: Ainsworth, Brown, Nebraska; Roll: T624_839; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 24; Image: 521.
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;
3. 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;
4. Title:   Nebraska State Census, 1885
Page:   Database online.
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;
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Page:   Database online.
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
6. Title:   Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941
Page:   Title: Wabash County, Indiana, Marriage Records 1854 - 1861, Compiled by Wabash County Historical Museum; Book: A; Page: 394.
Author:   Ancestry.com
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Page:   Year: 1850; Census Place: Noble, Wabash, Indiana; Roll: M432_178; Page: 420B; Image: 253
Author:   Ancestry.com
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9. Title:   1860 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1860; Census Place: Noble, Wabash, Indiana; Roll: M653_304; Page: 231; Image: 231; Family History Library Film: 803304
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records;
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12. Title:   1870 United States Federal Census
Page:   Database online. Year: 1870; Census Place: Grant, Vermilion, Illinois; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .
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15. Title:   1900 United States Federal Census
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Notes
a. Note:   James appears to have been named after his uncle James Thompson who married his aunt Eleanor.
 In the early 1840s, he migrated with his parents to the state of Indiana, and grew up near the city of Wabash.
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 He married Catherine in 1854.
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 The 1860 census:
 Noble Township, Wabash Co., Indiana (Roll 304 Book 1, Page 231, 7/16/1860)
 James Briggs, 28, M, Farmer, $50 Real Estate/$200 Personal, b. PA
 Catherine ", 24, F, House Work, b. PA (about 6 mo. pregnant with John)
 Alfred W. ", 4, M, b. IN
 Clinton L. ", 3, M, b. IN
 Loren E. ", 1, M, b. IN
 (Next door was James' father Benjamin, age 76, and mother Sarah, age 63)
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 In 1869, after 7 of their eventual 12 children were born, James & family moved across the state line, near Hoopeston, VermilionCo., Illinois. He bought a quarter section of land there for $300, eventually he purchased 200 acres.
 The last 5 of their children were born in Hoopeston.
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 The 1870 census of Grant Township, Vermilion Co., Illinois shows:
 (Roll 285 Book 1, Page 245b)
 Briggs, James, 39, male, white, farmer, $3150 real estate, $2350 personal wealth, b. PA
 - , Catherine, 34, female, white, keeping house, b. PA
 - , Alfred, 14, male, white, b. IN, in school
 - , Clinton, 12, male, white, b. IN, in school
 - , Lorrain, 11, male, white, b. IN, in school
 - , John, 10, male, white, b. IN, in school
 _ , Charles, 8, male, white, b. IN, in school
 - , Bell, 3, female, white, b. IN
 - , Effie, 1, female, white, b. IN
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 In the 1880's James & family moved near the town of Ainsworth, Brown Co., Nebraska and "Homesteaded" 3 quarter sections of land.
 James was elected to County Commissioner and made responsible for maintaining the roadways in the district.
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 At 50 James moved to Ainsworth & rented out his farm land.
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 1885 Nebraska State Census
 ED: 44
 Loc: Ainsworth Precinct, Brown Co., Nebraska
 Date: 08 Jun 1885
 Enumerator: F. M. Whittecar
 Name: James T. Briggs Race: W Age: 54 Birth Place: Pennsylvania
 Name: Cathrine Briggs Race: W Age: 48 Birth Place: Pennsylvania
 Name: Minnie Briggs Race: W Age: 17 Birth Place: Indiana
 Name: Effie Briggs Race: W Age: 15 Birth Place: Indiana
 Name: James Briggs Race: W Age: 13 Birth Place: Illinois
 Name: Moses Briggs Race: W Age: 11 Birth Place: Illinois
 Name: Jessie Briggs Race: W Age: 9 Birth Place: Illinois
 Name: Jizza Briggs Race: W Age: 8 Birth Place: Illinois
 Name: Ora Jane Briggs Race: W Age: 6 Birth Place: Illinois
 Name: John L. Briggs Race: W Age: 24 Birth Place: Indiana
 Name: Charles Brigs Race: W Age: 23 Birth Place: Indiana
 Name: Clinton Brigs Race: W Age: 27 Birth Place: Indiana
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 James was an active member of the Methodist-Episcopal Church.
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 1900 census:
 (Ainsworth Precinct, Brown Co., Nebraska)
 Briggs, James T., Head, M, W, b. Oct. 1829, age 70, Married for 44 yrs., b. PA, fa. b. PA, mo. b. PA, Retired Farmer
 Briggs, Katherine E., Wife, W, F, Mar. 1836, age 64, Married for 44 yrs., 12 of 12 children surviving in 1900, b. PA, fa. b. PA, mo. b. PA,
 Briggs, Ova, Dau., W, F, Mar. 1880, age 20, Single, b. IL, fa. b. PA, mo. b. PA, Seamstress
 Potter, Elizabeth, Dau., W, F, Sep. 1870, age 29, Married, 0 children, b. IL, fa. b. PA, mo. b. PA
 Potter, Marion, son-in-law, W, M, Apr. 1875, age 25, Married 2 yrs., b. IL, fa. b. ?, mo. b. ?, Barber
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 1910 census:
 (Ainsworth Precinct, Brown Co., Nebraska)
 Briggs, James T., Head, M, W, 80, Married for 54 yrs., b. PA, fa. b. PA, mo. b. PA,
 Briggs, Katherine E., Wife, F, W, 74, Married for 54 yrs., 11 of 12 children surviving in 1910, b. PA, fa. b. PA, mo. b. PA,
 This census indicated the couple was living on Oak or Elm St.



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