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• Name: William Philander Briggs ^{1 2 3 4 5}
• Sex: M
• Birth: 12 JUN 1831 in Ohio
• Death: 3 OCT 1900 in Jones Co., Iowa
• Burial: Wilcox Cemetery, Jones Co., Iowa.
• Residence:
  1. 1854 in Johnson Co., IA. Census.
• Person Id: I00929
• Tree Id: 619823

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Parents
Father:

• Arthur Briggs: Birth: 24 MAR 1799 in Massachusetts. Death: 21 FEB 1879 in Washington Twn., Johnson County, Iowa
Mother:

• Mary Morey: Birth: 17 MAY 1798 in Vermont. Death: 21 FEB 1869 in Washington Twn., Johnson County, Iowa

Family
Marriage:

• Married: Margaret F. Clancy on 20 SEP 1851 at Knox Co., Ohio.
  
• Margaret F. Clancy: Birth: 22 MAY 1835 in Pennsylvania. Death: 11 MAY 1874 in Johnson Co., Iowa

Children:

1. Eliza Jane Briggs: Birth: 20 NOV 1852 in Ohio. Death: 29 SEP 1865 in Johnson Co., Iowa

2. Hester Briggs: Birth: 1855 in Iowa.

3. Martha Briggs: Birth: 1859 in Iowa.

4. Mary Briggs: Birth: MAY 1859 in Iowa. Death: 16 OCT 1943 in Iowa City, Johnson Co., Iowa

5. Alice Briggs: Birth: JUL 1860 in Johnson Co., Iowa.

6. Henry Briggs: Birth: NOV 1862 in Johnson Co., Iowa.

7. Arthur Briggs: Birth: 1863 in Johnson Co., Iowa. Death: 1936

8. Charles Briggs: Birth: 14 FEB 1867 in Johnson Co., Iowa. Death: 18 DEC 1875 in Johnson Co., Iowa

9. Lettie Lamira Briggs: Birth: 15 DEC 1867 in Johnson Co., Iowa. Death: 1943

10. Albert Briggs: Birth: 1872 in Johnson Co., Iowa. Death: 1940 in Wyandotte Co., Kansas

11. John H. Briggs: Birth: 12 FEB 1872 in Johnson Co., Iowa. Death: 23 SEP 1873 in Johnson Co., Iowa

Family
Marriage:

• Married: Nancy Jane Soesbe on 3 JUL 1879 at Jones Co., Iowa.
  
• Nancy Jane Soesbe: Birth: 3 MAY 1833 in Vigo Co., Indiana. Death: 5 FEB 1904 in Jones Co., Iowa

Family
Marriage:

• Married: Mary Blood on 28 DEC 1889 at Jones Co., Iowa.
  
• Mary Blood: Birth: 21 JAN 1851 in Wisconsin.

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