William Caswell Briggs was born at Valparaiso, Indiana, on August 9, 1856, the son of Lewis and Matilda Briggs, and passed away at Oklahoma City, Okla., July 15, 1939, at the age of 82 years, 11 months and 6 days.
His early life was spent in Indiana, moving to Kansas in 1878 where he lived for the major part of his life as an honest and hard working farmer.
On December 22, 1880, he was united in marriage to Margaret Harmon, of Quincy, Kansas. To this union twelve children were born. Two sons, Ervin and Louis, and four daughters, Golden Augustine, Grace Ann, Elta Ida, and Matilda Margaret, preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife and six children, Addie Mae Neff, Nellie Sarah Rice, Bessie Julia French, Ernestine Claydean Barrier, and Clifford William, all of Eureka, also Frances Florence LeGate, of Oklahoma City, Okla. Forty-seven grandchildren and twenty-nine great grandchildren wtih other relatives and a host of friends are left to mourn his departure.
He was faithful always to the teachings of his church, having been baptized in early manhood in the German Baptist Church. He was an earnest believer in the Christian principles as taught in the Golden Rule, the Ten Commandments and the policy of returning good for evil and love for fellow men.
He enjoyed a full and vigorous life until his recent short illness which resulted in his death on July 15.
Funeral service was held from the Baird Funeral Home in Eureka Monday, July 17, at 2:30 p.m. Interment in Greenwood cemetery.
Contributed by Glenn Barrier [email protected]
William Caswell Briggs was born at Valparaiso, Indiana, on August 9, 1856, the son of Lewis and Matilda Briggs, and passed away at Oklahoma City, Okla., July 15, 1939, at the age of 82 years, 11 months and 6 days.
His early life was spent in Indiana, moving to Kansas in 1878 where he lived for the major part of his life as an honest and hard working farmer.
On December 22, 1880, he was united in marriage to Margaret Harmon, of Quincy, Kansas. To this union twelve children were born. Two sons, Ervin and Louis, and four daughters, Golden Augustine, Grace Ann, Elta Ida, and Matilda Margaret, preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife and six children, Addie Mae Neff, Nellie Sarah Rice, Bessie Julia French, Ernestine Claydean Barrier, and Clifford William, all of Eureka, also Frances Florence LeGate, of Oklahoma City, Okla. Forty-seven grandchildren and twenty-nine great grandchildren wtih other relatives and a host of friends are left to mourn his departure.
He was faithful always to the teachings of his church, having been baptized in early manhood in the German Baptist Church. He was an earnest believer in the Christian principles as taught in the Golden Rule, the Ten Commandments and the policy of returning good for evil and love for fellow men.
He enjoyed a full and vigorous life until his recent short illness which resulted in his death on July 15.
Funeral service was held from the Baird Funeral Home in Eureka Monday, July 17, at 2:30 p.m. Interment in Greenwood cemetery.
Contributed by Glenn Barrier [email protected]
Family Members
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Addie May Maude Briggs Neff
1882–1954
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Grace Anna Briggs Sherman
1884–1918
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Golden Augustine Briggs Swann Sherman
1885–1918
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Mathilda Bond Briggs Stucky
1886–1933
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Elta Ida Briggs Peterson
1889–1928
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Nellie Sarah Briggs Rice
1890–1972
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Bessie Julia Briggs French
1892–1983
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Ernestine Claydean Briggs Barrier
1893–1973
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Frances Florence Briggs Legate
1897–1950
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Clifford William Briggs
1902–1996
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