Person:Elizabeth Shankland (2)

According to WorldConnect database, Philip was the 11th child of Richard and Jane Briggs, or Philip and Mary E. (Fry) Briggs, of North Carolina. The family moved to Bates Co., Missouri about 1867-69. Philip and Elizabeth had 11 children: [born in Brown Co. Illinois] Laura Delphine, Edwina Canalys, Isaac Newton, Emily Pearl, Arthur Lee, William Henry, [born in Bates Co., Missouri] Jesse Walter, Lillian Viola, Mary Cordelia, Maude Effie, and Philip Orville {'Briggs Descendants', Kenneth L. Malone, and ' <wc.rootsweb.com>, 12 Oct 2003}

 According to "Descendants of William Shankland", they had 13 children: Laura Delphine, 1857-1893 m. Shankland; Edwina Canalys 1859-1917 m. Zedoc Johnson; Isaac Newton 1860-1957; Emily Pearl 1862-1950 m. Henry Isaiah Widner; Arthur Lee 1864-1939; William Henry 1866-1942; Jesse Walter 1869-1877; Lillian Viola 1872-1891; Mary Cordelia 1874-1951 m. Jesse Strosnider; Maude Effie 1876-1966 m. Arthur Elmer Glaser; Philip Orville 1879-1955; Clyde Waldon 1881-1917; and Ernest Clifton 1882-1883.

 In the 1910 census for Pittsburg, ward 2, Crawford co., Kansas, Elizabeth M. Briggs is 71 born Kentucky (parents US), with (8?) of 14 children living. She is next door to Orval Briggs 31 born Missouri (parents Kentucky), 'bookkeeper rail r office'; with wife Elizabeth 29; Herschel 2 and Elizabeth 5 months -- all born Kansas. {ed (96?), sh 5b, p.99}
  In the 1920 census for Pittsburg, ward 2, Crawford co., Kansas, Elizabeth M. Briggs is 80 born Kentucky (parents same), widow, roomer; with Phillip O. Briggs 40 born Missouri (father Missouri, mother Wales?), 'minister home church'; with wife Elizabeth 38 b. Kansas (father Missouri, mother Wales); and sons Herschel R. 11; Ellsworth R. 10; and Glenn O. 6 -- all born Kansas. {ed (96?), sh 5b, p.99}

1.   John Bowen. Bowen WorldConnect Database. (<wc.rootsweb.com>, 1 Oct 2003).