Person:David Riggin (1)

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David B. Riggin
b.1841 Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
d.18 Feb 1897 Braddock, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents and Siblings
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m. 19 Apr 1827
  1. James H Riggin1831 - 1863
  2. Margaret Riggin1833 -
  3. John Riggin1835 -
  4. William Riggin1837 -
  5. Elisa Riggin1838 -
  6. Robert C Riggin1840 - 1863
  7. David B. Riggin1841 - 1897
  8. Stephen Decator Riggin1843 - 1901
  9. Sarah E Riggin1845 -
  10. Richard Riggin1852 -
  11. George B Riggin1863 - 1946
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef 1 Jul 1863
  1. Thomas Riggin1867 - 1870
  2. Margaret Regan Riggin1870 - 1943
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] David B. Riggin
Gender Male
Birth[1][4][6][10] 1841 Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
Alt Birth[2] Abt 1844 Pennsylvania, USA
Residence[10] 1850 Bullskin, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
Residence[4] 1860 Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USAformed from Bullskin Township 1822
Military[13] 20 Jan 1862 Members of the Second Artillery From Fayette County, Battery K Private David Riggin, must. in Jan. 20,1862.
Marriage Bef 1 Jul 1863 Bullskin, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USABullskin is an educated guess
to Sabina Caldwell
Residence[1] 1 Jul 1863 Bullskin, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
Military? 29 Jul 1864 Riggin, David B. Widow Riggin, Sabina Service K 2 PA ? Art 1864 July 29 Invalid application 49.299 1897 Feb 18 Widow application 649349 certificate 450954
Residence[6] 1870 Dunbar, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USAOrg 1798, dominated by the coke industry. Site of Christopher Gist's cabin visited by George Washington 1753.
Residence[2] 1880 West Elizabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USAdaughter Margaret & 2 nieces: Emma Helems 1867 & Martha Helems 1876
Residence[7] Jun 1890 Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USAS.D. 9 E.D. 236 Private, Company K, 112 P.V. Enlisted 1-21-1862 Discharged 5-22-1862, Served 3 months 22 days Braddock PA post office in 1890 Discharged with surgeon's certificate sprained? in kidney and left testical cord
Residence[5] USA
Alt Death[11] 30 Dec 1896 Braddock, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Alt Death? 30 Dec 1896 Braddock, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USAFindaGrave
Death[12] 18 Feb 1897 Braddock, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USARiggin, David B. Widow Riggin, Sabina Service K 2 PA ? Art 1864 July 29 Invalid application 49.299 1897 Feb 18 Widow application 649349 certificate 450954
Other? 18 Feb 1897 Riggin, David B. Widow Riggin, Sabina Service K 2 PA ? Art 1864 July 29 Invalid application 49.299 1897 Feb 18 Widow application 649349 certificate 450954 Window Sabina filed for pension

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Riggen http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/fayette/military/2ndrgtk.txt

Military: Civil War: Battery K, Second Rgt, Heavy Artillery, PA Volunteers: Fayette Co, PA

Second Regiment Heavy Artillery (also numbered the One Hundred and Twelfth Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line) "...was raised under authority granted in October, 1861, by the War Department to Charles Angeroth, of Philadelphia, to recruit a battalion (afterwards extended to a regiment) of heavy artillery. Recruiting was commenced at once, and proceeded rapidly. One of the batteries (K) was made up originally of men from Fayette (county), and its ranks were afterwards very largely recruited from this county."

(Muster In (MI) dates will vary. Muster Out (MO) with battery is January 29, 1866, unless otherwise noted.)

BATTERY K David Riggin, MI January 20, 1862.

Story of different Riggin dying at Gettysburg - http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/1pa/military/cwar/batesmd/bates12.txt

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ancestry.com. U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865. (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registrations, 1863-1865. NM-65, entry 172, 620 volumes. Records of the Provost Marshal General’s Bureau (Civil War), Record Grou;).

    Birth date: abt 1843 Birth place: Pennsylvania Residence date: 1 July 1863 Residence place: Bullskin, Pennsylvania, United States

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census. (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited;)
    Year: 1880; Census Place: West Elizabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1089; Family History Film: 1255089; Page: 47C; Enumeration District: 48; Image: 0095.

    Birth date: abt 1844
    Birth place: Pennsylvania
    Residence date: 1880
    Residence place: West Elizabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

  3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source)
    Ancestry Family Trees.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census. (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;)
    Year: 1860; Census Place: Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania; Roll: ; Page: 452; Image: 349.

    Birth date: abt 1843
    Birth place: Pennsylvania
    Residence date: 1860
    Residence place: Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles. (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.Original data - Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA from the following list of works.Copyright 1997-2009Historical Data Systems, Inc. PO Box 35Duxbury, MA 02331.Ori;).

    Residence date:
    Residence place: USA

  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census. (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;)
    Year: 1870; Census Place: Dunbar, Fayette, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .

    Birth date: abt 1842
    Birth place: Pennsylvania
    Residence date: 1870
    Residence place: Dunbar, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States

  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Ancestry.com. 1890 Veterans Schedules. (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data - Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M123,;)
    Year: 1890; Census Place: Braddock, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: 88; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 236.

    Residence date: June 1890
    Residence place: Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

  8. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.Original data - General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 544 rolls.Original data: General Index to Pension Files,;).
  9. ↑ National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online <http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/>, acquired 2007.Original data: National Park Service, Civil War;).
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census. (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the;)
    Year: 1850; Census Place: Bullskin, Fayette, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_780; Page: 441A; Image: .

    Birth date: abt 1841
    Birth place: Pennsylvania
    Residence date: 1850
    Residence place: Bullskin, Fayette, Pennsylvania

  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Ancestry.com. Web: Pennsylvania, Find A Grave Index, 1681-2011. (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 27 December 2011.Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cg;).

    Death date: 30 Dec 1896
    Death place:

  12. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.Original data - General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 544 rolls.Original data: General Index to Pension Files,;)
    1897 Widow Sabina Filed.
  13. ↑ Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885. History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania: with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men. (Name: L.H. Everts & Co.; Location: Philadelphia, PA; Date: 1882;)
    Page 211.

    David Riggin, must. in Jan. 20,1862.

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