. Past and present of Mahaska County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead. , hasbeen characterized by the steady progress whichexentually reaches theobjecti\-e point, and he isnow one of the men of affluence in the countv. THOMAS RRIGGS. New Sharon is an attractive ha\en to manyretired fanners, who after long and close con-nection with agricultural interests are now en-joying well earned rest, having acc[uiredthrough earnest and indefatigable labor thecompetence that enables theni to put aside fur-ther cares and spend th
. Past and present of Mahaska County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead. , hasbeen characterized by the steady progress whichexentually reaches theobjecti\-e point, and he isnow one of the men of affluence in the countv. THOMAS RRIGGS. New Sharon is an attractive ha\en to manyretired fanners, who after long and close con-nection with agricultural interests are now en-joying well earned rest, having acc[uiredthrough earnest and indefatigable labor thecompetence that enables theni to put aside fur-ther cares and spend the evening of life in hon-orable retirement. To this class belongs and his genuine personal worth and up-right life ha\-e made hiiu a reiiresentati\e citi-zen to his community. He was born in Bel-mont county. Ohio. February 4. 1837, a son ofWilliam and Jane (Romans) Briggs, theforiuer a native of Ohio and the latter ofPennsylvania. He is a great-grandson of Is-rael Shreeve. who was a colonel of the Revolu-tionar\- war. His maternal grandparents werefrom Holland and his paternal grandparentsfrom Scotland. In Holland there is a fortune. MR. AXI) MRS. Ill( )M,\S P-RKiCS. FAST A.\D IRESKXr OJ- MAHASKA COfXTV. ^41 of sixty million dollars to which Mr. Biiggs isritjhtfiillv one of the heirs, but they lia\e neverheeii able to prove their claim, and there is alsoan estate in Scotland, a portion of whicli slinulclcome into Iiis possession. William l>,,<,s andJane Romans were married in Ohio and the lat-ter died in that state during the early boyhood(lavs (if her sun Thomas. The father afterwardmarried again, his second wife t)eing HannahKrew. wiio was born in \irginia, and fdllow-ing her death he wedded Rachel Kirk. 1 le wasa farmer by occupation and owned and occu-l)ied a farm in Belmont county, Ohio, where hemade his home until 1868. when he disposedof his |)roperty there and came to Mahaskacounty. Here he purchased a farm in Uninntownship, whereon he made his home
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