History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 677.
[Harrison County]   [Cynthiana City and Precinct]

CAPTAIN B. T. RIGGS, miller and grain dealer, P. O. Cynthiana, was born
in Paris, Feb. 25, 1839, son of Benjamin M. and Agnes W. (Wilson) Riggs;
he born in Kentucky, Jan. 6, 1799, and dying in 1839; she born in
Falmouth, Jan 14, 1801, and dying in 1874; they had three sons and three
daughters.  Our subject was educated in Falmouth and was engaged in
clerking from 1858 till [sic] 1861, when he enlisted in the Federal Army
as a private, from which he was promoted to a second lieutenancy, then to
first lieutenancy, and in 1863 to a captaincy; the last two months of
service being spent on the staff of General Absalom Baird.  Captain Riggs
participated in several warm engagements, among which may be mentioned
Richmond, Ky., Hoover's Gap and Chickamauga; was taken prisoner and
confined in Libby Prison seven months, and other prisons, from which he
escaped and gained the Federal lines at Savannah, after many hardships
and much weary night travel.  From 1869 to December 1881, he was engaged
in merchandising in Williamstown for about four years; was also member
of the Council in Williamstown.  April 26, 1866, he was married to Kate M.
Kerr, born in Fayette County, Ky., Oct. 31, 1840; daughter of John and
Rachel (Fry) Kerr, both of whom are dead.  Two children have been born
to Captain Riggs: Edna W. and Kerr Tunis.  Himself and wife are
Presbyterians and he is an I.O.O.F., A.Y. & M. and a Republican.

Riggs Wilson Kerr Fry
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Paris-Bourbon-KY Falmouth-Pendleton-KY Fayette-KY

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