West Virginia Pioneers
Garnet Inez Briggs
1885 - 1975 (89 years)-
Name Garnet Inez Briggs Born 5 Nov 1885 At home, Cheshire Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA [1] Gender Female Died 1 Mar 1975 Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, Gallia, Ohio, USA [1] Buried Gravel Hill Cemetery, Cheshire Twp, Gallia Co, OH Notes
Garnet and HA first lived in Clifton Forge, Va. HA was from there. Next lived in the house in Cheshire that Merrill Briggs bought when he married Rhoda in 1964, then on Route 7 above Cheshire (later torn down ), finally moved in with GW Briggs about 1918. HA died 1923?
Garnet Kirby
Mrs Garnet Kirby, 89, Cheshire, died at 1:30pm Saturday in the Holzer Medical Center. She had been in failing health for the last two years. Mrs Kirby was born Nov 5, 1885 in Cheshire Twp, daughter of the late George H and Anna Coughenour Briggs.
She was preceded in death by her late husband, Henry, and a brother.
Survivors include a son, Briggs Kirby of Cheshire, a grandson and three great grandsons. She was a member of the Cheshire Baptist church, a life member of the Little Kyger Grange, charter member of the Cheshire Easten Star, a past president of the Gallia County Home Women's Council, and a member of the Cheshire Wayside Garden Club.
Funeral services will be held at 2pm Tuesday from the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with Rev William Liber officiating. Burial will be in Gravel Hill cemetery, visitation will be held at the funeral home 7-9 today.
Person ID I78 WVPioneers Last Modified 12 Jul 2011
Father George Howard BRIGGS, b. 26 Apr 1858, Athens, Athens, Ohio, USA , d. 7 Sep 1934 76 Yes, date unknown 4m 12d, Cheshire Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA Mother Anne Eliza COUGHENOUR, b. 24 Jun 1857, near old Kyger Church - at home , d. 18 Nov 1928, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA (Age 71 years) Married 21 Nov 1883 Little Kyger Church or home of the bride? Notes
1880 Gallia co, Addison
215-225
Boice, Wm, 52
Annie, 48
children
Briggs, George, 21, farm worker, O,O,O
1900 Cheshire Tw, Gallia Co, OH
George Briggs, Ap 1857, 57, mar 16 yr, farmer, owns a mortgaged farm
Annie E, June 1856, 43, 2 children 2 alive, OH, VA, OH
Garnet, Nov 1885, 14, 8 mo school
David W, Dec 1888, 11, 6 1/2 mo school
All read, write and speak English
1910 Ohio Gallia 0026
George H Briggs, Husband, W, 51, Ohio
Wife Anna E, 52, Ohio
Son David W, 21, Ohio
Family ID F138 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Henry Albert Kirby, b. 1885, d. 1923 (Age 38 years) Married 17 Jun 1908 Gallia County, Ohio, USA [2] Children 1. Ernest Briggs Kirby, b. 15 Mar 1909, Clifton Forge, VA , d. 2 May 1978, Cheshire Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA (Age 69 years) Family ID F361 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos Briggs Cousins: Garnet Briggs, Lorena Hooper, Bertha Hooper, David Briggs, and Earl King Kirby: Albert Kirby & Garnet Briggs' wedding: Top to bottom: Damon, Davis & Rachel Butcher, David Briggs, Albert & Garnet Kirby, Percy Kerns
Hold cursor over person to see nameBriggs, George & Anna Coughenour Briggs with children Garnet and David
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