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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Daniel Lindsay Riggs
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Daniel Lindsay Riggs
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| LAST NAME: Riggs
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FIRST NAME: Daniel
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MIDDLE NAME: Lindsay
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| TITLE: Mr.
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| BORN: 11 Jun 1815
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DIED: 13 Sep 1883
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BURIED: 16 Sep 1883
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OCCUPATION: Machinist, Inventor, Steam flour mill builder
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| BIRTH PLACE: Basking Ridge, Somerset Co., New Jersey
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| DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
IOOF - D. L. Riggs, age 68 years 3 mos 2 days, died in S. Salem of heart disease, "was well known and greatly respected"; 1880 OR CENSUS - D. L. Riggs, age 54, occupation - machine shop, b. New Jersey is enumerated with wife Sarah W. Riggs, age 65, b. New Jersey.
BIOGRAPHICAL:
Daniel L. Riggs was born in Baskingridge, New Jersey, in 1815. Learned the carriage blacksmith trade in Newark. Married Sarah W. Edwards in 1836. Removed to New Haven, Connecticut, in 1837, and in 1838 to East Haven, where seven children were born to them--all but Theodore L. and Anna F. (Mrs. Geo. H. Himes) being deceased. In April, 1853, Mr. Riggs came by steamer to Oregon, and built the first steam flouring mill in the Willamette Valley, if not in the State. Returned to Connecticut in 1855, and came back to Oregon in 1858, bringing his family and settling at Eola, where he conducted a small machine shop until 1866, when he removed to Salem, where he lived until his death in 1883, carrying on the same branch of business. Mr. Riggs was an ingenious man, patenting several inventions, the most notable being that of a process of mending broken bells so as to retain their original tone. In 1876 he made a trip to Philadelphia with a view of mending the old Liberty bell, being inspired by the patriotic desire of hearing it peal forth once more. He had the support of Gen. Hawley and other influential men, but the city authorities, who had the custody of the bell, claimed that it had fulfulled its mission, and hence would not permit the repair to be made. Lang 901- 902.
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OBITUARY:
At Salem, Oregon, Sept. 13, 1883, D. L. Riggs, a pioneer of 1850, and father of Mrs. Geo. H. Himes, in the 69th year of his age. Newark, N. J., and New Haven, Conn., papers please copy.
Oregonian 15 Sept 1883 2:3
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INSCRIPTION:
Daniel L. Riggs
Born at
Baskingridge, New Jersey
June 11, 1815
Died
Sept 13, 1883
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SOURCES:
LR
LD
IOOF Register of Burials
1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., S. Salem Pct., FA #17)
DAR pg 2
S&H pg 38 Lang 901-902
Oreg 15 Sept 1883 2:3
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| LOT: 144
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