Enos M. BRIGGS
(1825-1904)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Caroline SICKLES

2. Sophronia (---)

Enos M. BRIGGS 2 3

  • Born: 17 Oct 1825, NY 2
  • Marriage (1): Caroline SICKLES about 1850 in NY
  • Marriage (2): Sophronia (---) about 1863 in IL 1
  • Died: 6 Mar 1904, Marshall Co, IL 2
  • Buried: La Praire Methodist Church Cem., Sparland, Marshall Co, IL 2
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bullet  General Notes:

1860 IL CENSUS, Marshall Co, La Prairie:
Enos Briggs, 32, farm laborer, b. NY.
He was living with H. F. & Mary Coonly(?).
(S. Hull was listed nearby on the census.)

1865 IL STATE CENSUS, Marshall Co, La Prairie:
Enos Briggs:
1 f. under 10 (Caroline)
1 f. 10 - 20 (Hannah)
1 f. 20 - 30 (Sophronia)
1 m. 30 - 40 (Enos)

1870 IL CENSUS, Marshall Co, La Prairie, Sparland P.O.:
Enos M. Briggs, 44, farmer, $6000 real estate, $2000 personal property, b. NY;
Sophronia, 34, keeping house, b. NY;
Hannah, 17, b. NY, attended school;
Caroline, 6, b. IL, attended school;
Anna, 4, b. IL;
Charlotte, 2, b. IL;
Alden Hull, 77, retired farmer, b. NH.
(In 1850 Alden Hull was living with Harry(?) Hull in Peoria, IL.)

1880 IL CENSUS, Marshall Co, La Prairie:
Enos M. Briggs, 54, farmer, b. NY, parents b. NY;
Sophronia, wife, 44, keeping house, b. NY, father b. NH, mother b. VT;
Carrie A., dau, 16, single, school teacher, b. IL, parents b. NY;
Anna C., dau, 14, at home, attended school, b. IL, parents b. NY;
"Sharlot" D., dau, 12, at home, attended school, b. IL, parents b. NY;
Kate, dau, 8, attended school, b. IL, parents b. NY;
Alden Hull, 87, single, b. NH, parents b. CT.
(On the next census page was Alvin & Hannah Leigh.)

1900 IL CENSUS, Marshall Co, La Prairie Twp:
Enos Briggs, head, Oct 1826, 73, married 39 yrs, b. NY, parents b. NY;
"Saphron", wife, Apr 1836, 64, married 39 yrs, 5 children, 3 living, b. NY, father b. NH, mother b. CT.

FIND A GRAVE: La Prairie Methodist Church Cemetery, Sparland, Marshall Co, IL:
Enos M. Briggs
Oct 17, 1825 - Mch 6, 1904
Sophronia, his wife
Apr 8, 1836 - Oct 20, 1905
Caroline Briggs
July 27, 1824 - Jan 21, 1859

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Enos married Caroline SICKLES, daughter of Harmanus "Herman" SICKLES and Mary Elizabeth "Polly" WICKHAM, about 1850 in NY. (Caroline SICKLES was born on 27 Jul 1824 in NY,2 4 died on 21 Jan 1859 in Marshall Co, IL 2 and was buried in Lawn Ridge Cem, Marshall Co, IL 2.)

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Enos next married Sophronia (---) about 1863 in IL.1 (Sophronia (---) was born on 8 Apr 1836 in NY,2 5 died on 20 Oct 1905 in Marshall Co, IL 2 and was buried in La Praire Methodist Church Cem., Sparland, Marshall Co, IL.)

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Sources


1 1865 IL State Census.

2 Find A Grave.

3 1870 IL Census.

4 1850 NY Census.

5 1900 IL Census.


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