Matthews / Conner / Covey / Salts [Solt] Family History - Person Sheet
Matthews / Conner / Covey / Salts [Solt] Family History - Person Sheet
NameRichard Ferris BRIGGS362, M
Birth Date15 Apr 1890
Birth PlaceBates County, Missouri
Death Date11 Jan 1963 Age: 72
Death PlaceBend, Deschutes County, Oregon
Burial PlacePilot Butte Cemetery, Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon
FatherEdward Everett BRIGGS , M (1853-1945)
MotherJudith Ann RUCKER , F (1860-<1902)
Spouses
Birth Date11 Jul 1904
Birth PlaceColorado
Death Date13 Apr 1973 Age: 68
Death PlaceSweet Home, Linn County, Oregon
Burial PlacePilot Butte Cemetery, Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon
No Children
Notes for Richard Ferris BRIGGS
1917 - World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 La Plata County, Colorado - Draft Card B
Richard completed his draft card, but never entered the service. It also says that he had a wife and two children.1224

Using the information above, this must mean that Richard was married twice. If he was married and had two children in 1917, then his wife died, or he divorced before 1930 when he married Pearl ? Blackburn. On the 1930 census he is listed with his new wife and his stepson.

1930 - Holtville, Imperial County, California1225
BRIGGS, Richard T (F.) 34 m@34 CO US US Truckdriver transport
BRIGGS, Pearl J. 25 m@25 CO US US
BLACKBURN, Richard step-son 9 CO CO CO

1938, January 14th - Social Security Application form Holtville, Imperial County, California
Richard's Social Security application form identifies his name as Richard Ferris Briggs. He also claims that he was born on the 15th of April in 1895 in Illinois, which doesn't really add up. On the 1910 census he can be found in his father's household as Richard F. 20 MO IL MO b. 1890. Also, Richard was the middle child. When his sister, Hulda, who was younger, applied for her Social Security number, she listed her mother as Anna Rucker. Richard also listed his birth place as Springfield, Illinois (which is probably where his father was born). His application was dated the 14th of January in 1938.1222

1963, January - SS Death Record for BRIGGS, RICHARD
His Social Security number matches to the application information he made in 1938, except his year of birth. In this document it clearly has his birth as 1890, which matches all of the previous information. It also states that his last residence was in Oregon.
Birth: 15 Apr 1890
Death: Jan 1963

1963, 26th of August - Death Certificate
On his death certificate it identifies his wife and occupation. It also has his father's full name listed and his mother's first name, Judith Ann. His occupation was given as a logger. He died at St. Charles Hospital in Bend. His last street address was 305 E. Burnside. He was buried in Pilot Butte Cemetery, Bend, Oregon.362
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