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Last Name: RIGGS |
First:
Arthur |
Middle:
H. |
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Lot # : 200 |
Plot # : 7 |
Gender: M |
Birth Name: |
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Born:
1870 |
Died: 1941 |
Burial Date:
Jan. 31, 1941 |
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Ledger Notes:
Age: 70 Yrs., 8 Mos., 16 Days Funeral: J. P. Finley |
Other
Notes:
Son of Thomas Stayton Riggs and Mary Cassandra Zumwalt Riggs in 3-11, 12; grandson of John and Sarah Zumwalt in 57-2, 1. Nativity: Oregon A steamboat captain on the Willamette and the Columbia. Excerpt from Wikipedia:
Georgiana was one of the last steamboats on the historic Portland-Astoria run. Her last captain on the run was Arthur Riggs, (1870-1941) whose own life spanned the great days of steamboating on the Columbia and Willamette rivers. Captain Riggs had begun in steamboating in 1887 on the Isabel on the Willamette and Yamhill rivers, and later served on many famous boats throughout the Pacific Northwest, including Multnomah, Telegraph and Telephone. Georgiana had been an interim boat between the flamboyant old paddlewheelers and the modern steel excursion boats, and her trade might have continued had war not disrupted it.
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Monument Survey |
| Monument Material:
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Granite
monument and concrete apron |
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Auxiliary Stones: |
None |
| Monument Problems:
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Apron corner is broken |
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Mint condition except for broken R in ARTHUR; some lichen |
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Illustrations: |
None |
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Flower
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None |
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Other Remarks: |
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Inscriptions, West face:
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RIGGS
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CAPT. ARTHUR H.
1870 - 1941 |
SARA M.
1870 - 1963 |
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| Date Surveyed: 2-23-08 |
Surveyor:
C. Lehan |
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