Lewis was the son of Dr. Joseph Briggs and his wife, Emaline A. Crook.
William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas, pub. 1883 by A.T. Andreas, Chicago, Il.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - GRASSHOPPER TWP. Atchison Co., Kansas.
HON. LEWIS M. BRIGGS, was born at Coldwater, Barry County, Mich., December 6, 1841. *note from Carole: other information said Branch Co., and also Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo Co., MI.)At the age of one year his parents moved to Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo County, Mich. He attended school at Albion College, Michigan. At the age of twenty-one he went to Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, in the employe of the General Government as a wagon-master, with Indian supplies, from there to Montana Territory, and spent four years, with ups and downs, as a miner. Returned to Michigan after five years. Married Emma, daughter of Zeno Gould. Moved to Muscotah, Atchison County, Kansas, in 1869, and settled in Muscotah and engaged in mercantile business, as Briggs & Watson, and L. M. Briggs. Followed the same for twelve years. He was elected County Commissioner in 1878, for two years; served as Chairman. He was elected to the Legislature for the session of 1878-79 to represent the Sixth District. In 1879, was elected as Senator for four years in the Second District. In politics he is a Republican.
Mount Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kansas:
BRIGGS;
Emma Gould 1841 - 21 July 1905
Lewis Moore No birth date - 18 Oct 1905
Source: Ford, Don. CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS - ATCHISON COUNTY, KANSAS. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1987.
William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas, pub. 1883 by A.T. Andreas, Chicago, Il.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - GRASSHOPPER TWP. Atchison Co., Kansas.
HON. LEWIS M. BRIGGS, was born at Coldwater, Barry County, Mich., December 6, 1841. *note from Carole: other information said Branch Co., and also Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo Co., MI.)At the age of one year his parents moved to Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo County, Mich. He attended school at Albion College, Michigan. At the age of twenty-one he went to Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, in the employe of the General Government as a wagon-master, with Indian supplies, from there to Montana Territory, and spent four years, with ups and downs, as a miner. Returned to Michigan after five years. Married Emma, daughter of Zeno Gould. Moved to Muscotah, Atchison County, Kansas, in 1869, and settled in Muscotah and engaged in mercantile business, as Briggs & Watson, and L. M. Briggs. Followed the same for twelve years. He was elected County Commissioner in 1878, for two years; served as Chairman. He was elected to the Legislature for the session of 1878-79 to represent the Sixth District. In 1879, was elected as Senator for four years in the Second District. In politics he is a Republican.
Mount Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kansas:
BRIGGS;
Emma Gould 1841 - 21 July 1905
Lewis Moore No birth date - 18 Oct 1905
Source: Ford, Don. CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS - ATCHISON COUNTY, KANSAS. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1987.
Lewis was the son of Dr. Joseph Briggs and his wife, Emaline A. Crook.
William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas, pub. 1883 by A.T. Andreas, Chicago, Il.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - GRASSHOPPER TWP. Atchison Co., Kansas.
HON. LEWIS M. BRIGGS, was born at Coldwater, Barry County, Mich., December 6, 1841. *note from Carole: other information said Branch Co., and also Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo Co., MI.)At the age of one year his parents moved to Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo County, Mich. He attended school at Albion College, Michigan. At the age of twenty-one he went to Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, in the employe of the General Government as a wagon-master, with Indian supplies, from there to Montana Territory, and spent four years, with ups and downs, as a miner. Returned to Michigan after five years. Married Emma, daughter of Zeno Gould. Moved to Muscotah, Atchison County, Kansas, in 1869, and settled in Muscotah and engaged in mercantile business, as Briggs & Watson, and L. M. Briggs. Followed the same for twelve years. He was elected County Commissioner in 1878, for two years; served as Chairman. He was elected to the Legislature for the session of 1878-79 to represent the Sixth District. In 1879, was elected as Senator for four years in the Second District. In politics he is a Republican.
Mount Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kansas:
BRIGGS;
Emma Gould 1841 - 21 July 1905
Lewis Moore No birth date - 18 Oct 1905
Source: Ford, Don. CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS - ATCHISON COUNTY, KANSAS. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1987.
William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas, pub. 1883 by A.T. Andreas, Chicago, Il.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - GRASSHOPPER TWP. Atchison Co., Kansas.
HON. LEWIS M. BRIGGS, was born at Coldwater, Barry County, Mich., December 6, 1841. *note from Carole: other information said Branch Co., and also Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo Co., MI.)At the age of one year his parents moved to Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo County, Mich. He attended school at Albion College, Michigan. At the age of twenty-one he went to Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, in the employe of the General Government as a wagon-master, with Indian supplies, from there to Montana Territory, and spent four years, with ups and downs, as a miner. Returned to Michigan after five years. Married Emma, daughter of Zeno Gould. Moved to Muscotah, Atchison County, Kansas, in 1869, and settled in Muscotah and engaged in mercantile business, as Briggs & Watson, and L. M. Briggs. Followed the same for twelve years. He was elected County Commissioner in 1878, for two years; served as Chairman. He was elected to the Legislature for the session of 1878-79 to represent the Sixth District. In 1879, was elected as Senator for four years in the Second District. In politics he is a Republican.
Mount Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kansas:
BRIGGS;
Emma Gould 1841 - 21 July 1905
Lewis Moore No birth date - 18 Oct 1905
Source: Ford, Don. CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS - ATCHISON COUNTY, KANSAS. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1987.
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