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George Rufus Briggs

22 Jun 1888 – 2 May 1946

Birth	22 Jun 1888
Death	2 May 1946
Cemetery	Fremont Cemetery Clarke County , Iowa , USA
Added by	Frank on 06 May 2011
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21297887

Bio

George's first wife was Vivian Emily Weyant daughter of Martin Weyant and Jessie M. Stone Weyant. George and Vivian were married on July 1, 1915, and divorced on January 1, 1919. Their daughter Wilda Rita was born on March or Nov. 16, 1917 at Volga, Clayton County, Iowa. His draft registration of June 5, 1917, Thorpe, Delaware County, IA, lists him as working for his father on the farm, married with one child. He is described as medium height and build, blue eyes, brown hair. George's second wife was Margaret Thomas who had been married before. Margaret's son Lester Thomas, took the Briggs name. George was a police officer in Vinton, Benton County, IA, per the 1940 census. George was farming in the Osceola, Clarke County, IA, area. His brother Charles was working on the same farm. Unfortunately, George had an argument with his brother Charles. Charles fatally shot George and then committed suicide with the same gun on May 2, 1946.

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Family

Parents

• George Washington Briggs 1854–1927
• Estella Almira Taylor Briggs 1859–1944

Spouse

• Margaret "Maggie" Duschner Briggs 1888–1945
• Vivian Emily Weyant Hitesman Kuhlman 1897–1956

Siblings

• Genevieve Frances "Jennie" Briggs Cass 1879–1955
• Emma Jane Briggs Letts 1881–1945
• William Henry Briggs 1883–1962
• Olive Ruth "Ollie" Briggs Dennis 1885–1957
• James Monroe "Jim" Briggs Sr 1890–1972
• John Lewis Briggs 1893–1965
• Charles Elliot Briggs 1895–1946
• Elizabeth Ellen "Liz, Betty, Bob" McGrane 1897–1965
• Frank Garlin Briggs 1899–1978
• Alice May Briggs Fuhrman 1902–1992

Children

• Wilda Rita Briggs Gladfelter 1917–2004

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