Biggs, John bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 943, Woodland Township
John Biggs, farmer, sec. 2; P. O., Summum; the subject of this sketch is a native of Coshocton county, Ohio, where he was born ni {born} the year 1814; his father, Wm. Briggs {Biggs}, was a native of Virginia; his parents crossed the ocean for the New World in an early day and settled in Virginia. Wm. came to Ohio as early as 1800; he was in the war of 1812; he was married to Miss Hester Markley. At the age of 27 he (John) moved into Knox county, Ohio, where he was united in marriage in 1842 to Mrs. Elizabeth Burr, by whom he had 2 children: Eliza and Mary E. Mrs. Biggs died in Knox county. Mr. B. served 5 months on the transport, Duke of Argyle; in 1863 he settled in Woodland township. Mr. B. married his second wife, Mrs. Catherine Fleming, who bore him 3 children: Zachariah, Anna and John W.