On March 11, 1911, Henry L. RIGGS, of Morgan County, died at the home of his sister in Kirksville, Missouri, where
he had gone to pass the winter. He was born in Kentucky on January 12, 1812, and had reached the age of 99 years,
1 month and 27 days. He came to Illinois in 1830, and when Gov. REYNOLDS, in 1832, called for volunteers to repel
the invasion of Black Hawk and his band, he enlisted as a private in the Morgan county company commanded by Capt.
Wm. GILLHAM, and served through that renowned conflict. It is very probable that he was the last survivor of that
memorable historic Indian campaign.
Mr. RIGGS was married to Miss Mary BERRY on the 17th of November, 1837,with whom he lived
until her death in 1890, and was a resident of Lynnville, Morgan county, for the last thirty-five years. Though
but twenty years of age in 1832, he cast his first vote for Gen. JACKSON for the Presidency, and was a zealous
Democrat until his death. He was a robust, active man, spending much of his time in the open air, doing all the
work about his premises, and last fall sawed and split eight cords of wood. He is survived by six children. His
body was brought from Kirksville, and interred in Diamond Grove cemetery at Jacksonville. [unknown contributor - THANKS!]
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