Hiram Riggs
and Lovena "Lovisa" Shepherd

Hiram Riggs b 1815 Scott Co VA d 29 Jun 1882 Wise co VA; s/o William Riggs and Sallie Unknown. Hirm Riggs m. Lovena "Lovisa" Shepherd b about 1816 Crackers Neck, Wise Co VA; d/o Sampson Shepherd and Christenia Mooney. (1860 Wise Co VA Census). Children of Hiram Riggs and Lovena "Lovisa Shepherd;

I. Lafayette M Riggs b 1836 VA; m. Phoebe J Unknown b 1841 KY. Children of Lafayette M Riggs and Phoebe J Unknown;

1. Amanda C Riggs b 1860 VA

2. Lovina C Riggs b 1861 VA

3. Nancy Virginia Riggs b 1863 VA

4. Infant Riggs b 13 Jun 1866 Wise Co VA

5. Infant Riggs b 8 Mar 1867 Wise Co VA

6. Stonewall Riggs b 26 Nov 1868 VA

7. Emmett B Riggs b 11 Oct 1869 Wise Co vA

8. Arminda B Riggs b 1871 Wise Co VA

9. Hiram F Riggs b 1873 Wise Co VA

10. Lafayette Riggs b 4 Apr 1875 Wise Co VA

11. Florence S Riggs b 1877 Wise Co VA

Lafayette M Riggs m. 8 Oct 1879 Wise Co VA to Sarah Jane Kilgore b 1836 VA d 1904 Brookwood AL; d/o James H Kilgore and Lucinda Unknown.

Sarah Jane Kilgore m. David A Dean. Children of David A Dean and Sarah Jane Kilgore;

1. Walter L Dean b 1865 OH

2. John William Douglas Randolph Dean b 26 Feb 1865 Littleton TN d 18 Feb 1943 Brookwood, AL

3. Calvin J Dean b 1871 KS.

II. Minerva Caroline Riggs b 13 Nov 1840 VA d 24 Dec 1919 Wise Co VA; buried East Stone Gap Cemetery, Wise Co VA; m. 14 Jul 1860 Wise Co VA to William Elkins; s/o Larkin Elkins and Mary "Polly" Gilley. Children of William Elkins and Minerva Caroline Riggs;

1. William H Elkins b 1861 Wise Co VA d 1950 Wise Co VA; buried East Stone Gap Cemetery, Wise Co VA; m. 29 Nov 1881 Wise Co VA to Nancy E Stuart b 1863 Wise Co VA d 1952 Wise Co VA; buried East Stone Gap Cemetery, Wise Co VA; d/o William H Stewart and Catherine Unknown. Children of William H Elkins and Nancy E Stuart;

i. Sarah C Elins b 1882 Wise Co VA

ii. Willy C Elkins b 1884 Wise Co VA

iii. Laura E Elkins b 1889 Wise Co VA d 1933 Wise Co VA; buried James H Skeen Cemetery, Wise Co VA; m. 21 Dec 1906 Wise Co VA to Letcher H Skeen b 11 Nov 1883 Wise Co VA d 2 Jan 1947 Wise Co VA; buried James H Skeen Cemetery, Wise Co VA; s/o James Henry Skeen and Ardelia "Delia" Elkins.

iv. Rosa Elkins b 1892 Wise Co VA

v. Edward "Edd" Elkins b 1894 Wise Co VA

vi. Jesse P Elkins b 1897 Wise Co VA

2. Alpha C Elkins b 1865 Wise Co VA

3. Anna Loretta Elkins b 1867 Wise Co VA

4. Nancy E Elkins b 1870 Wise Co VA

5. Florence J Elkins b 1876 Wise Co VA; m. Unknown. Children of Unknown and Florence J Elkins;

i. Millie G Elkins b 1897 Wise Co VA

ii. Manerva L Elkins b 1899 Wise Co VA

III. Nancy M Riggs b 1846 VA; m. 29 Nov 1864 Wise Co VA to Jesse Gilley b 1844 VA d 1934; s/o George Washington Gilley and Nancy Saylor. Children of Jesse Gilley and Nancy M Riggs;

1. Reuben Dean Gilley b 1865 Wise Co VA

2. Hiram Jackson Gilley b 1867 Wise Co VA

3. Ardelia Gilley b 1870 Wise Co VA

4. Louisa Gilley b 1872 Wise Co VA

5. Lavina Gilley b 1875

6. George Monroe Gilley b 1879 Wise Co VA

7. Harry Moses Gilley b 1884 Wise Co VA

8. Nannie Kate Gilley b 1881 Wise Co VA

9. Dorathula Gilley.

Jesse Gilley m. 24 Apr 1911 Wise Co VA to Matilda Ann Still

IV. Florence J Riggs b 10 May 1859 Wise Co VA; m. 18 Sept 1877 Wise Co VA to John W Stewart b 1859 VA; s/o John Wesley Stewart and Mary "Polly" Unknown. Children of John W Stewart and Florence J Riggs;

1. Hannah M Stewart b 1878 Wise Co VA; m. 4 Jan 1904 Wise Co VA to William Benton Willis b 1869 Wise Co VA; s/o Francis Willis and Sarah E Unknown.

2. Hiram S Stewart b 1879 Wise Co VA