Davis Uriah I | Born 1707
BRIGGS, John Franklin
1904 - 1998 (93 years)-
Name BRIGGS, John Franklin Born 28 Jul 1904 Coquille, Coos County, Oregon Gender Male Died 21 Jan 1998 Chico, Butte County, California Person ID I4849 Uriah Davis I - Genealogy Last Modified 21 Jun 2018
Father BRIGGS, John Levi, b. 8 Nov 1860, Wabash County, Indiana , d. 6 Jan 1929, Durham, Butte County, California (Age 68 years) Mother HAYTER, Viola Luella, b. 14 Aug 1865, Freemont, Brown County, Nebraska , d. 14 Sep 1955, Durham, Butte County, California (Age 90 years) Married 2 Apr 1888 Brown, Co., Nebraska Notes - Brown Co., Nebraska Marriage Book A (10-05-1883 to 11-13-1902)
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Family ID F1886 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Dorothy Married Bef 1941 Possibly Butte County, California Last Modified 24 Jun 2018 Family ID F1898 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 KELLY, Alta Marie, b. 24 Sep 1922, Chico, Butte County, California , d. 4 Apr 1991, Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon (Age 68 years) Married Abt 1941 Durham, Butte County, California Children 1. BRIGGS 2. BRIGGS Last Modified 24 Jun 2018 Family ID F1874 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 SHOUPE, Minnie Belle, b. 12 Dec 1907, Oklahoma , d. 8 Aug 1976, Chico, Butte County, California (Age 68 years) Married Abt 1950 Possibly Butte County, California Last Modified 24 Jun 2018 Family ID F1899 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 4 FOSTER, Julia Frances, b. 9 Oct 1911, Kansas , d. 3 Feb 1988, Chico, Butte County, California (Age 76 years) Married Aft 1976 Possibly Butte County, California Last Modified 24 Jun 2018 Family ID F1900 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 5 CANTWELL, Alta Josephine, b. 5 Oct 1913, Butte, California, Unites States , d. 17 Nov 1999, Tehama County, California (Age 86 years) Married Abt 1930 Possibly Butte County, California Children 1. BRIGGS 2. BRIGGS Last Modified 24 Jun 2018 Family ID F1897 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Brown Co., Nebraska Marriage Book A (10-05-1883 to 11-13-1902)
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Notes - John was born in Oregon and moved to as a young boy with the rest of his family to Red Bluff, Tehama Co., California.
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His father John Levi began an almond ranching business in Durham, Butte Co., California in about 1925 which was followed by John and his brother Lester for many years.
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He married Alta Cantwell and had a daughter LaDonna Briggs, and a son John Levi Briggs. After some years the marriage didn't work and they divorced.
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John then married Alta May Kelly and the couple had two children Jimmy Franklin Briggs and Leona Marie Briggs.
John continued on the farm and struggled through several other marriages.
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He eventually sold the farm and moved to the Chico area where he lived the remainder of his years. His funeral brought together family from many places and reunited cousins and other family members who hadn't seen each other for years.
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John's obituary appeard in the Chico Enterprise Record Newspaper on January 23, 1998.
- John was born in Oregon and moved to as a young boy with the rest of his family to Red Bluff, Tehama Co., California.