George Briggs : 無料・フリー素材/写真
George Briggs / jajacks62
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| 説明 | Company H, 2nd Kansas CavalryFrom the Memorial Record of G. A. R. Post 145: George Briggs was born August 14th, 1846 in Danville, Hendrix county, Indiana. He was enlisted in Company H, 2nd Kansas Cavalry Volunteers on the 10th day of September, 1862. He was in the following engagements; Cane Hill, Prairie Grove, Newtonia and Fort Smith. He was at the capture of Little Rock, Arkansas. While in the service he had a remarkable escape from death by a six pound shot passing between his arm and body going through the cape of this overcoat. He was discharged on the 22nd of June 1865.The Neodesha Register, Thursday, November 1, 1917, Pg. 5Volume 34, Number 44GEORGE BRIGGS PASSES AWAY.______ George (Mose) Briggs, well known and well liked by everyone, who has been in the county hospital since last spring, died in that institution Tuesday morning, October 30, 1917, aged 71 years. Some months ago after undergoing an operation, he improved some and his friends felt that he was on the way to recovery. A few weeks ago his decline became marked and he failed steadily until the end. For some years he had suffered from heart trouble. The body was removed Tuesday to Meineke’s undertaking parlors, where funeral services will be held tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by the Masonic lodge. The death of George Briggs takes another of the old residents of Neodesha. For years and years he has followed the tinners’ trade and has been employed in Nichols’ hardware store for-over twenty years, in fact he was a fixture in that store before it was bought by Nichols Bros. The store is now owned by W. H. Nichols. Mr. Briggs was always pleasant and courteous and as a workman was dependable and superior. The last few years he was unable to do much and only worked when he felt able. Mr. Briggs’ was an old soldier, with an enviable record covering a period of three years of unusual activity in the service of his country, the scenes of which were all enacted west of the Mississippi river. He enlisted with Company K, Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, on the 10th of September, 1862, at Lawrence, Kansas. Was discharged June 22, 1865, at the close of the war. He was in the following engagements: Battle of Old Fort Wayne, Cain Hill, Prairie Grove and Fort Smith, Ark. Also participated in the capture of Little Rock. Mr. Briggs had a narrow escape from death from a six-pound shot which passed between his arm and body, tearing a large hole through the cape of his coat. Mr. Briggs was a charter member of Humphrey Post of this city. He was also a past master Mason, belonging to Harmony Lodge in this city. Mr. Briggs is survived by one daughter, Miss Nellie Briggs, of Buffalo, New York, and she is expected to arrive here today. Miss Briggs was here last spring to see her father. Another daughter, Mrs. Minnie Blakely, died here a few years ago. A granddaughter, Mrs. Doris Vaughn, daughter of the late Mrs. Blakely, lives here with her husband, on Grant street. Miss Briggs and Mrs. Vaughn are the only known relatives of Mr. Briggs. Mr. Briggs has been a familiar figure in Neodesha for about forty-five years and had characteristics that were distinct and becoming only of him. It was typical of him to smoke his cigar tilted at an angle of about 45 degrees and invariably when he sat down he would draw his feet under him. In conversation he was interesting and well informed on public matters, keeping close tab on current events and always discussing them intelligently and with just consideration for those about him. “Mose” Briggs was a tender hearted man and appreciative of any favor showed him. He will be missed by a large circle of friends.______ Mr. Briggs was born August 4, 1846, at Danville, Indiana. He came to Kansas in 11855, locating first at Lawrence where he remained until the war broke out returning to that city after the close of the war. A few years later in 1872, he came to Neodesha, where he has remained ever since. Mr. Briggs’ record as a mechanic and business man was unique in that during the entire period of his residence in Neodesha, since 1872, he was engaged in the same store, as a tinsmith, and one time part owner, although the ownership of the business changed hands several times. Forty-five years ago he went to work as a tinsmith for the firm of Henry & Duncan. Since that time the business changed hands, as follows: Passed from Henry & Duncan to Wm. Anderson; Wm. Anderson to Wm. Cramer; Cramer to Henry & Briggs. The latter firm sold to A. C. Sperry sold to Angus Stuart. W. H. Nichols, the present owner of the business, bought the stock from the Stuart estate in 1895 and has conducted the business ever since, and Mr. Briggs was still in the harness, doing his last work in Mr. Nichols’ hardware store, only a few months ago. This is an unusual record of continuous service and goes to prove that Mr. Briggs made himself so valuable that he practically became an asset of the business, passing on to each succeeding purchaser. A period of half a century, spent in the same place in the same occupation is not an unusual thing in Eastern states but in this western country it is an exceptional record. |
| 撮影日 | 2007-08-05 20:41:38 |
| 撮影者 | jajacks62 , Chanute |
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| 撮影地 | Neodesha, Kansas, United States 地図 |
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