J. N. RIGGS

RIGGS, BOYLES

Posted By: Mona Sarratt Knight (email)
Date: 7/15/2009 at 06:16:13

Source: The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

J. N. RIGGS, proprietor of Udell Mills, residence Unionville; born in East Tennessee, Aug. 1, 1829; when but 15 years of age, with his mother and two sisters, he came to this county; at the age of 28, he purchased the mill here; in 1867, he entered the mercantile business, which he continued untl 1876; he now owns four mills, three saw and one grist mill, 250 acres of land, eight lots in Unionville, with buildings, one residence, etc., all valued at $12,000. Married Miss Malinda Boyles in 1859; she was born in Virgnia in 1839; daughter of Rev. T. T. Boyles, Pastor of M.E. Church, once on this circuit. Republican; she is a member of the M.E. Church. He is a member of the A.F.&A.M., No. 119, Unionville. His mother, who accompanied him to this state, died in 1860.