Name: Thomas Jefferson Riggs
Residence: LaFollette, Tenn
Sex: Male
Race: W
Date of Birth: 20 Dec 1859
Place of Birth: Campbell Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: 29 Aug 1946
Place of Death: LaFollette, Tenn
Age: 86 years 8 months 22 days
Marital Status: Widowed
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Occupation: Farmer
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Father's Full Name: Billie Riggs
Father's Birthplace: Campbell Co,Tenn
Mother's Full Maiden Name: Catherine Miller
Mother's Birthplace: Campbell Co., Tenn
Cause of Death: coronary occlusion

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• Operation?: No
• Autopsy?: No

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• Date of Occurrence: 19
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Informant: Mrs. Osha Carroll
Informant Address: LaFollette, Tenn
Burial, Removal, or Cremation: Burial in Davis Chapel Cemetery
Date: 30 Aug 1946
Undertaker: Minton Sharp
Address: LaFollette, Tenn
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Date Filed: 07 Oct 1946
Registrar: Alice C. Murray
Signature: Roscoe C Pryse
Address: LaFollette, Tenn

Submitter's Name: Bobbie Ivey-Lewallen
Submitter's Email: tngranny3@yahoo.com
Relationship to the Deceased: great grandfather

Comments: He was called Tommy. Tommy's first wife was Emma Chapman, with who he had four daughters and two sons. She died before 1900. Tommy's second wife was Nancy Jane Ivey, who died in 1941. Tommy's father's real name was William. The informant's name is misspelled. Her name was Orpha. She was Tommy's daughter.