Looking for any info/contact with these Briggs of Rockingham County, NC. Below is listed the mother, father, and family, and an obituary of one son James Briggs listing brothers, sisters, etc. Please take a look/see and if you are familiar with, related to, or might know of the where about of any of the children for these families, please contact me off list BERTHA MABE, b. Abt. 1897, North Carolina; Died ?? d/o Lee Mabe and Rosa Craddock md. (1)WILLIAM BRIGGS, April 25, 1923, Stokes County, North Carolina; b. Abt. 1885. Died ??? He's 38, she's 24. Son of father unknown and Ester Briggs of King, NC. md (2) unknown Thacker living in Madison, NC 4 Aug 1960 MADISON James William Briggs, 34, of Mayodan. died at 5 p.m.yesterday at Stokes Reynolds Hospital at Danbury after an illness of several weeks. Mr. Briggs was born Feb 26.1926 at Rural Hall, NC to Will and Bertha Mae Briggs. He was a veteran of the Korean conflict. Mr. Briggs was a truck driver. Surviving are his wife Mrs.Odessa Doss Briggs; a daughter, Miss Lori Ann Briggs, of the home, two sons. Jimmy and Johnny Briggs; both of the home; his mother, Mrs.Bertha Briggs Thacker of Madison, Rt. 3; four sisters. Mrs. Odell Cardwell of Madison, Rt. 3, Mrs. Daniel Farmer of Mayodan, Mrs. Raymond Lewellyn of Stokesdale Rt 2, and Mrs John Thomas Gentry of Stokesdale Rt. 1; three brothers. James Thomas Briggs of Stokesdale, Rt. 1, Oscar Briggs of Collinsville, Va. and Carl Eugene Briggs of Stokesdale, Rt 2 The funeral will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Good News Baptist Church at Madison Rt 1, by the Rev Ralph Matthews and the Rev H. J. Marley. Burial will be in the Mayodan Municipal Cemetery. Thanks Hank Mabe Researching Pack/Mabe mabeone@aol.com

Hank, I did find a Esther Made d/o of R. M. on the 1870 Cenus for Stokes county (king is located in Stokes0 Briggs, R. M(artin) 66m farm laborer, b. NC Sarah C 33 f Sarah 21 Esther E 18 Jos. E 14 Levi 12 Joana E 11 Iredell 6 This is the only Briggs family listed in Stokes county on the 1870. Stokes county Marriages: Iredell Briggs, 21 s/o martin and Sally Briggs to Levy Adadeline Tuttle 22, d/o Lee and Martha Ann Tuttle m. 22 Apr1883 in Germanton NC Sarah H Briggs 23 d/o Martin and Sarah Briggs to James G Sizemore 22, s/o John and Polly Sizemore, m. 8 May 1877 in Meadows twpship. Stokes county Cindy in NC Mabeone@aol.com wrote: > Looking for any info/contact with these Briggs of Rockingham County, NC. > Below is listed the mother, father, and family, and an obituary of one son > James Briggs listing brothers, sisters, etc. Please take a look/see and if > you are familiar with, related to, or might know of the where about of any of > the children for these families, please contact me off list > > BERTHA MABE, b. Abt. 1897, North Carolina; Died ?? d/o Lee Mabe and Rosa > Craddock md. (1)WILLIAM BRIGGS, April 25, 1923, Stokes County, North > Carolina; b. Abt. 1885. Died ??? He's 38, she's 24. Son of father unknown > and Ester Briggs of King, NC. md (2) unknown Thacker living in Madison, NC > > > 4 Aug 1960 > MADISON James William Briggs, 34, of Mayodan. died at 5 > p.m.yesterday at Stokes Reynolds Hospital at Danbury after an illness of > several weeks. > Mr. Briggs was born Feb 26.1926 at Rural Hall, NC to Will and Bertha Mae > Briggs. > He was a veteran of the Korean conflict. > Mr. Briggs was a truck driver. Surviving are his wife Mrs.Odessa Doss Briggs; > a daughter, Miss Lori Ann Briggs, of the home, two sons. Jimmy and Johnny > Briggs; both of the home; his mother, Mrs.Bertha Briggs Thacker of Madison, > Rt. 3; four > sisters. Mrs. Odell Cardwell of Madison, Rt. 3, Mrs. Daniel Farmer of > Mayodan, Mrs. Raymond Lewellyn of Stokesdale Rt 2, and Mrs John Thomas Gentry > of Stokesdale Rt. 1; three brothers. James Thomas Briggs of Stokesdale, Rt. > 1, Oscar Briggs of Collinsville, Va. and Carl Eugene Briggs of Stokesdale, Rt > 2 > The funeral will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Good News Baptist > Church at Madison Rt 1, by the Rev Ralph Matthews and the Rev H. J. Marley. > Burial will be in the Mayodan Municipal Cemetery. > > Thanks > Hank Mabe > Researching Pack/Mabe > mabeone@aol.com > > ============================== > Add as many as 10 Good Years To Your Life > If you know how to reduce these risks. > http://www.thirdage.com/health/wecare/hearthealth/index.html