Hi List, I found this biography of the wife of Clayton Lincoln PIGGOTT. Georgia Elizabeth Kauffman was born on October 6, 1902, in Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Her father, Allen R. Kauffman, was a telephone operator for the Pennsylvania Railroad. She attended Mifflintown High School from 1915 to 1919 and the Dickinson Seminary in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, from 1919-1920, before enrolling in Mount Holyoke College in 1920. At Mount Holyoke, she majored in English Literature with a minor in English. After receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1924, she taught French and English at the High School in Brattleboro, Vermont from 1924-1926. On June 11, 1926 she married Clayton L. Piggott, a printer, and in 1928 she had a daughter Margaret Hilton. She began teaching again at a nursery school in Brattleboro in 1930. In 1932 she moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and became the director at the Seller School; she remained there until 1935. In 1934 she divorced Piggott, and on September 12, 1935, she married John Paul Selsam, an assistant professor of history at the State College of Pennsylvania. Their daughter Eleanor Katharine graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1948. After her husband died in 1950, Selsam remained active in the affairs of the State College of Pennsylvania, acting as an assistant to the Music Department and chaperoning a choir tour of Europe. She died on October 16, 1997 in Newton, Pennsylvania at the age of ninety-five. Based on this biography, I developed the source information on Preston, his ancestors and siblings. Please let us know if any list member is researching this family. The Ancestry Family Tree project allows addition of information from other researchers. Regards, Joe 1930 Census Clayton L Riggot Georgia K Brattleboro, Windham, VT abt 1901 Massachusetts Head Georgia K Riggot Clayton L Brattleboro, Windham, VT abt 1903 Pensylvania Wife Eleanor L Riggot Clayton L, Georgia K Brattleboro, Windham, VT abt 1926 Vermont Daughter Margaret H Riggot Clayton L, Georgia K Brattleboro, Windham, VT abt 1928 Vermont Daughter Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont; Roll: 2432; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 2; Image: 584.0. 1920 Census Clayton Piggott Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont abt 1902 Massachusetts White Boarder Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont; Roll: T625_1876; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 110; Image: 124. W Arthur Cole Arville H Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont abt 1888 Maine White Head Arville H Cole Preston L, Bessie A, W Arthur Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont abt 1890 Massachusetts White Wife Preston L Piggott Bessie A Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont abt 1865 Iowa White Father-in-law Bessie A Piggott Preston L Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont abt 1867 Massachusetts White Mother-in-law Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont; Roll: T625_1876; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 107; Image: 23. Following information from Family Tree submitted to Ancestry.com by Deborah Sweeney genealogylady@comcast.net It is also associated with a user name cherylwhitican, but no e-mail is available publicly # ID: I31608 # Name: Preston Lincoln Piggott 1 # Sex: M Marriage 1 Bessie Augusta Bearce b: 23 MAY 1866 * Married: 23 MAY 1888 Children 1. Has No Children Arvilla Howard Piggott b: 19 AUG 1889 2. Has No Children Bertha Hilton Piggott b: SEP 1892 3. Has No Children Clayton Langdon Piggott b: 16 FEB 1901 Sources: 1. Title: Descendants of John Howard of Bridgewater, Massachusetts from 1643 to 1903 Author: Heman Howard Publication: The Standard Printing Co., Brockton, Mass, 1903; reprint, The Higginson Book, Co Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: p. 117 Following information posted to a public tree on Ancestry.com by scribkelly@aol.com There is much more information, including a picture of Preston Lincoln PIGGOTT Life Events * 1864 Birth Born in Iowa 8 MAR 1864 * 1888 Age: 24 Marriage to Bessie Augusta Bearce 23 MAY 1888 Location: Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts * 1937 Age: 73 Died in 26 MAY 1937 * Burial Location: Riverside Cemetery, North Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts 1910 Census Preston L Piggott Bessie A Chelmsford Precinct 2, Middlesex, MA abt 1864 Iowa Head Bessie A Piggott Preston L Chelmsford Precinct 2, Middlesex, MA abt 1867 Massachusetts Wife Arvilla H Piggott Preston L, Bessie A Chelmsford Precinct 2, Middlesex, MA abt 1890 Massachusetts Daughter Bertha H Piggott Preston L, Bessie A Chelmsford Precinct 2, Middlesex, MA abt 1893 Massachusetts Daughter Clayton L Piggott Preston L, Bessie A Chelmsford Precinct 2, Middlesex, MA abt 1901 Massachusetts Son Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Chelmsford Precinct 2, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_595; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 793; Image: 247. 1900 Census Preston Paggott Bessie A Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts abt 1864 Iowa White Head Bessie A Paggott Preston Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts abt 1866 Massachusetts White Wife Arvilla H Paggott Preston, Bessie A Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts abt 1890 Massachusetts White Daughter Bertha H Paggott Preston, Bessie A Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts abt 1893 Massachusetts White Daughter Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T623 657; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 733. 1880 Census Sarah Piggett Lowell, Middlesex, MA abt 1830 England Self (Head) Jennie H. Piggett Sarah Lowell, Middlesex, MA abt 1851 Massachusetts Daughter Josephine Piggett Sarah Lowell, Middlesex, MA abt 1855 Massachusetts Daughter Austin D. Piggett Sarah Lowell, Middlesex, MA abt 1859 Iowa Son Jessie Piggett Sarah Lowell, Middlesex, MA abt 1862 Iowa Daughter Preston L. Piggett Sarah Lowell, Middlesex, MA abt 1864 Iowa Son Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T9_545; Family History Film: 1254545; Page: 270.1000; Enumeration District: 458; Image: 0041. 1870 Census John Pigott Lowell Ward 3, Middlesex, MA abt 1830 England White Male Sarah Pigott Lowell Ward 3, Middlesex, MA abt 1830 England White Female Jennie Pigott Lowell Ward 3, Middlesex, MA abt 1851 Massachusetts White Female Josephine Pigott Lowell Ward 3, Middlesex, MA abt 1854 Massachusetts White Female Fannie Pigott Lowell Ward 3, Middlesex, MA abt 1856 Massachusetts White Female Austin Pigott Lowell Ward 3, Middlesex, MA abt 1859 Massachusetts White Male Jessie Pigott Lowell Ward 3, Middlesex, MA abt 1862 Massachusetts White Female Preston Pigott Lowell Ward 3, Middlesex, MA abt 1864 Massachusetts White Male Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Lowell Ward 3, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_628; Page: 64; Image: 128. 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