In a message dated 9/13/1999 12:50:54 AM Pacific Daylight Time, TXHARRISON-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << 4. The Haggerty House, built by ? Haggerty, and the first in the city to be electrically wired, now a private residence. >> Gail, Perhaps my gr. grandfather's obit will answer your question as to who built the Haggerty House. It was his father Burwell Jefferson Briggs, my 2great grandfather. Next time I get to Texas I will have to see the home. Give my regards to Hubert Bender whom I met 2 years ago when visiting Marshall & Jefferson. Renee Briggs Seattle OBITUARY : Jan. 29, 1911 - We are pained to record the death of another old citizen in the person of JOHN W. BRIGGS, who has resided on the Briggs Homestead near Norwood for over 50 years and was widely known over that old historic section. His father Burwell Briggs (1800-1852) built the old Haggerty homestead near his own home over 75 years ago and helped to erect the first houses that stood for the village of Jefferson...four boys and a daughter (survive)...(Marriage and Death Notices from the Jefferson Jimplecute).