In Lafayette Township, Thomas Wiggins, born in the county in 1811 to parents from Virginia, married Mary Miller in 1837, served as township trustee and infirmary director, and owned 645 acres; his sons William and Thomas T. farmed nearby, and William served a year in the 51st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Edward Wiggins, a son of Isaac Wiggins, was born in the same township in 1829 and served two years in the same regiment. In Linton Township, Benjamin Wiggins was born in 1820 to Edward and Mary (Greentree) Wiggins, who had come from Brooke County, Virginia, in 1807; the book says his grandfather came from Ireland and marked out his Virginia land by blazing trees with a tomahawk. Every fact below is cited to a public-domain Coshocton County history.
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Farmer; township trustee and infirmary director
WIGGINS THOMAS, Lafayette township; farmer. His father and mother were natives of Virginia. The subject of this sketch was born in this county in 1811, and was married to Miss Mary Miller in 1837. They have had seven children, viz: George, Sarah, Hannah, Ehnira; Jane, deceased; Wilham, and Thomas. Thomas Wiggins was a trustee of this township from the time the railroad was built till 1875, when he was elected to the office of infirmary director, which office he holds at present. He owns 645 acres of land, and is comfortably situated.
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Farmer; Civil War soldier
WIGGINS WILLIAM, Lafayette township; farmer; postoffice. West Lafayette, Ohio; son of Thomas M. and Mary M. (Miller) Wiggins; was born June 23, 1842, in this county. His parents were born and raised in this county, and ar.e among the oldest inhabitants. Mr. Wiggins was raised on the farm, and has always followed that occupation. He enlisted, in the fall of 1862, in Company E, Fifty-first 0. V. I., and served one year. He was married, October 29, 1863, to Miss Lydia Marlatt, of this county. They became the parents of one child, Mary 0. Mrs. Wigginsdied March 13, 1867. He was married, March 29, 1868, to Miss Jennie Smith, of this county. They are the parents of two children, viz: Charles C, and Sarah E.
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Farmer; township supervisor
WIGGINS THOMAS T., Lafayette township; farmer; son of T. M. Wiggins; was born November 6, 1843, and married to Eliza PhiUabaum November 17, 1864. Their children are as follows: an infant, deceased; Sarah Alice, born September 27,1866; Henry, born May 19,1868; Ross E., born January 23, 1870; Mary M., born September 27, 1873; Ida J., born July 17, 1874; Lola B., born July 12, 1876, and Ira F., born November 8, 1878. Deaths: Henry L., died March 11, 1872, aged two years, four months and twenty-two days; Lola J., died August 26, 1875, aged one year, one month and eight days. They have 225 acres of land belonging to his father. He has been supervisor in this township, and is honest and industrious.
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Farmer; Civil War soldier.
WIGGINS EDWARD, Lafayette township; farmer; P. 0. West Lafayette; [son of Isaac Wiggins, deceased; was born in this township in 1829, and married in 1870 to Mrs. Miller, of this township. Their children were as follows: Jennie, born-July 2, 1871; Eddie, born February 4,1873; Emma, born December 22, 1876. Their stepchildren were Delia, born October 4, 1862, and Isaac, born December 22, 1863. Mr. Wiggins took part in the late war, going out in the Fiftyfirst 0. V. I., and was out two years. He owns one hundred acres of real estate, and enjoys the esteem of his neighbors.
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Settled in Linton Township in 1807. Not the Edward Wiggins born in 1829
Retired farmer, Plainfield
WIGGINS BENJAMIN, Linton township; retired farmer; Plainfleld; born in Linton township, July 13, 1820; the son of Edward and Mary (Greentree) Wiggins. His parents emigrated to his native township in 1807, from Brooke county,. Virginia. His grandfather Wiggins emigrated - from Ireland to the wilds of Virginia at an early day, and there selected as much land as he wanted by blazing the trees around the tract with a tomahawk. Mr. W. was married November 14, 1839, to Jamima, stepdaughter to George Magness. Their children are Charity, deceased; Edward; Thomas, deceased; Seth, deceased; Samuel, John, Harvey, Mary (Williams), Amanda (Workman), and Benjamin, deceased.
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