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Born 1829
From History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881)
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.
As printed in History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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