Individual Details
Reuben O. Biggs
(27 Oct 1890 - 27 Mar 1949)
Events
| Birth | 27 Oct 1890 | Culver, Marshall, Indiana, United States | |||
| Marriage License | 13 Nov 1916 | Myrtle Wiser |  | ||
| Marriage | 13 Nov 1916 | Marshall, Indiana, United States - Myrtle Wiser | | ||
| Residence | 13 Nov 1916 | Culver, Marshall, Indiana, United States | |||
| Residence | 1920 | Union, Marshall, Indiana, United States | |||
| Residence | 1930 | Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States | |||
| Death | 27 Mar 1949 | from Uremia - Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States |  | ||
| Burial | 29 Mar 1949 | Culver Masonic cemetery, Culver, Marshall, Indiana, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Myrtle Wiser (1890 - 1968) |
| Child | Martha Biggs (1918 - 1980) |
| Father | Frank Biggs ( - ) |
| Mother | Armitta Alspach (1851 - 1934) |
Notes
Death
Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Saturday, March 28, 1949Reuben Oscar BIGGS, 58, of Culver, died at 10:30 Sunday morning in Woodlawn hospital, this city, where he had been a patient for the past nine days. He had been in ill health for three months. Mr. Biggs resided in Rochester for a number of years before moving to Culver. A native of Cass county, he was born October 27, 1890. His parents were Frank and Annetta (ALSPACH) BIGGS. He was employed as a trucker up until his last illness. Survivors are his widow, Myrtle Edith BIGGS; a daughter, Mrs. Martha PICKENS, Logansport; a stepson, Clyde HICKMAN, Plymouth; two sisters, Mrs. Tess CALHOUN, Monterey, Mrs. Cannie WOLFE, Rochester; five brothers, Earl [BIGGS], Columbus, O.; Dee [BIGGS], Macy; George, Archie and Dewey [BIGGS], Rochester; eight grandchildren, one of whom, James McCLATH, makes his home with his grandparents. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon 2:30 o'clock at the Easterday Funeral Home, Culver. Rev. I. G. ROEBERER will officiate. Burial will be in the Culver cemetery. The body lies in state at the funeral home.SOURCE:Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1949 by Jean C. and Wendell C. TombaughBurial
Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Saturday, March 28, 1949Reuben Oscar BIGGS, 58, of Culver, died at 10:30 Sunday morning in Woodlawn hospital, this city, where he had been a patient for the past nine days. He had been in ill health for three months. Mr. Biggs resided in Rochester for a number of years before moving to Culver. A native of Cass county, he was born October 27, 1890. His parents were Frank and Annetta (ALSPACH) BIGGS. He was employed as a trucker up until his last illness. Survivors are his widow, Myrtle Edith BIGGS; a daughter, Mrs. Martha PICKENS, Logansport; a stepson, Clyde HICKMAN, Plymouth; two sisters, Mrs. Tess CALHOUN, Monterey, Mrs. Cannie WOLFE, Rochester; five brothers, Earl [BIGGS], Columbus, O.; Dee [BIGGS], Macy; George, Archie and Dewey [BIGGS], Rochester; eight grandchildren, one of whom, James McCLATH, makes his home with his grandparents. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon 2:30 o'clock at the Easterday Funeral Home, Culver. Rev. I. G. ROEBERER will officiate. Burial will be in the Culver cemetery. The body lies in state at the funeral home.SOURCE:Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1949 by Jean C. and Wendell C. TombaughEndnotes
1. , "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XXLY-W6C : accessed 26 July 2015), Reuben O Biggs and Myrtle Hickman, 13 Nov 1916; citing , Marshall, Indiana, county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL micr (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
2. , "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XXLY-W6C : accessed 26 July 2015), Reuben O Biggs and Myrtle Hickman, 13 Nov 1916; citing , Marshall, Indiana, county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL micr (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).