Individual Details

Death

Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Saturday, September 15, 1934Mrs. Arminta BIGGS, aged 82, who has been a resident of Fulton county for the past 75 years, died at her home, two and a half miles southeast of Rochester on the Wabash road at 6 o'clock Friday evening. Death was due to intestinal flu and followed an illness of four weeks. The deceased was born in Henry county on February 26, 1852. Her parents were Samuel and Mary ALSPACH. Following Mrs. Biggs' birth her parents moved to Pennsylvania and then to Fulton county. Her husband, Frank BIGGS, preceded her in death. She was a member of the Christian Church. Survivors are the following children, Mrs. Cannie WOLFE, of this city, Earle BIGGS, Columbus, Ohio, Mrs. Cassie CALHOUN and Reuben BIGGS, Leiters Ford, Archie BIGGS at home, Dee BIGGS, George BIGGS and Dewey BIGGS of this city, 14 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. The funeral services will be held from the home of her son, Dee Biggs, 1217 Franklin Avenue, at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Burial will be made in the Mt. Hope Cemetery at Athens.SOURCE:Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1934 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh  Family links:  Parents:  Samuel Alspaugh (1811 - 1879)  Mary Cook Alspaugh (1814 - 1868)  Spouse:  Benjamin Franklin Biggs (1851 - 1920)*  Children:  Vida E Biggs Oles (____ - 1909)*  Pearl Jane Biggs Dush (1875 - 1950)*  Canna May Biggs Wolf (1877 - 1954)*  Earl Jay Biggs (1879 - 1955)*  Archibald Leon Biggs (1882 - 1951)*  Tessie Biggs Calhoun (1888 - 1958)*  Reuben Oscar Biggs (1890 - 1949)*  Devell Devon Biggs (1892 - 1974)*  George Washington Biggs (1894 - 1972)*  Admiral Dewey Biggs (1898 - 1963)*  Siblings:  Jacob M. Alspaugh (1838 - 1914)*  Julian Ann Alspaugh Moore (1840 - 1924)*  John W. Alspaugh (1841 - 1906)*  Elizabeth Alspaugh (1845 - 1929)*  James Knob Alspaugh (1846 - 1900)*  Arminta Alspaugh Biggs (1852 - 1934)  Mary D. Alspaugh (1852 - 1928)*  Sarah Jane Alspaugh Miller (1856 - 1925)*  Eliza Ellen Alspach Miller (1860 - 1927)* *Calculated relationship Burial:Mount Hope Athens CemeteryAthensFulton CountyIndiana, USAPlot: Unknown