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Bessie Riggs 1887 - 1978

Bessie Riggs was born on May 23, 1887, and died at age 90 years old in April 1978. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Bessie Riggs.

Bessie Riggs
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In 1887, in the year that Bessie Riggs was born, on January 20th, the US Senate gave the US Navy the right to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. Pearl Harbor is on the island of Oahu, a part of the Hawaiian Islands. The Navy was given direction to maintain "a coaling and repair station" at the harbor.
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In 1898, at the age of merely 11 years old, Bessie was alive when on March 24th, Robert Allison of Pennsylvania became the first person to buy an American-built car. He bought a Winton, which he had seen in an advertisement in Scientific American. The Winton, built in Ohio, was made by hand and came with a leather roof, padded seats, gas lamps, and tires made by B.F. Goodrich.
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Riggs, Martha (Born Apr 7, 1873) Riggs, Loren (Born Apr 21, 1910) Coykendall-Riggs, Etta (Born May 18, 1883) Riggs, Merle (May 25, 1915 - Apr 22, 2006) Riggs, Thorine (May 5, 1948 - Sep 18, 2001) Riggs, Norma (Nov 8, 1943 - Aug 23, 2003) Riggs, Fred (Oct 16, 1891 - Mar 1975) Riggs, Leone (Feb 6, 1895 - Apr 1989) Riggs, Mary (Dec 24, 1933 - Dec 27, 1997) Riggs, Lawrence (Jan 21, 1950 - Sep 14, 2010)
Riggs, George (Aug 10, 1902 - Oct 1973) Riggs, Regina (Mar 29, 1921 - May 11, 2010) Riggs, Ruth (Nov 6, 1892 - May 1984) Riggs, Constance (Feb 2, 1947 - Aug 29, 1993) Riggs, Clara (Sep 10, 1891 - Jan 1979) Riggs, Margaret (May 30, 1891 - Mar 1991) Riggs, Clyde (Oct 29, 1908 - Jul 1971) Riggs, William (Oct 12, 1915 - Jul 1979) Riggs, Kenneth (Sep 11, 1917 - May 1977) Riggs, Elmer (Feb 22, 1915 - May 1982)
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