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Esom Riggs

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Such a dignified man! When was the last time you read a newspaper in the yard wearing a full suit?
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06/30/2015
That's a great photo!
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06/30/2015
He looks so distinguished!
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06/30/2015
Awesome pic!
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06/30/2015
Its a shame people dont dress anymore ....
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06/30/2015
True, but think on a hot day how nice it is to wear shorts and a t shirt instead of a full suit, or a dress with ten layers of constrictive underwear , hats, gloves etc
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06/30/2015
I do it all the time as a reenactor . Its not as bad as you think .😉
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06/30/2015
That sounds fun !
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06/30/2015
It is lots of fun Patrick !
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06/30/2015
----Reminds me of my grandpa Hess---Always so dignified, a true gentleman----
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06/30/2015
Myhusband does that on the porch porch after work occasionally.
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06/30/2015
I never have.
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06/30/2015
Great pic....
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06/30/2015
Classy and so distinguished!
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06/30/2015
Might be dressed for the pic because it was a 'sitting' as opposed to a candid pic. Or maybe not.
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06/30/2015
He was probably only 33 years old in this picture.
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06/30/2015
Super photo
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06/30/2015
People rarely "dress" anymore. To bad.
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06/30/2015
a TRUE GENTLEMAN !!!
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06/30/2015
Probably never
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06/30/2015
I remember this pic from years ago! I don't remember where I saw it, but I've always loved the image. Thanks for sharing.
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06/30/2015
My father has always worn a full suit, all his life. I liked it , still like a well dressed man 😊
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07/01/2015
Mine too.
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06/30/2015
Impressive man.
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06/30/2015
Magnifique ♡ ♥ merci
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06/30/2015
He's not "dressed up" this is the way he dresses everyday. I like his shoes, they appear to be new or well taken care of. He is very distinguished looking. I think the term then was "courtly looking"
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06/30/2015
Shoes got buffed nightly
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06/30/2015
Old Traditions, An Elderly Neighbour, Now Deceased, And An Irishman By Birth, Always Tipped His Hat On Greeting One, And Saying Hello, Lovely!
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06/30/2015
very few people considered it proper to leave the house unless COMPLETELY dressed in those days.
Photo of Cecilia Robbins Cecilia Robbins
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06/30/2015
Love the pic! Reminds me of my grandfather! He always wore a suit or at least a long sleeved white shirt starched and ironed!
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06/30/2015
I remember the smell of my Dads starched, ironed shirts! Miss that
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06/30/2015
I wear suits etc everyday unless im in the garden messing about.People often come up to me and compliment me in the street, shops etc.and say they wished men would dress that way. I go out as if I were golng somewhere special every day and a lot of the time I am.
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06/30/2015
Nothing beats a sharp dressed man. Tell ppl you respect yourself! Kudos!
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06/30/2015
Remember when all men dressed like that unless they were working, especially impressive were how neat and clean kids were then too. Church was a good example.
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06/30/2015
Love the old photos.
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06/30/2015
i'm guess just after the civil war. I have been out in the yard with shirt and tie on but not the jacket
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06/30/2015
It obviously wasn't 105 degrees there!
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06/30/2015
LOVE this photo! Nowadays, it's blue jeans & T shirts!
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06/30/2015
Let me think....never!
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06/30/2015
A true gentleman? You can be a liar or an abuser and still wear a suit!
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06/30/2015
You could be,, however those types of ppl rarely gave a damn about what they wore,, and if they did dress..they for sure didn't wear it this well.. class speaks louder than criminal
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06/30/2015
Tee hee when's the last time u wore a suit?
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06/30/2015
Wish living in my favorite base hadn't taken so many family photo's school albums etc. So we leave hurricanes behind to move to tornado alley! Gotta love Air Force!
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06/30/2015
All the time....
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06/30/2015
Ppl always got dressed before the went out. Actually they got dressed when they got up back in those days! Respect for your appearance! Must have been real nice!
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06/30/2015
When I stayed overnight or longer, at my maternal grandparents' house, we were not permitted to go to the breakfast table without being completely dressed for the day.
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06/30/2015
That is how it was when I was a child. And dressing was not a tank top and booty shorts! Lol
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06/30/2015
My Grandfather dressed like this his entire adult life and we lived in Arizona............
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06/30/2015
Ppl dress in much less here in Arizona now.. its a shame
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06/30/2015
What a wonderful historical photo!! Love it!!
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06/30/2015
And hat!
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06/30/2015
I love old pictures
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06/30/2015
I bet it was a Sunday.
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06/30/2015
I did yesterday in my birthday suit
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06/30/2015
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06/30/2015
My Grandpa always wore a three piece suit when not in the house. I didn't understand it at my tender age but I always thought how well he prsented himself till his death at 84.
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06/30/2015
And that is why! Ppl took pride in presenting themselves well
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06/30/2015
I never have
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06/30/2015
Love this.
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06/30/2015
Thanks for sharing this
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06/30/2015
My great grandfather wore a suit every day! So handsome!
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06/30/2015
OMG, don't say Civil War, it might be offensive to some (note the hint of sarcasm there?)
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06/30/2015
Love this picture
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06/30/2015
Great story great history
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06/30/2015
I remember that day. We lived next door and always walked home from church on nice days. Daisy Riggs and my Grandma made lunch at one house or the other . Later, there were 15 or 20, sometimes more showed up for croquet. Great times. (c. 1905-1910)
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06/30/2015
My dad did, too. Hat included.
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06/30/2015
Great photo! Men look fabulous in suits although I understand why they don't like to wear them everyday. My great grandfather, a Civil War vet from Illinois, always wore a blue serge suit. Sat outside in the hot summer heat reading the Bible and the newspaper, came back in and swore he was going blind.
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06/30/2015
My grandfather, if he wasn't working in the fields, wore a suit with a hat on his head.
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06/30/2015
Thank you
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06/30/2015
just gimme that chair!
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06/30/2015
Maybe he was patiently waiting for his wife to get ready.
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06/30/2015
Probably the best light for reading. And people then enjoyed the fresh air.
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06/30/2015
That is a great picture
Photo of Donna L. Oglesby Donna L. Oglesby
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06/30/2015
Back at a time where people, men and women both cared about how they looked in public, and gave a damn about their appearance, Now sadly seems that people younger that 50 don;t care about anything but themselves, wearing pants so saggy is's a wonder why wear them at all, women wearing tight tight, Tights when they are bulgeing at the seems and hanging out all over the place, drawn on eye brows... OMG it is all disgusting...! no class, no type and no self respect anymore, things apparently no longer taught in homes... along with no moral values
Photo of Angela O'Cobtbhaigh Coffey Angela O'Cobtbhaigh Coffey
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01/02/2016
Some of us have to get em tight...no butt or hips to hold our pants up! 😀
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06/30/2015
I don't think I even know anyone with a suit.

Ach... I wish I could afford one.
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06/30/2015
My father wore a military uniform everyday of his adult life. HE always wanted to own a nice suit but he had to wear his dress blues when out in public. Military protocols.
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06/30/2015
I only read the newspaper one time outside, but I was not wearing a suite. It was 6-7 years ago while waiting for the train in Carlsbad heading to San Diego
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07/01/2015
What a great first name is Esom !
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07/01/2015
And most likely made of heavy wool
Photo of Linda Rector Linda Rector
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07/01/2015
my grandpa Georgia always wore a full suit with bow tie and hat.
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07/01/2015
They didn't have polyester sweats back in those days and t-shirts were an undergarment.
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07/01/2015
My grandfather was a painter in downtown Cleveland. He went to work every day in a suit, changed his clothes into work clothes, then when work was done, changed back into his suit to come home!
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07/01/2015
I bet his wife called him Mr Riggs.
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07/01/2015
Most people these days barely get dressed to go to a restaurant, or anywhere, for that matter!
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07/01/2015
Reminds me of Grandpa Weaver! Lol
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07/01/2015
A southern gentleman.
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07/01/2015
My father. He is a true southern gentleman. Style, class and intelligence! He is 87yrs old and the hardest working man I know.
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07/01/2015
My grandfather would have. The proud son of first Sgt Zebulon MCGowan Elsberry of the 40th Geirgia company A Confederate army of the Tennessee
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07/24/2015
Esom Riggs was my Great Great Grandfather. I posted this picture on a Civil War site. It's nice to see it being used.
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08/06/2015
Esom Riggs was a private in the confederate cavalry; part of Gunn's Raiders. He was captured after a raid into PA and spent the rest of the war in Union prisons until paroled 6 days after the war. He went on to start a successful lumber company.
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08/07/2015
J'adore cette photo !! :)
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01/02/2016
Now we get to see underwear and pants sagging. No respect for their selves at all. Ragedy all the time or they look like sissy's. No gentleman.
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01/02/2016
Real man!
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Esom Riggs
Esom M Riggs was born on July 25th, 1843 in West Virginia to Thomas Hannan Riggs (1811 - 1854) and Celia Ann Hughes, born 1810. His father was born in Virginia, as was his mother. He had six siblings: Charles Estes, Elizabeth Jane, Albert F., Thomas Jefferson, Missouri Francis, and Ransom William Riggs. Esom Riggs was a soldier in the United States Civil War, serving as a Private in the Confederate Army in the 8th Virginia Calvary. He married Martha Ann Ball (1849 - 1891) circa 1868 in Indiana. They had three daughters: Hortense, Bertha, and Grace, and three sons: Edward, Clarence, and Joseph. After Martha died, he then married Caroline Crow (1852 - 1903) on September 15th, 1892 in Grant County, Indiana. After Caroline died, Esom married Indiana Aldred on April 17th, 1905 in Hamilton County, Indiana. Esom died at the age of 71 in Noblesville, Indiana and he is buried in Crownland Cemetery in Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana
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