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DRIGGS William Jefferson 1st MI SS Co. K
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DRIGGS William Jefferson
Home: East Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan
Enlisted: unreadable 1862 at East Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan
Age At Enlistment: 23
Term: 3 years
Original Enlistment: Co. L, Sixth Cavalry as a Corporal
Mustered In: October 11 1862
Transfer: Co. C Seventh Cavalry on 12 November 1862
Commissioned: First Lieutenant Co. K First Michigan Sharpshooters July 22, 1863
Mustered In: 20 December 1863
Discharged: July 6, 1864
Second Lieutenant in Eleventh U.S. Infantry February 23, 1866
First Lieutenant July 28, 1866
Transferred: September 21? 1866 Twentieth Infantry
Mustered Out: 01 January 1871
Address: Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan
Source: Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in The Civil War 1861-1865 Michigan Adjutant General Dept. Call No. E514.3 M62 V. 44 First Michigan Sharpshooters
Driggs, William Jefferson. N Y. Mich. Corpl L 6 Mich cavalry 11 Oct to 20 Dec 1862; 1 lieutenant 1 Mich sharpshooters 22 July 1863; resigned 6 July 1864; 2 lieutenant 11 infantry 23 Feb 1866; 1 lieutenant 28 July 1866; transferred to 20 infantry 21 Sept 1866; honorable mustered out 1 Jan 1871.
Source: U.S. Army Historical Register, 1789-1903, Vol. 1
Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army D. page 383
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Alternate spellings of Last Name:
DRIGS DRIGG DRIG
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1890 Veteran Census
none found
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1894 Michigan State Veteran Census
Driggs Wm. J. Saginaw City Second Ward Saginaw
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Pension Card
DRIGGS William J.
Late Rank: -
Co. K 1 Reg. Mich S.S.
Date Of Filing: 1890 November 12
Invalid: Application No. 959.557 Certificate No. 811.039
Date of Filing: 1907 February 28
Law: Age
Died: Saginaw Mich
Remarks: C. 7 Mich. Cav. and L 6 Mich Cav.
Source: NARA Film T289 Roll 244 Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861-1900
DRIGGS William J.
Co. K 1 Reg. Mich S.S. and L 6th Michigan Cav.
Date Of Filing: 1890 November 12
Invalid: Application No. 909.507 Certificate No. 811.039 Mich
Remarks: Ira C. A?? Jr.
Source: NARA Film T288 1861-1934
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Non Military Vital Record Data
Birth Date: February 14 1839
Birth Place: New York
Death Date: December 13 1914
Death Place: Evart, Osceola Co., Michigan
Burial Cemetery: December 15, 1914 in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Michigan
Parents: John F. Driggs and Anna M. Howley or Hawley
Marriage: none
Marriage Place: none
Wife: none
Children: none
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1860 Federal Census
Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan Post Office: East Saginaw page 76
John F Driggs 47 Retired Merchant b. N.Y.
Anna M Driggs 41 b. N. Y.
William J Driggs 21 b. N.Y.
Lakey C Driggs 17 b. N.Y.
Emma F Driggs 11 b. N.Y.
Erastus F Driggs 5 b. N.Y.
Irine F Driggs 3 b. Michigan
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1900 United States Federal Census
Saginaw Ward 2, Saginaw, Michigan Sheet 14 A
Anna M Driggs Head W F Oct. 1818 81 Wd. N. York Connecticut N. York
William J Driggs Son W M Feby. 1839 61 Single N. York N. York N. York U. S. Postal Clerk
Emma Driggs Daughter W F July 1849 50 Divorced N. York N. York N. York
Irene H Driggs Daughter W F Aug. 1857 42 Single Michigan N. York N. York
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1910 Federal Census
Saginaw Ward 2, Saginaw, Michigan
William J Driggs 72 Superintendent of Mail
Antonette Beierle 67 Housekeeper
Peck 35 Roomer
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Other
History of Saginaw County page 57
Fire Companies
Pioneer Hose Company, No. 1
William J. Driggs.
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Michigan State Death Returns
County: Osceola
Village: Evart
Name: Wm. J. Driggs
Male White Single
Birth Date: February 14 1839
Age: 75 yrs. 9 mos. 29 d.
Occupation: Retired
Birth Place: New York
Father: John Driggs born New York
Mother: Anna Howley born New York
Informant: N. W. Ely of Evart, Mich.
Died: December 13, 1914
Attended: June 10, 1914 to December 13, 1914
Cause: Acute Nephritis
Doctor: W. J. Conover
Burial Place: Saginaw Mich.
Burial Date: December 15, 1914
Undertaker: G. B. Wilson of Evart
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Obituary
Index: SAGINAW DAILY NEWS
Monday, December 14, 1914
Tuesday, December 15, 1914 (10) (7)
Name: DRIGGS, WILLIAM J.
Child Of: JOHN F.
Age: 75
Death Date: 12/00/1914
Death Place: EVART, MI
Cemetery: FOREST LAWN
Misc: FORMER SAGINAW RESIDENT
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