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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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