of Pickaway County, Ohio · documented from the public record
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Nelson A. Riggin b. 1847
Nelson A. Riggin⚭ Laura E. Thomas
childrenTheia Riggin
Source: The Biographical Annals of Ohio
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Ohio State Senator, Eleventh District (Clark, Champaign, Madison counties).
Of Mt. Sterling, Madison County.
Resided in and near Mt. Sterling since about age ten.
Common school education in Mt. Sterling, later Ohio Wesleyan University.
Nominated to the Senate by acclamation at Springfield, June 27, 1901 (his 54th birthday).
Married Miss Laura E. Thomas in 1871.
Family of two daughters, one named Theia.
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