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editThomas Riggs. Thomas Riggs was the son of Samuel and Margaret (Norris) Riggs, and was born in Baltimore on 7 December, 1831. He prepared for College under Samuel McNally, entering Harvard in the Sophomore year. He transferred himself to the Law School in 1850, but studied there for about two months only. On returning to Baltimore, he was for a time connected with the firm of Armistead and Company. For the last thirty-five years of his life, Riggs resided in Washington, where his father was one of the organizers of the Riggs National Banking Company. He died in Washington, D.C., 7 August, 192o, in his eighty-ninth year. Mr. Riggs married (1) Elizabeth Swan Kemp, daughter of Edward D. Kemp; they had two daughters, Nannie Kemp Riggs, born 31 July, 1858, and Margaretta Riggs, born 25 October, 186o. He married (2) Catharine W. Gilbert, daughter of Samuel C. Gilbert of Gilbertsville, New York; they have had two children, Catharine Gilbert Riggs, born 4 February, 1872, and Thomas Gilbert Riggs, born 17 October, 1873, now (1920) Governor of Alaska.
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