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Riggs, Family |
Biographical Summary |
The John D. Riggs Family History 2007 My grandfather, John D. Riggs and his brothers come from the coast of North Carolina in the late 1800s to work as commercial fisherman. I'm not sure if my grandmother, Virginia O. Phillips Riggs came at that time or if he returned to North Carolina to get married. The story goes they eloped and came to Charlotte Harbor where they raised four daughters and one son: Mamie, Blonie, Dora, Virginia and John D. (JD). In later years my grandfather moved to Boca Grande and was a tarpon guide for the winter guests who came from far and wide to fish there. Aunt Mamie married Matt Weeks from North Carolina. They raised 5 children in Punta Gorda. Aunt Blonie married Mack Mickle from Ft. Myers. They raised 2 sons in Boca Grande. Aunt Dora married Milton Dishong. He was killed in a car crash; she raised her daughter and one son in Boca Grande. Much later Aunt Dora married Homer Addison. Virginia (my mother) married and had 2 daughters, Kathleen and Sheila. Later my mother married Dave Deegan from Philadelphia, PA. Uncle JD married a local girl, Margaret Boyd. They had 5 children. My mother, Virginia, worked at Charlotte Hospital in its very early days earning her LPN license there. My family lived in Charlotte Harbor and Louisville, Ky. until World War II. We moved back to Charlotte Harbor while my dad served in the Sea Bees and then in the regular Navy stationed in the South Pacific until the end of the war. My parents had a little store in Charlotte Harbor for a time. Upon moving to Punta Gorda my dad opened a Real Estate office. He served on the Punta Gorda City Council from 1952-1960 serving as Mayor from 1958-1960. In 1966, then Governor Hayden Bums, appointed my dad as sheriff when Sheriff Stickley was removed from office. He served until the next Republican Governor appointed a Republican as Sheriff Kathleen Deegan married Lonnie Goff in 1951 rearing three daughters. Connie Goff married William Marrett-Kentucky-three children, Debbie Goff married Russell Rucker-Missouri-1 daughter, and Jennifer (Ginger)Goff married Greg Phillips- Tallahassee-3 children. The three daughters produced seven grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren (at this writing 2007). Sheila Deegan married Richard Aber. This marriage produced five children and eight grandchildren. There have been four generations of Virginia's line to attend Charlotte High School. |
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link to photos in library accession no. 2020.004.006 |
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