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DRIGGS William Jefferson
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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
Alternate spellings of Last Name:
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DRIGS DRIGG DRIG
1890 Veteran Census
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none found
1894 Michigan State Veteran Census
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Driggs Wm. J. Saginaw City Second Ward Saginaw
Pension Card
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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
Non Military Vital Record Data
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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
1860 Federal Census
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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
1900 United States Federal Census
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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
1910 Federal Census
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Saginaw Ward 2, Saginaw, Michigan
William J Driggs 72 Superintendent of Mail
Antonette Beierle 67 Housekeeper
Peck 35 Roomer
Other
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History of Saginaw County page 57
Fire Companies
Pioneer Hose Company, No. 1
William J. Driggs.
Michigan State Death Returns
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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 F. 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
Obituary
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Saginaw Daily News December 14, 1914 page 10
WM. J. DRIGGS DIES IN EVART
Saturday evening, Dec. 12, occurred the death of William J. Driggs, who for the past two years had resided at the hom of N. W. Ely in Evart, Mrs. Ely being a sister of the deceased. The home of Dr. Driggs was formerly in Saginaw, where he had a host of friends and where one brother still resides. During the latter part of his life he duperintended for many years the transfer of mails in Saginaw. Mr. Driggs was a lieutenant of the only company of Indians formed durig the civil war, and subsequently was first lieutenant in the regular army. He was the eldest son of Hon. John F. Driggs, who represented for eight years teh sixth congressional district of Michigan, during the trying days of the civil war. Mr. Driggs was a man of the finest personal traits and a character of usual integrity and distinction. The funeral services will take place Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at the Frazee parlors.
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