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Oliver W Riggle
OLIVER W. RIGGLE, who carries on farming in Burrell township, Armstrong
county, was born in that township Jan. 10, 1864, son of George and Hannah (Turney)
Riggle.George Riggle and his wife were both from Westmoreland county, this State,
and both were of German descent. They had a family of eleven children: John,
who is a farmer of Burrell township, has had four children, two of whom
survive; Leah is unmarried and lives on the old farm; Margaret, who died in
the spring of 1912, was the wife of David Riffer and left four children;
Philip, a farmer of Burrell township, has a family of eight children; George
(deceased) is survived by one son; Albert, a farmer of Burrell township, has
seven children; James, a farmer of Burrell township, married Mary Speer, and
six of their children are living; David is a farmer in Westmoreland county;
Daniel, of Parks township, Armstrong county, has four children; Jacob P., a
farmer of Burrell township, has three children; Oliver W. completes the
family.Oliver W. Riggle attended the country schools, obtaining a good fundamental
education. He follows farming, having a good place of 104 acres in Burrell
township, and is a highly respected member of his community. On March 2. 1892,
he was married to Kitty Heilman, one of the five children of William and
Hannah (Speer) Heilman who live in Manor township, this county. Mr. and Mrs.
Riggle have had ten children, namely: Margie, born Jan. 7, 1893; Owen, Oct. 8,
1894; Nellie, Jan. 27, 1896; Ralph, Feb. 8, 1898; Irma, Jan. 8, 1900;
Florence, April 24, 1902; Ira, July 15, 1904; Mary, Jan. 7, 1909; and Glen and
George, twins, April 17, 1911 (George is deceased). Mr. and Mrs. Riggle and
their family are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Riggle is a Democrat in
his political views.Mrs. Riggle is a direct descendant of Peter and Elizabeth (Harter) Heilman,
who settled in Kittanning township in 1795-96, their son Solomon, who married
Hannah Yount, being her great grandfather. Her grandparents were Jacob and
Catherine (Iseman) Heilman. A complete history of the Heilman family will be
found elsewhere in this work.Source: Page 682, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed September 1998 by James R Hindman for the Armstrong County Beers
Project
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