Doddridge County Roots


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Sara M. RIGGS

Sara M. RIGGS

Female 1851 -


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  • Name Sara M. RIGGS
    Birth Dec 1851  [1, 2] 
    • Age in 1880 Census would put her birth in about 1855, but the 1900 Census shows it as Dec 1851, age 48, married 22 years, mother of 4 children (all still living). Her age 10 in the 1860 Census conforms more to the Dec 1851 birth date.
    Gender Female
    Census 1880  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I140962  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 26 Jul 2026

    Father John Benjamin RIGGS,   b. 1824, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Sep 1898, Macfarlan, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Mother Lucinda WINCE,   b. 29 Sep 1826, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1880, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
    Family ID F62185  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Thomas CHIPPS,   b. 15 Mar 1854, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1925, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [3]
    Marriage CA 1878  [1] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District), enumerated on June 25, 1880:
      John Chipps, 26, farmer, cannot read/write; wife Sarah, 25; son F. F., 10; dau (original "M" entry for Male was overwritten with "F"), 4; dau Sarah, 5 months. All born in Va/WVa. John's parents born in Ohio.
      Note (1) The son listed as F. F. Chipps was Francis Faren (or Faro) Chipps, who married under the Chipps surname in 1895, but later changed his surname to Statler (or Stateler).
      Note (2) The child listed as daughter D. E. Chipps was actually a son, Dexter Elliott Chipps.
      Note (3) Daughter Sarah was more fully known as Sara Anna Chipps, but commonly went by the name Annie.

      1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District), enumerated on June 23, 1900:
      John Chips, 46, b. Mar 1854, railroad laborer, married 22 yrs; wife Sarah M, 48, b. Dec 1851, married 22 yrs, mother of 4 children (all still living); dau Annie, 20, b. Jan 1880, single; son Fenton, 17, b. Mar 1883, single, day laborer.
    Children 
    +1. Francis Faren STATLER,   b. 9 Mar 1870, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 1954, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     2. Dexter Elliott CHIPPS,   b. 28 Sep 1876, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 1926, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
    >3. Sara Anna "Annie" CHIPPS,   b. 15 Jan 1880, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jun 1950, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     4. Fenton Monroe CHIPPS,   b. 3 Mar 1883   d. 16 Dec 1918, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)
    Family ID F62915  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2140] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District).

    2. [S2148] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    3. [S1604] Death record of son.