John Jasper Biggs

Male 1832 - 1913  (81 years)


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  • Name John Jasper Biggs  [1, 2
    Birth 11 Mar 1832  Cobden, Union, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Residence 13 Sep 1850  Union, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 27 Dec 1913  Durango, La Plata, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • From the Stockton Daily Argus, 20 February 1860:
      SEDUCTION and ABDUCTION -- A suit was commenced on Friday last in the District Court of Sacramento, by Daniel A. MAUPIN, against John Jasper Biggs, to recover the sum of $5,000 damages alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff by the seduction of his wife by defendant, and the abduction of herself and his children. MAUPIN states that he intermarried, on the 21st of June 1855, at Placerville, with Angeline Cox; that they lived together till the 1st of February, 1860, having issue a daughter, born on the 20th of April, 1856, and a son born on the 19th of August, 1857; that Biggs debauched his wife and alienated her affections; and, on the 1st of February, abducted said wife and children, conveying them to some place unknown.
      Shawnele Surplus 1 15 09
    Person ID I24279  McKenzie Genealogy
    Last Modified 28 Mar 2012 

    Father Davis Warren Biggs,   b. 11 Sep 1802, Stewart City, Houston, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1887, Cobden, Union, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Catherine Burke,   b. 26 Apr 1815, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1886, Cobden, Union, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 19 Feb 1857  Jackson, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F09821  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Angeline P. Cox,   b. 30 Jul 1836, , , Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1917, Salem, Marion, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 16 Nov 1862  Weaverville, Trinity, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F10777  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2012 

  • Sources 
    1. [S013162] Vancil, Jones, Niess, Dowty families, (Ancestry.com, Inc., Provo, Utah, 2001).

    2. [S002394] 1850 United States Federal Census.

    3. [S007105] Jordan Dodd, Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900, (Jordan Dodd and Liahona Research, comp.. Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.).


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