ME
(*)
Shelby Alexander (Lex) Riggs II (01-18-45--) 1st wife, Janet Gale (Melton) Riggs,
DOB: (10-7-48), Married 8-28-65; Div: (4-11-66), no children,
Janet Gale Melton, Daughter of Leonard & Ruth (Marrit) Melton
2nd wife (*) Sue
Ann (Machek) Riggs (6-2-46), married: (9-9-67),
daughter of Louis Phillip Machek (1907-1991) & Mary (Zoran) Machek (1912-1982)
My Children
(*) Jefferson
David Riggs (1-20-68-) & Dawn (Lyons) Riggs;
Children: Trevor Jefferson Riggs (4-12-2007)
(*) Rebecca Lynn Riggs (9-8-69-) & *Alvdys Jankauskas
* Alvyds Jankauskas: Born in Lithuania in 1971
Children: Viktorija (English pronunciation is Victoria) Sue Jankaukas
Born: 7-6-2008
In: Henderson, NV USA
My Grandchildren
Trevor Jefferson Riggs (4-12-2007)
Viktorija (English pronunciation is Victoria) Sue Jankaukas
My Brother
Leslie Brooks Riggs: (Jan. 11, 1948-April 6, 1966): died from fall in Rochester, MN.
Unmarried, No Children
My Brother
John David Riggs & 1st wife, Mayme (Blankenship) Riggs,
Married 9-26-68,
div. 4-2-70). No children
Ellen (Zoellner) Riggs, 2nd wife: (married 7-25-70)
John Alan Hugh Riggs (1979-) No Children
Nancy Ellen Riggs (1981-) No Children
My Parents
(*)
**Shelby Alexander Riggs (6-9-1899-7-10-63) & 1st wife, Kate (Sledge Riggs), (No Children) born in Indiana, buried in Calhoun Cemetery, (1904-1939)
Father: Gibson Hansford Riggs
Mother: Sallie (Quisenberry) Riggs
2nd wife: (*) Audrey Mae (Thompson) Riggs
Born: 9-26-1920
In: Browns Valley, (Daviess Co.) KY
Died: 2-17-2002
in: Chicago, Ill.
Married Jan. 29, 1940
in: Bowling Green, KY.
Div., 11-12-59 in Henderson, KY.
Cremated in Chicago, Illinois, ashes are buried in Calhoun (Ky)
Cemetery
My Grandparents
Paternal Grandparents:
Gibson Hansford Riggs (1875-1931) & Sallie Quisenberry (1876-1902)
**
Gibson Hansford Riggs: 1875 to 1931 (Age 56) (Pleasant Hope Baptist
Cemetery), Calhoun, KY
MGP (2X): E. E. Quisenberry & Maggie Davis
Sallie (Quisenberry) Riggs, 1st wife 1-3-1876 to 12-12-1902:
Married on Tuesday morning at 8:00 AM DEC. 24,1895, in Cannelton, Ind. (Sallie is believed to have died from heart
failure at age 26. possibly caused from dysentery or what was commonly called "Consumption" in the Nineteenth century &
the early 20th century). Sallie is buried in a small cemetery along with Finley & Martha Ann Riggs, and some members of
the Reeves family, that are also distantly related to the Riggs’, on private property about 2 miles from Clayton Riggs’
farmhouse on KY 250.
John David Hardin married Nannie Quisenberry, sister of Sallie
& Jennie Quisenberry. Willett H. Franklin (1869-1924) & Jennie (Quisenberry) Franklin (1870-1955), sister of Sallie
Quisenberry:
Franklin Willett A. 1869 – 1924 married to Jennie (Quisenberry)
1870-1955.
Hardin (son) July 25,1905 Dec 50 1950
Willett H. & Jennie (Quisenberry) Franklin had two sons:
Hardin Franklin, (July 25,1905 to Dec. 5, 1950), and Leslie Franklin, (6-05-02 to 1-30-69), Married to Kathryn (Hardin or
Haynes) Franklin, 12-26-1905 to 6-27-1988), buried in Calhoun Cemetery, Calhoun, KY.
In the Haynes Family Plots.
Hardin & his (name unknown) wife had 2 daughters, Marsha
Franklin Verdi & Janice Franklin Morton. . (Pleasant Hope Baptist Cemetery), Calhoun,
KY.
Second wife: **Maggie Blanford Riggs
(1886-1967) married on 11-13-04, WED. In Owensboro, KY. Buried at (Pleasant Hope Baptist Cemetery)
Calhoun, KY.This is believed to be Maggie Blanford Riggs’ sister: F. M. Curtis AND Agnes Blanford Curtis married 10-21-06
BY REV JAMES KIRTBY Children of Gibson Hansford Riggs & (*) Sallie Quisenberry
Riggs
(*):
**
Hugh Haynes Riggs: (born Oct. 17 1896-1970) & Mae (NMN) (Taylor) Riggs (1898-1974) (Pleasant Hope Cemetery) Calhoun, KY.
Mae Riggs parents: Adrian (Bob) Taylor, & Betsy Mayhan Taylor
Hansford: (1920-1935) (Pleasant Hope Baptist Cemetery) Calhoun,
KY.
James B.: (Pleasant Hope Baptist
Cemetery) Calhoun, KY.
Walter: (1932-1942) (Pleasant Hope Baptist Cemetery) Calhoun, KY.
Baby Riggs (UN-named) (died at birth) (sex of baby unknown) (Pleasant
Hope Baptist Cemetery) Calhoun, KY.
Marvin Earl (John) Riggs 3-21-22), (did not marry), (No Children)
Clayton (NMI) Riggs 10-23-23) & Maxine (No Children), married
around 1978
Lorene Riggs & Donald Penrod
Hugh Gary Penrod, (1950-)
Nita, (1952-2003) (spinal-meningitis)
Donna, (1957-)
Nadine (NMI) Riggs (1927-) & William "Bub" Bennett (1917-)
No children
Alice Riggs & Donald R. Harness
Tracy Riggs, (1957-1978) (died in auto accident in Illinois at
age 21, in 1978)
Marsha (1959--)
Sally Jo (1961-)
Sally Betsy Riggs & Charles Whacker
Gibson Hansford (GIP) (9-29-37) & Lillie Mae (Durbin) Riggs (1-16-38-)
Stephen Hansford Riggs: (10-24-59) & Debra (Sunn) Riggs, (7-18-62)
married 12-17-83
Michael Hansford Riggs: (1-21-86) Ashley Nicole Riggs: (4-1-87)
Sarah Marie Riggs: (12-31-91) Rhonda Gail (Riggs) Pendley: (5-29-61)
& Bradley Gorden Pendley (1-8-67) married 9-2-88
Brandon Gorden Pendley: (8-25-99)