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In
memory of
Elizabeth
daughter of Joseph
H and Betsey Riggs
who died Dec 6  1839
aged 21 years.
 
Like a lily fair her head reclined
Peacefully to death resigned
Without one murmuring look or sigh
But calm and pure as the morning sky.

Orcutt, Rev. Samuel,  History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880,
   (Springfield, Massachusetts, Press of Springfield Printing Company, 1880)
page 812

Betsey      Baldwin

Joseph               Harvey Riggs

Hezekiah                    DeWitt Riggs

Elizabeth                  Riggs

[see  WPA list   page 274]

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