H. E. RIGGLE was born November 7, 1849, in Amwell township, this county, the youngest of two children born to Ellis and Catherine Riggle. Ellis Riggle was born and reared in Washington county, Pennsylvania, where he was married to Catherine, daughter of Henry Moninger, a native of this county. Two children were born to this union: Elizabeth (Mrs. William Price, of Canonsburg), and H. E. (subject of sketch). The father died in 1849, and was buried on the day that his only son was born. The mother lived until her youngest child was eight years of age, when she too passed away. H. E. Riggle made his home with an uncle, John Moninger, after the death of his parents, and was educated in the schools of Chartiers township. John Moninger was a brother of Mrs. Ellis Riggle, and a native of Washington county, born May 10, 1810, in Amwell township. He was the eldest of a family of ten children, and passed his boyhood on the farm, receiving a country school education. About the year 1848 he moved to Chartiers township, this county, locating on the farm now owned by our subject. John Moninger was an active politician of the Republican party, and was assistant assessor for several years, besides serving in other ways. He was highly esteemed by all who knew him, and was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He died in June, 1889, in Chartiers township. H. E. Riggle was married August 4, 1869, to Mary E. Weaver, a native of canonsburg, this county. She was a daughter of Thomas and Mary Jane (Griffin) Weaver, who were also born in Washington county. The father followed the vocation of a saddler in Canonsburg, where he died in 1853, the mother passing away the same year. After his marriage to Mary E. Weaver, H. E. Riggle settled on the farm where he is now residing. It is a fertile, well-cultivated tract of 150 acres, has two gas wells, and adjoins the town of Houstonville, this county. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Riggle have had children as follows: John M. (a graduate of Duff's Commercial College, class of '87, deceased March 25, 1892, aged twenty-two years), Mary Jane, Charles R. (also a graduate of Duff's Mercantile College, class of '91), Ida May, Ellis Reed, Thomas Andrew, James, Bertha Elizabeth, Mabel Catherine, Dora Giffin (deceased July 6, 1892, aged two years, nine months and eight days), and Grace Douglas. Mr. Riggle deals extensively in stock, making a specialty of sheep raising. He is interested in all public movements, is an active worker in the Republican party, and has served on the board of election, also as assistant assessor. Mrs. Riggle, together with several of her children, is a member of the Houstonville United Presbyterian Church.

Text taken from page 1082 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed February 1997 by Richard Singhaus of Carlsbad, CA as part of the Beers Project. Published February 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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