Eighth Generation

848. Sarah Mildred Bedwell³⁴³ was born on 4 May 1855 in Yamhill County, Oregon. She died on 21 May 1935 in Salem, Marion County, Oregon. She was buried in Etna Cemetery, Rickreall, Polk County, Oregon.

• 1900 Census for McCoy Precinct, Polk County, Oregon shows Cass Riggs, born Nov 1848, a farmer born in Illinois who owns his own land, as head of household with: Mildred Riggs, born May 1855, his wife of 18 years who has had two children, both still living; son Cecil, born July 1884; and daughter Alice, born Dec 1886.

• 1910 Census for McCoy Precinct, Polk County, Oregon shows Cass Riggs, age 61, a farmer who owns his own land, as head of household including: Mildred B., age 54, his wife of 28 years who has had two children, both still living; son Cecil L., age 25; and daughter Alice C., age 23.

• 1920 Census for McCoy Precinct, Polk County, Oregon shows Cass Riggs, age 71, no occupation, and wife Mildred B., age 64, living next door to their married son, Cecil L. Riggs.

Sarah Mildred Bedwell and Cass Riggs were married on 16 Nov 1881 in Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon. Cass Riggs⁸⁹¹ (son of Thomas Jefferson Riggs and Beulah Drinkwater) was born on 29 Nov 1848 in Lagrange, Brown County, Illinois. He died on 5 Jun 1925 in Three Oaks Farm, Polk County, Oregon. He was buried in Etna Cemetery, Rickreall, Polk County, Oregon. Sarah Mildred Bedwell and Cass Riggs had the following children:

+2551	i.	Cecil Lynn Riggs.
2552	ii.	Alice Cassie Riggs892 was born on 5 Dec 1886 in Polk County, Oregon.893 She died on 21 Jun 1994 in Marion County, Oregon.893,894 1920 Census for Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California shows Ezra Poppleton, age 71, and wife Eunice, age 60, born in Canada. This couple is also shown together in the 1910 census. The information that Alice Riggs married an Ezra Poppleton of this age came from a family tree page; it is apparently incorrect.