Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-09-21

minister, the Rev. w. Herbert
Mayors and his wife and q
couple from each of the three
churches of his parish.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elgee Riggs o1
Laytonsville, were married June
18th, 1894 in old st. Bartholo-
news Church down on Rawlings
River below the Fry farm. The
Ceremony was performed by the
Rev. William H. Lizard, then rec.
tor. 'Miss Mamie" as she is af.
fectionately known, did not change
her name with her marriage, fol-
she was the daughter of the late
Elisha and Mary Howard Riggs.
Mr.. Riggs is the son of the late
Remus D. and Sarah Coward
Riggs. Both he and Mrs. Riggs
were born in Laytonsville district
and have always lived there. Eight
children were born to them, seven
of whom are living. They are
Mrs. Harry White, Laytonsville;
Mrs. Tom Williams, Prince Fred
erick; Mrs. Charles Hobbs, Glen
wood; Mrs. Paul Dwyer and Mrs.
William Hill, Baltimore; Mrs.
Howard Davis, Old Georgetown
Road; Elgee Riggs, Jr., Laytons-
vile.
They also have IL grandchild-
rem and A great grandchildren.
Two grandsons are in the Service,
Tommy Williams, who has been in
training at The Citadel, in Char
lesion, has qualified for West
Point. S-Sgt. Charles Hobbs, re-
Gently wounded in France is now
in a rest area.
Like Mrs. Mayors, Mrs. Riggs
says, ut does not seem like fifty
years!" On the whole it has been
a very happy life living here sur
rounded by relatives and friends,
she said. Until the last six years
they have lived on a farm. The
illness of Mr.. Riggs during the
summer prevented them from hav-
ing a celebration on the anniversary.
The Riggs family was among the
early settlers Of Maryland and
helped make its history. The
family is related to most of the
first families of the upper sec
tion of Montgomery and Howard
Counties and many Virginia fam
lilies. Mrs. Riggs is a niece of
the late Henry Howard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Howard, of
Brookeville, had planned to hold
"Open House" on their anniver-
sary which came on June 9th,
but the illness of Mr.. Howard pre-
vented. They did, however, have
their entire family with them that
day with the exception of the
grandsons who are in the service.
Mr.. Howard died on September 1st
at the age of 88. Their four
children are, Mrs. Howard Wood
field; Damascus, Mrs. GLAND Har-
vey, Olney; Dowell j. Howard,
Richmond; Hamilton Howard,
Westfield. There are six grand
children, two of whom are in the
Service, Dowell Howard, Jr., at
Camp Maxey, and Henry Howard
Woodfield who is in Hawaii.
Mr.. Howard was born in Colds
boro. N c., the son OF Doctor
Marshall p. and Anna Norman Nc
Ceney Howard. His father died
when he was two years old and
he was reared by his step-uncle,
William Howard McCuffey, of Nc
Cuffey's Reader fame. Because he
had a photograph of Ann Nc
Guffey to give to Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Ford, for their Museum
at Dearborn, they once entertain
ed him there royalty and later sent
him an autographed set of the
famous Readers.
Mr.. Howard liked to tell the
story of visit to his uncle, DIR.
Hamilton Howard, when he as
boy of 8 was on his way to
Brookeville where his mother lived
with the rest of the children. DR..
Howard lived on 10th Street near
Ford's Theater, and the little boy
saw President Lincoln being car
ried from the theater after being
shot by John Wilkes Booth. Many
were the tales Mr.. Howard could
tell of the Civil War and the many
interesting things he saw and
heard during his long life in the
county. He was postmaster at
Brookeville for many years, phar-
macist and maker Of reproductions
of antique furniture.