18. Susan M. Wiggins (Rufus , Nathaniel , Joshua ) was born on 2 Oct 1836 in Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, USA. She died on 4 Apr 1909 in Prob. Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, USA. She was buried in North Branch Cemetery, Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, USA.
Susan married William Henry Harrison Cummings, son of Ira Cummings and Caroline Putnam, on 5 May 1859 in Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, USA. William was born on 31 Jan 1836 in Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, USA. He died on 20 Oct 1872 in Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, USA. He was buried in North Branch Cemetery, Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, USA.
They had the following children.
19. Charles Curtis Wiggins (Rufus , Nathaniel , Joshua ) was born on 28 Jan 1839 in Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, USA. He died on 18 Sep 1923. He was buried in 1923 in North Branch Cemetery, Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, USA.
Charles married Lettice Ann Minott, daughter of Hosea Minott and Mercy, on 13 Jan 1864 in Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, USA. Lettice was born on 14 Mar 1843 in , , Vermont, USA. She died on 11 Aug 1941. She was buried in North Branch Cemetery, Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, USA.
They had the following children.
43 M i Burt Augustus Wiggins was born on 27 Jul 1865 in Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, USA. He died on 16 Oct 1866 in Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, USA. He was buried in North Branch Cemetery, Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, USA. + 44 F ii Euda Blanche Wiggins was born on 24 Jul 1868. She died on 16 Oct 1966. + 45 M iii Rufus Leroy Wiggins was born on 18 May 1870. He died on 14 Jan 1949. + 46 F iv Della Bertha Wiggins was born on 11 Apr 1872. + 47 M v Charles Minott E. Wiggins was born on 11 Jul 1875. + 48 F vi Anna Maude Wiggins was born on 24 Jun 1879. She died in 1966. 49 M vii Forrest Augustus Wiggins was born on 26 Mar 1883 in Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, USA. He died on 8 Dec 1898. He was buried in North Branch Cemetery, Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, USA.
20. Phebe Ella Wiggins (Rufus , Nathaniel , Joshua ) was born on 20 Apr 1841 in Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, USA.
Phebe married Abel M. Davis, son of Davis and Betsy H., on 10 Feb 1870 in Boston, , Massachusetts, USA. Abel was born in 1838 in Atkinson, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. He died on 5 Apr 1889.
They had the following children.
21. Roswell Orville Wiggins (Rufus , Nathaniel , Joshua ) was born on 15 Feb 1844 in Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, USA. He died in 1916. He was buried in North Branch Cemetery, Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, USA.
Roswell married Jennie H. Black, daughter of James Black and Mary, on 26 May 1880 in Worcester, Washington, Vermont, USA. Jennie was born on 9 Aug 1857 in Ireland. She died in 1932. She was buried in North Branch Cemetery, Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, USA.
They had the following children.
53 M i Ralph Orville Wiggins was born on 26 Apr 1882 in Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, USA. He died in Oct 1962 in , , New York, USA. + 54 M ii Ray E. Wiggins was born on 9 Sep 1885. He died in Jul 1965. 55 F iii Ola M. Wiggins was born on 26 Dec 1892 in Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, USA. She died in 1927. 56 F iv Eva S. Wiggins was born on 9 Sep 1897 in Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, USA. She died on 26 Sep 1989 in Gloversville, Fulton, New York, USA.
22. Lewis W. Wiggins (Rufus , Nathaniel , Joshua ) was born on 23 May 1846 in Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, USA. He died in 1888.
Lewis married Nellie M.. Nellie was born in 1851 in , , Vermont, USA.
They had the following children.
57 F i Mabel R. Wiggins was born in Dec 1876 in Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, USA. + 58 M ii Glenn L. Wiggins was born in Feb 1884.
24. Caroline Matilda Wiggins (Benjamin Lamson , Nathaniel , Joshua ) was born on 29 Jan 1835 in Newburgh, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA. She was buried about 1922.
Caroline married John Bracket Smith in 1853 in , Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA. John was born in 1829. He died in 1862.
They had the following children.
+ 59 F i Lucy Smith was born in Oct 1861.
26. Noble Bates Wiggins (Benjamin Lamson , Nathaniel , Joshua ) was born on 21 Oct 1841 in Newburgh, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA. He died on 8 Sep 1901 in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA. He was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA.
1881 HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY, ILLINOIS Inter-State Publishing Company Chicago, Illinois, 1881
Page 727
NOBLE B. WIGGINS, of Leland & Wiggins, Leland Hotel, was born in Newburg, Ohio, October 21, 1841, where he lived on a farm and attended school during the winters; when eighteen years of age, he attended Hiram College, Ohio; remained there one year, when he enlisted in Garfield's Regiment, Company G, Forty-second Ohio Infantry Volunteers, September 19, 1861, and remained in the service until December 2, 1864, when he was mustered out at Columbus, Ohio. He then returned to the farm at Newburg, Ohio, where he remained two years when he came to Springfield, arriving here April 6, 1867, and was employed as steward in the Leland Hotel, a position which he held until 1874, when he was admitted as a partner, in the firm of Leland & Wiggins. His father, Benjamin L. Wiggins, was born in Montpelier, Vermont, and when a young man drove a wagon from Vermont to Ohio, and peddled tinware and Seth Thomas clocks, finally settling on a farm in Cuyhoga county, Ohio, where he remained until his death, July, 1864. His wife was Miss Lucy Bates Wiggins, born in Newburgh, Ohio. She died May 1868; she was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and the mother of four children, three living. The subject of this sketch, Noble B. Wiggins, married Miss Clarissa N. Leland, October 21, 1869; she was born in Cleveland, O., and was a daughter of Aaron P. Leland, and Miss Submit (Arnold) Leland. Mr. and Mrs. Wiggins attend the First presbyterian Church, and have a family of three children, viz.: Horace L., Louis N., and Lucy A. Wiggins
PAST AND PRESENT OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD AND SANGAMON COUNTY ILLINOIS By Joseph Wallace, M. A. of the Springfield Bar The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, IL 1904NOBLE B. WIGGINS. - It is given to but few men outside of political life to have so wide an acquaintance among the men prominent in national politics as had Noble b. Wiggins. He drew friends, however, from almost every walk of life and of the hundred with whom he was annually brought in contact none ever failed to entertain for him high respect. His unfailing courtesy was one of his innate attributes and made him popular, while his integrity and upright manhood stood as unquestioned facts in his career. Long actively and helpfully interested in Springfield and her welfare, it is no wonder that his death was so deeply regretted throughout the city when the news of his demise on the 8th of October, 1901, was received.
Colonel Noble B. Wiggins was a native of Ohio, his birth having occurred in Newburg, now a part of the city of Cleveland, October 21, 1841. His early youth was passed in a manner similar to that of most farmer lads of the period. He perhaps enjoyed more advantages than some and less than others. He attended the district schools until eighteen years of age, when there came to him the opportunity to enter Hiram College, in which he continued his studies for a year. Farm work again claimed his attention until after the inauguration of the civil war, when, aroused by a spirit of patriotism, he put aside all business and personal considerations and on the 9th of September, 1861, offered his services to the government. He became a member of the Forty-second Ohio Regiment, commanded by colonel James A. Garfield, afterward president of the United States, and served until the 2d of December, 1864, taking part in the battles in which his command participated.
After the expiration of his three years' term Mr. Wiggins returned to Ohio and was again engaged in farming there for two years, when, thinking that he might have better business opportunities farther west, he came to Springfield, Illinois, and from that time until his death was identified with the city and her business affairs. He accepted the position of steward of the Leland Hotel, then conducted by Horace S. Leland, who belonged to the family of brothers who became distinguished throughout the country because of their prominent connection with hotel interests. Soon Mr. Wiggins' ability became recognized and after serving as steward from April, 1867, until July 1, 1878, he was admitted to a partnership in the business under the firm style of Leland & Wiggins. This relation was maintained until the 1st of August, 1889, when Mr. Leland died and Mr. Wiggins became sole proprietor and owner of the Leland Hotel, the finest hostelry in the state outside of Chicago. He retained the active management up to the time of his illness which resulted in his death, and during that time he formed a very wide acquaintance among men of state and national reputation. The Leland Hotel has always been the headquarters of the Republican party in Springfield and within its walls many plans have been formed which have resulted in making history. Partisan feeling has also sometimes been engendered, resulting in personal hostility, but Mr. Wiggins ever retained the friendship of opposing factions, because of his unfailing courtesy to all, his genial manner and cordial disposition.
On the 21st of October, 1869 - the twenty-eighth anniversary of his birth - Mr. Wiggins was united in marriage to Miss Clarissa Leland, a sister of his partner, and unto them were born three children who reached mature years. The two sons, Horace and Lewis, have been active in the management of the Leland Hotel for some years and have also been the managers of the large six hundred acre farm which belongs to the estate. The daughter, Lucy, is with her mother and spends the heated season of the year at their summer home and the winter months in the hotel. Horace L. Wiggins was born in March, 1871, and wedded Miss Mary Mooney, a daughter of Captain Samuel Mooney, of Springfield. They have a daughter Clarissa Leland Wiggins. Lewis Noble Wiggins, born in 1876, married Miss Daisy Sattley, a daughter of Archibald Sattley, and they have one daughter, Martha W. Jerome A. Leland has also been a member of the Wiggins household from early boyhood. He is a son of George S. Leland and was born in New York city in 1873. At the death of his mother he was taken by Mr. and Mrs. Wiggins into their home as a member of their family and has since resided here. He has a farm of his own in Sangamon county, south of the old Leland farm. His wife was in her maidenhood Miss Gertrude Akin, a daughter of ex-Attorney General Akin, and they have two children, Edward A. and Louise.
Colonel Noble B. Wiggins was a man of domestic tastes, devoted to his family. He was also deeply interested in the welfare and progress of the city in which he made his home, and was a co-operant factor in many measures for the city's benefit. He served for many years on the staffs of Illinois' governors and might have won high political honors, but his aspirations were in other directions. Several times he was solicited to accept the mayoralty nomination but he always declined, his best public service being done as a private citizen. He did not wish political work to interfere with his business and a little thoughtful consideration of the career of Mr. Wiggins brings one to the conclusion that he was in his business operations impelled by the spirit of the pioneer. He sought out new plans and new conditions for carrying on his enterprise and successfully inaugurated these with the result that the Leland House had few equals throughout the west. He was respected and honored wherever known and most of all where he was best known and although he came to Springfield a young man in limited financial circumstances he won his way to a foremost position among the men of affluence in central Illinois.
Noble married Clarissa N. Leland, daughter of Aaron P. Leland and Submit Arnold, on 21 Oct 1869 in , Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA. Clarissa was born on 14 Sep 1847 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA. She died on 11 Jul 1905. She was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA.
They had the following children.
+ 60 M i Horace L. Wiggins was born in Mar 1871. 61 M ii Jerome Wiggins was born about 1874 in Springfield, Sangomon, Illinois, USA. + 62 M iii Lewis Noble Wiggins was born in May 1875. 63 iv Wiggins. 64 F v Lucy A. Wiggins was born in Jul 1880 in , , Illinois, USA. She died on 10 Jul 1930. She was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA. Lucy married Jones.
28. George Noble MacDonald Fletcher (Lucy Wiggins , Nathaniel , Joshua ) was born on 18 Jan 1836 in , Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA. He died on 4 Mar 1920 in Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA. He was buried in Alton Cemetery, Vergennes, Ionia, Michigan, USA.
George married Lucinda Godfrey, daughter of Newcomb Godfrey and Rachel M. Holden, on 28 Mar 1878. Lucinda was born on 23 Jul 1845 in Vergennes, Kent, Michigan, USA. She died on 14 Feb 1910 in Lowell, Ionia, Michigan, USA. She was buried in Alton Cemetery, Vergennes, Ionia, Michigan, USA.
They had the following children.
65 F i Sadie Ella Fletcher was born on 8 Feb 1879 in Big Rapids, Mecosta, Michigan, USA. She died on 27 Sep 1956 in Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan, USA. She was buried in Alton Cemetery, Vergennes, Ionia, Michigan, USA. 66 F ii Mary Lulu Fletcher was born on 26 Mar 1881 in Vergennes, Ionia, Michigan, USA. She died on 30 Mar 1960 in Belding, Ionia, Michigan, USA. She was buried in Alton Cemetery, Vergennes, Ionia, Michigan, USA. + 67 M iii Harrison Luce Fletcher was born on 7 Sep 1888. He died on 15 Dec 1968.
29. Phebe Marie Fletcher (Lucy Wiggins
, Nathaniel
, Joshua
) was born on 26 Nov 1841 in Independence, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA. She died on 4 Mar 1911 in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA. She was buried on 6 Mar 1911 in Oakwood Cemetary, Tacoma, Washington, USA.
Phebe was employed as School Teacher in Vergennes, Kent, Michigan, USA.
The woman's rights movement, as it is familiarly called, took organized form in this city April 1874. Upward of one hundred citizens, of both sexes, united in a call for a meeting to form a Woman Suffrage Association. It was held April 27, in Luce's Hall, and the "Grand Rapids Woman Suffrage Association" was then organized--S. L. Withey, President; Richmond Fisk, Jr., Recording Secretary; Harvey J. Hollister, Treasurer. Shortly afterwards a county society was formed, of which E.L. Briggs was President. The association has been kept up, and the advocacy of the policy of granting the right to vote to woman, has been steadily pushed by it ever since. It cannot properly be classed among the political parties in the sense of being composed of voters. It was active in procuring the passage of the law giving suffrage to women in school elections. It is now superseded or supplanted by the Equal Suffrage Association, whose officers are: President, Mrs. C. B. Hodges; Vice-Presidents, Mrs. Phobe Whitfield, Mrs. E. B. Ketcham; Recording Secretary, Mrs. I.E. Stone; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. M. E. Bedell. Baxter 1891 Chapter XXII.
Phebe married Charles Watts Whitfield, son of Frederick John Whitfield and Susannah H. Churchill, on 8 May 1870 in Vergennes, Kent, Michigan, USA. Charles was born on 17 Apr 1837 in Wakefield, , New Brunswick, Canada. He died on 27 May 1911 in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA. He was buried on 29 May 1911 in Oakwood Cemetary, South Tacoma, Pierce, Washington.