The Briggs / Black / Rowe Family

Found Photo: The Briggs, Black and Rowe Family of Ohio

Name(s): Malinda Briggs, John Briggs, Netta Briggs Black, Nora Briggs Rowe, Grace Black Maxwell, Wanda Briggs Mellick, Earl Rowe, Virginia Maxwell
Date: About 1921
Location: N/A

This is likely the Briggs family from Richland County, Ohio. 

Jacob Briggs (1846-1919) married Mary Melinda Whitney (1850-1927). They had ten children, including John Henry Briggs (1869-1958), Nora Catherine Briggs (1875-1955, married Lewis Rowe), and Mary Briggs (1867-1948, married David Black). Mary Melinda, identified here as Malinda, is the eldest member of the family in this photo.

Mary Briggs and David Black had a daughter, Netta Grace Black (1892-1986). She is pictured in this photo, and is the grandaughter of Melinda Briggs, not her daughter. Netta Grace Black married Lynn Maxwell and they had a daughter, Virginia Maxwell (1918-2003). Virginia is also pictured in this photo.

John Henry Briggs and his wife Sarah Lucinda Brown had a daughter, Wanda Briggs (1901-1963) who is pictured in this photo. Wanda married Forest Mellick.

Nora Catherine Briggs and her husband Lewis Rowe had a son, Earl Rowe (1899-1931) who is pictured in this photo.