Briggs, John C. (c. 1824- )

Name:

Briggs, John C. (c. 1824- )

Title:

Patent Holder -- conical pendulum clock, 1855 & 1856.
President, Concord Ward 4 Common Council -- 1858-59.

Born:

1824 circa

Birthplace:

Vermont

Residence:

Concord, NH -- 1850s-1860.

Occupation:

Civil Engineer -- City of Concord, NH; appears in Concord Ward 4 census of 1860.

Spouse:

, Lucy H. (c.1832-)

Children:

Briggs, Josephine (c.1857-; b. NH)

Notes:

1856 reference to political parades (copy in accession file): "Its greatest display occurred in Concord, on the evening of the 23rd of October... The procession -- under the chief-marshalship of John C. Briggs, with 60 marshals and assistants in charge of the Concord portion .. and then conter marched .. until that square was full to overflowing, besides thousands of men to spare.".
Reference to John Briggs (copy in accession file): "Under the direction of the Concord Railroad Co. about 1852-53 ... and John C. Briggs made a survey for a railroad from Concord to Pittsfield....".
Note: not sure if John Briggs remains in N.H. after the 1860s. A John E. Briggs appears on the 1880 Cambridge, Massacusetts census, also b.c.1825 Vt., clerk in office, wife Lucy J., with 10 year old son George.