Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

John Wiggins
MSA SC 3520-13638

Sources:

Documents -

Robert Barnes compl.  Marriages and Deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839.  Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1979.
1826 marriage record of Daniel H. Wiggins and Wilhelmina Welch.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) 1830 MSA SM 61 Microfilm M 65-2, page 205

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) 1840 MSA SM 61 Microfilm M 4717-2, page 103

1850 Census Anne Arundel Co., MD including Howard District. compiled by John W. Powell. (Maryland: Anne Arundel Genealogical Society), 33.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) 1860 MSA SM 61 Microfilm M 7202, page 754

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) 1870 MSA SM 61 Microfilm M 7233, page 722/67

GENERAL ASSEMBLY (Laws) 1870 Chapter 477, Providing for Paying Pensions to Soldiers and Widows of Soldiers of the War of 1812, Archives of Maryland Online, Volume 188, Page 3448, 3451

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Marriage Record) 1872 Marriage of John F.Wiggins and Mollie E. Suit by John W. Cornelius in Severn, Maryland, MSA C 115- 2, page 278-279

COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY (PAYING WARRANTS) 5 January 1876-8 July 1876.  MSA S 703-40, number 883.

COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY (Paying Warrants) Pension Payment to Wilhelmina Wiggins MSA S 703-42 11 April 1877 Warrant #1007

General Assembly (Public Documents). 1880 Legislative Session, Document N: Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the Repairs upon the State House. Includes testimony of J.F. Wiggins, page 15-16.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) 1880 MSA SM 61-291 Microfilm M 4730-2, page 1.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (St. Anne's Church Records Collection) Parish Register V, Baptism for William Oliver Wiggins MSA SC 15 Microfilm M 159, page 22-23.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (St. Anne's Church Records Collection) Parish Register IV, Baptism for John Randall Wiggins MSA SC 15 Microfilm M 159, page 138-139.

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Wills) Will of Wilhelmina Wiggins, 22 September 1891 (mother of John Wiggins) MSA CM 122 Microfilm 72,257-2, page 527-530.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (The Annapolis I Remember Collection) 1896-1897 Johnson's Annapolis City Directory. MSA SC 2140, page 73.

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Wills) Will of Mary Elizabeth Wiggins, 5 December 1898 (sister of John Wiggins) MSA CM 122-14 Microfilm CR 72,258-1, pages 378-380.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) 1900 MSA SM 61-375 Microfilm M 2366-2, enumeration district 15, sheet 19, line 64.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Baltimore City Directories Collection) 1901 Baltimore City Directory, MSA SC 2898 Microfilm M 2165, page 1620.

BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS (Death Record) Death Record of Mary Elizabeth Wiggins (wife of John Wiggins), MSA CM 1132-73, Microfilm CR 48,116.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Baltimore City Directories Collection) 1902 Baltimore City Directory, MSA SC 2898 Microfilm M 7046, page 1743

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Baltimore City Directories Collection) 1910 Baltimore City Directory, MSA SC 2898 Microfilm M 7054, page 2024

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS (Death Record, Counties) 1912 MSA S 1179-485

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (St. Anne's Church Records Collection) Parish Register VI, Burial Record for John Wiggins MSA SC 15 Microfilm M 159, page 268.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD, Index) 1920 U.S. Census Soundex Number W282. (Listing for Florence Wiggins, sister of John Wiggins) MSA SM 62-291, Microfilm M 10,406.

April 8, 1976 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY (Laws), 1876, MdHR 820937, p.3362. John F. Wiggins paid $38.75 "for materials and work furnished committee room of senate."

Images -

MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Color photograph by Jim Hefelfinger of the Baltimore American dated 10 October 1882, signed by John Wiggins, and found in the portico of the Maryland State House 22 June 2001) MSA SC
5388-1-1.

MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Black and white photograph by Jim Hefelfinger of the Baltimore American dated 10 October 1882, signed by John Wiggins, and found in the portico of the Maryland State House 22 June 2001) MSA SC 5388-1-1.

MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Color photograph by Jim Hefelfinger of the Baltimore Sun dated 19 October 1882, signed by John Wiggins, and found at the Maryland State House 22 June 2001) MSA SC 5388-1-2.

MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Black and white photograph by Jim Hefelfinger of the Baltimore Sun dated 19 October 1882, signed by John Wiggins, and found at the Maryland State House 22 June 2001) MSA SC 5388-1-2

Newspapers -

MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Maryland Gazette Collection) 12 May 1836. (Advertisement for shop owned by D.H. Wiggins, father of John Wiggins) MSA SC 3447, M 25.

MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Maryland Republican and State Capital Advertiser Collection) 28 June 1879, MSA SC 2945. Maryland Republican reports that John F. Wiggins was working in the dome when Charles W. Hawkins, carpenter, fell sixty feet inside the dome fatally injuring his spinal column, which caused his death.

MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Baltimore American and Commerical Advertiser Collection) 10 October 1882, MSA SC 4109. Original issue of  the Baltimore American found at the State House signed by John Wiggins.

MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Sun Collection) 19 October 1882, MSA SC 2852. Original issue of the Sun paper found at the State House signed by John Wiggins.

Newspaper articles -

"Died at County Home:  John F. Wiggins Dies at Age of 82."  The Capital, 28 February 1912, page 1. MSA SC 3547, M 113.

Green, Laura. "Yesteryear's news: Workers find 119-year-old newspapers in State House while repairing columns."  The Capital, 23 June 2001, page A1

Payne, Paul. "Maryland State House repair uncovers newspapers from 1882."  Associated Press Wire Report, 23 June 2001.

Payne, Paul.  "Statehouse repair uncovers newspapers from 1882."  The (Easton) Sunday Star, 24 June 2001 (MSA S 3520-13638).

Dresser, Michael and David Nitkin. "1882 mystery man's name was in State House column."  The Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2001, Maryland Section, page 2.

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