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Joseph M. Briggs. Joseph M. Briggs was born on November 25, 1833 [1] to Nicholas Joseph Briggs and Martha J. Chambers in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Joseph M. Briggs was raised on the family's home farm and attended Ohio Wesleyan University, where he met his wife Louisiana Ransburgh, who was 17 years old at the time, 16 years younger.
The Edward V. Rickenbacker House is a historic house in the Driving Park neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio.Built in 1895, it was the childhood home of Eddie Rickenbacker (1890–1973), who at various times in his life was a flying ace, Medal of Honor recipient, race car driver and a pioneer in air transportation.
Briggs High School is a four-year high school (grades 9–12) located on the southwest side of Columbus, Ohio. It is a part of Columbus City Schools. The building was built in 1974. Briggs' mascot and sports teams are known as the Bruins, and the school colors are purple and gold.
Clintonville is a suburban neighborhood in north-central Columbus, Ohio, United States with around 30,000 residents. [1] Its borders, associated with the Clintonville Area Commission, are the Olentangy River on the west, Glen Echo Creek to the south, a set of railroad tracks to the east, and on the north by the Worthington city limits.
The current mansion that houses the governor is the second governor's mansion and was purchased in 1957 to house the governor and his family. The original residence, the Old Governor's Mansion in Columbus, was purchased after an embarrassing incident in 1916 occurred with the governor-elect James M. Cox.
On August 29, 2019, partners at Briggs & Morgan of Minneapolis voted to merge with Taft. The merger became effective January 1, 2020. [ 15 ] In February 2021, Taft opened an office in Washington, D.C. [ 16 ] In December 2022, it opened an office in Detroit, Michigan through a merger with Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss.
Asa Griggs Candler was born on December 30, 1851, in Villa Rica, Georgia. [2] His parents were Martha and Samuel Charles Candler, a merchant and property owner. [7] [8] His parents raised eleven children, including Asa and his brother Warren Akin Candler. [9]
Candor is a town in Montgomery County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 840 at the 2010 census . Candor is the home of the North Carolina Peach Festival, which is held every year on the third Saturday of July.