Benjamin Horace Diggs

1910 - 1980  (69 years)

• Name	Benjamin Horace Diggs  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	19 Dec 1910	Paragould, Greene, Arkansas, USA   [1, 3, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1920	Collier, Greene, Arkansas, USA   [1]
  Residence	1950	St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA   [6]
  Death	21 Mar 1980	Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, USA
  Person ID	I68773	MontyHistNotes_2014 | JMMM_son James Montgomery
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Franklin Diggs,   b. 25 May 1861, Henry County, Tennessee, USA d. 1 Apr 1929, Paragould, Greene, Arkansas, USA (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Tabitha Berryhill,   b. Jul 1881, Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, USA d. 1930, Lake City, Greene, Arkansas, USA (Age 48 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1 Jan 1902	Greene County, Arkansas, USA   [7, 8]
  Family ID	F11719	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes Ruby Morris,   b. 22 Feb 1913, Greene County, Arkansas, USA d. 11 Aug 2003 (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	5 Nov 1932	Greene County, Arkansas, USA   [4, 5]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F44398	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 19 Dec 1910 - Paragould, Greene, Arkansas, USA Marriage - 5 Nov 1932 - Greene County, Arkansas, USA Death - 21 Mar 1980 - Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S4206] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Collier, Greene, Arkansas; Roll: T625_65; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 103. Record for Ben F Diggs https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6061&h=84065356&indiv=try [S1604] Cousin Count, 4th Cousins. [S4477] Ancestry.com, Arkansas, Birth Certificates, 1914-1917, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas; Birth Certificates; Year: 1910. Record for Benjamin Horace Diggs https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61774&h=548440&indiv=try [S2962] Ancestry.com, Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1417439; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for Horace Diggs https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2548&h=1898035&indiv=try [S2962] Ancestry.com, Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1417439; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for Agnes Morris https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2548&h=3970487&indiv=try [S4505] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: St Louis, St Louis, Missouri; Roll: 2048; Page: 15; Enumeration District: 96-1762. Record for Horace Diggs https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62308&h=141703724&indiv=try [S2962] Ancestry.com, Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1417439; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for Bessie Berry Hill https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2548&h=2976976&indiv=try [S2962] Ancestry.com, Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1417439; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for Benj B Diggs https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2548&h=904524&indiv=try