Background
Riggs, Alexander Brown was born on June 21, 1842 in at Portsmouth, Ohio, United States. Son of Joseph and Rebecca G. (Baldridge) Riggs.
Riggs, Alexander Brown was born on June 21, 1842 in at Portsmouth, Ohio, United States. Son of Joseph and Rebecca G. (Baldridge) Riggs.
Bachelor of Arts, Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, 1863. Taught mathematics, Western University of Pennsylvania, 1863-1864. Admitted to bar, 1865.
Practiced at Nashville, Tennessee, 1865-1866, Pittsburgh, 1866-1867.
Student Auburn Theological Seminary, 1867-1869. Graduate Union Theological Seminary, 1870 (Doctor of Divinity, Washington and Jefferson College, 1888, Doctor of Laws, 1902.
Doctor of Divinity, Marietta College, Ohio, 1910).
Ordained Reformed Dutch Church ministry, 1870. Pastor Reformed church, Fort Plain, New York, 1870-1876, Presbyterian Church, Waterford, New York, 1876-1890, Seventh Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, 1891-1902. Instructor Greek, 1894-1897, professor New Testament exegesis and instruction, May 1897-January 1, 1913 (emeritus), Lane Theological Seminary.
Home: Cincinnati, O.
Married Charlotte Bowne Richardson, October 19, 1870.