Background
Riggs, Henry Harrison was born on March 2, 1875 in Sivas, Turkey. Son of Edward and Sarah Hinsdale (Dwight) Riggs.
Riggs, Henry Harrison was born on March 2, 1875 in Sivas, Turkey. Son of Edward and Sarah Hinsdale (Dwight) Riggs.
Bachelor of Arts, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1896. Graduate Auburn Theological Seminary, New York, 1902.
B. (deceased); married 3d, Annie M. Denison, at Harpoot, May 6, 1920. Children—Ruth Elizabeth, Helen Sarah. Teacher in Anatolia College, Marsovan, Turkey, 1896-1899.
Missionary, Cesarea, Turkey, under American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 1902.
President Euphrates College, Harpoot, Turkey, 1903-1910. Evangelistic missionary work, Harpoot, Turkey, 1912-1915.
Relief and rescue work in Armenia, 1915-1917-. Lecturing in the United States in interests of Armenian Relief, 1917-1918.
Relief, reconstruction and missionary work in Turkey, 1919-1920.
Missionary work, Constantinople and Beirut, since 1920. Chairman Near East Christian Council.
Married Annie C. Tracy, July 13, 1904 (died July 23, 1905). Married second, Emma H. Barnum, May 2, 1907 (died April. Married 3d, Annie M. Denison, at Harpoot, May 6, 1920.
Children: Ruth Elizabeth, Helen Sarah.