Background
Riggs, James Forsyth was born on October 4, 1852 in Smyrna, Turkey. Son of Elias (Doctor of Divinity, Doctor of Laws) and Martha Jane (Dalzell) Riggs.
Riggs, James Forsyth was born on October 4, 1852 in Smyrna, Turkey. Son of Elias (Doctor of Divinity, Doctor of Laws) and Martha Jane (Dalzell) Riggs.
Brother of Edward Riggs. Lived as a boy in Constantinople. Prepared for college by his parents.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1872, Master of Arts, 1875.
Held Boudinot history fellowship of Princeton, 1872-1873. Took post-graduate studies under his father in Constantinople.
Returned to the United States, 1874. Taught school 1 year.
Graduate Union Theological Seminary, 1878.
(Doctor of Divinity, Rutgers, 1892).
Pastor Presbyterian church Cranford, New Jersey, 1878-1884, Reformed (Dutch) church, Bergen Point, New Jersey, 1884-1892. Professor New Testament Greek, Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1892-1898. Pastor Brick Presbyterian Church, East. Orange, June 24, since 1898.
Married Belle Brittin, June 13, 1878.