George was the oldest son of Riley William Briggs who was a lawyer, justice of the peace, and state legislator for Pottawatamie County, Iowa which he represented from 1892 to 1894.
Married: 1st in 1902 Carrie Judd;
2nd in 1912 Grace M Kelley;
Children with Carrie Judd:
- Dorothy Maud (b. 1903 in Philippines)
- Ruth M. (b. 1909 in Phillippines, twin with Elizabeth)
- Elizabeth C. (b. 1909)
Children with Grace M. Kelley:
- George N. (b. 1914, in Washington, D. C., apparently after the family's return from the Phillippines)
- Mary Ktherine (b 1917, Iowa)
- Roland (b. 1919, Iowa)
- Margaret (b. 1922, Iowa)
- Philip (b. 1924, Iowa)
In the 1900 Iowa state census George is named as part of Riley's family in Carson, Iowa. He listed as age 25 (should be 27) and a teacher.
George seems to be missing from the 1910 census since he was in the Philippines. By the 1920 census George is in Fayette Township, Decatur Co., Iowa with his family which includes wife Grace Briggs from Missouri and three daughters born in the "Philippine Islands." There is Dorothy M. (Maud), 16, and twins Ruth M. and Elizabeth C. who are 11. Son George N. who was 6 was born in the District of Columbia, and the youngest two, Mary Katherine, 2, and Roland, 1, were born in Iowa. George lists his occupation as "President" of a "College."
The 1930 census identifies him as the president of Graceland College, and in fact he became president there in 1915. The birth places for Ruth and Elizabeth are changed to "Washington, D. C." and perhaps this was done to avoid confusion that they were not Amercian citizens since they had been born in the Philippines. The government might have allowed this for the children of those Americans working in some official capacity overseas.
Gracelan had been established in 1895 by the RLDS Church, and when the administration building was dedicated on 1 Jan. 1897, the church president, Joseph Smith III, said that the college "should be free to all irrespective of faith or creed." In 1917 during George's presidency Graceland received accreditation by the states of Iowa and Missouri and from the North Central Association of Colleges as it became the first fully accredited junior college in Iowa.
The brief biography they have for George at Graceland states he was in the Philippine Bureau of Education 1910-14, but the births of Dorothy and the twins reveal he was there by 1903. In fact, he seems to have gone there perhaps as early as 1901 and was division superintendent by March 1906 for Suriago, Suriago; Cagayan and Misamis; San Fernando, Pampanga and Bataan.
Iowa St Teachers College(Cedar Falls) Bachelor of Didactics 1893;
Iowa State Teaching Certificate, 1 Jan. 1895;
Univ of Iowa, BA 1897;
Undergraduate work in law at Drake Univ;
Graduate studies at Chicago Univ & Univ of Minnesota;
Received honorary LL.D. in 1923.
Baptized into the RLDS 29 December 1911;
1901? to 1914 Philippine Bureau of Education;
September 1915 became president of Graceland College;
7 April 1916 ordained high priest in the RLDS Church;
1944 resigned as president and named "President Emeritus" of the board and college.
Married: 1st in 1902 Carrie Judd;
2nd in 1912 Grace M Kelley;
Children with Carrie Judd:
- Dorothy Maud (b. 1903 in Philippines)
- Ruth M. (b. 1909 in Phillippines, twin with Elizabeth)
- Elizabeth C. (b. 1909)
Children with Grace M. Kelley:
- George N. (b. 1914, in Washington, D. C., apparently after the family's return from the Phillippines)
- Mary Ktherine (b 1917, Iowa)
- Roland (b. 1919, Iowa)
- Margaret (b. 1922, Iowa)
- Philip (b. 1924, Iowa)
In the 1900 Iowa state census George is named as part of Riley's family in Carson, Iowa. He listed as age 25 (should be 27) and a teacher.
George seems to be missing from the 1910 census since he was in the Philippines. By the 1920 census George is in Fayette Township, Decatur Co., Iowa with his family which includes wife Grace Briggs from Missouri and three daughters born in the "Philippine Islands." There is Dorothy M. (Maud), 16, and twins Ruth M. and Elizabeth C. who are 11. Son George N. who was 6 was born in the District of Columbia, and the youngest two, Mary Katherine, 2, and Roland, 1, were born in Iowa. George lists his occupation as "President" of a "College."
The 1930 census identifies him as the president of Graceland College, and in fact he became president there in 1915. The birth places for Ruth and Elizabeth are changed to "Washington, D. C." and perhaps this was done to avoid confusion that they were not Amercian citizens since they had been born in the Philippines. The government might have allowed this for the children of those Americans working in some official capacity overseas.
Gracelan had been established in 1895 by the RLDS Church, and when the administration building was dedicated on 1 Jan. 1897, the church president, Joseph Smith III, said that the college "should be free to all irrespective of faith or creed." In 1917 during George's presidency Graceland received accreditation by the states of Iowa and Missouri and from the North Central Association of Colleges as it became the first fully accredited junior college in Iowa.
The brief biography they have for George at Graceland states he was in the Philippine Bureau of Education 1910-14, but the births of Dorothy and the twins reveal he was there by 1903. In fact, he seems to have gone there perhaps as early as 1901 and was division superintendent by March 1906 for Suriago, Suriago; Cagayan and Misamis; San Fernando, Pampanga and Bataan.
Iowa St Teachers College(Cedar Falls) Bachelor of Didactics 1893;
Iowa State Teaching Certificate, 1 Jan. 1895;
Univ of Iowa, BA 1897;
Undergraduate work in law at Drake Univ;
Graduate studies at Chicago Univ & Univ of Minnesota;
Received honorary LL.D. in 1923.
Baptized into the RLDS 29 December 1911;
1901? to 1914 Philippine Bureau of Education;
September 1915 became president of Graceland College;
7 April 1916 ordained high priest in the RLDS Church;
1944 resigned as president and named "President Emeritus" of the board and college.
George was the oldest son of Riley William Briggs who was a lawyer, justice of the peace, and state legislator for Pottawatamie County, Iowa which he represented from 1892 to 1894.
Married: 1st in 1902 Carrie Judd;
2nd in 1912 Grace M Kelley;
Children with Carrie Judd:
- Dorothy Maud (b. 1903 in Philippines)
- Ruth M. (b. 1909 in Phillippines, twin with Elizabeth)
- Elizabeth C. (b. 1909)
Children with Grace M. Kelley:
- George N. (b. 1914, in Washington, D. C., apparently after the family's return from the Phillippines)
- Mary Ktherine (b 1917, Iowa)
- Roland (b. 1919, Iowa)
- Margaret (b. 1922, Iowa)
- Philip (b. 1924, Iowa)
In the 1900 Iowa state census George is named as part of Riley's family in Carson, Iowa. He listed as age 25 (should be 27) and a teacher.
George seems to be missing from the 1910 census since he was in the Philippines. By the 1920 census George is in Fayette Township, Decatur Co., Iowa with his family which includes wife Grace Briggs from Missouri and three daughters born in the "Philippine Islands." There is Dorothy M. (Maud), 16, and twins Ruth M. and Elizabeth C. who are 11. Son George N. who was 6 was born in the District of Columbia, and the youngest two, Mary Katherine, 2, and Roland, 1, were born in Iowa. George lists his occupation as "President" of a "College."
The 1930 census identifies him as the president of Graceland College, and in fact he became president there in 1915. The birth places for Ruth and Elizabeth are changed to "Washington, D. C." and perhaps this was done to avoid confusion that they were not Amercian citizens since they had been born in the Philippines. The government might have allowed this for the children of those Americans working in some official capacity overseas.
Gracelan had been established in 1895 by the RLDS Church, and when the administration building was dedicated on 1 Jan. 1897, the church president, Joseph Smith III, said that the college "should be free to all irrespective of faith or creed." In 1917 during George's presidency Graceland received accreditation by the states of Iowa and Missouri and from the North Central Association of Colleges as it became the first fully accredited junior college in Iowa.
The brief biography they have for George at Graceland states he was in the Philippine Bureau of Education 1910-14, but the births of Dorothy and the twins reveal he was there by 1903. In fact, he seems to have gone there perhaps as early as 1901 and was division superintendent by March 1906 for Suriago, Suriago; Cagayan and Misamis; San Fernando, Pampanga and Bataan.
Iowa St Teachers College(Cedar Falls) Bachelor of Didactics 1893;
Iowa State Teaching Certificate, 1 Jan. 1895;
Univ of Iowa, BA 1897;
Undergraduate work in law at Drake Univ;
Graduate studies at Chicago Univ & Univ of Minnesota;
Received honorary LL.D. in 1923.
Baptized into the RLDS 29 December 1911;
1901? to 1914 Philippine Bureau of Education;
September 1915 became president of Graceland College;
7 April 1916 ordained high priest in the RLDS Church;
1944 resigned as president and named "President Emeritus" of the board and college.
Married: 1st in 1902 Carrie Judd;
2nd in 1912 Grace M Kelley;
Children with Carrie Judd:
- Dorothy Maud (b. 1903 in Philippines)
- Ruth M. (b. 1909 in Phillippines, twin with Elizabeth)
- Elizabeth C. (b. 1909)
Children with Grace M. Kelley:
- George N. (b. 1914, in Washington, D. C., apparently after the family's return from the Phillippines)
- Mary Ktherine (b 1917, Iowa)
- Roland (b. 1919, Iowa)
- Margaret (b. 1922, Iowa)
- Philip (b. 1924, Iowa)
In the 1900 Iowa state census George is named as part of Riley's family in Carson, Iowa. He listed as age 25 (should be 27) and a teacher.
George seems to be missing from the 1910 census since he was in the Philippines. By the 1920 census George is in Fayette Township, Decatur Co., Iowa with his family which includes wife Grace Briggs from Missouri and three daughters born in the "Philippine Islands." There is Dorothy M. (Maud), 16, and twins Ruth M. and Elizabeth C. who are 11. Son George N. who was 6 was born in the District of Columbia, and the youngest two, Mary Katherine, 2, and Roland, 1, were born in Iowa. George lists his occupation as "President" of a "College."
The 1930 census identifies him as the president of Graceland College, and in fact he became president there in 1915. The birth places for Ruth and Elizabeth are changed to "Washington, D. C." and perhaps this was done to avoid confusion that they were not Amercian citizens since they had been born in the Philippines. The government might have allowed this for the children of those Americans working in some official capacity overseas.
Gracelan had been established in 1895 by the RLDS Church, and when the administration building was dedicated on 1 Jan. 1897, the church president, Joseph Smith III, said that the college "should be free to all irrespective of faith or creed." In 1917 during George's presidency Graceland received accreditation by the states of Iowa and Missouri and from the North Central Association of Colleges as it became the first fully accredited junior college in Iowa.
The brief biography they have for George at Graceland states he was in the Philippine Bureau of Education 1910-14, but the births of Dorothy and the twins reveal he was there by 1903. In fact, he seems to have gone there perhaps as early as 1901 and was division superintendent by March 1906 for Suriago, Suriago; Cagayan and Misamis; San Fernando, Pampanga and Bataan.
Iowa St Teachers College(Cedar Falls) Bachelor of Didactics 1893;
Iowa State Teaching Certificate, 1 Jan. 1895;
Univ of Iowa, BA 1897;
Undergraduate work in law at Drake Univ;
Graduate studies at Chicago Univ & Univ of Minnesota;
Received honorary LL.D. in 1923.
Baptized into the RLDS 29 December 1911;
1901? to 1914 Philippine Bureau of Education;
September 1915 became president of Graceland College;
7 April 1916 ordained high priest in the RLDS Church;
1944 resigned as president and named "President Emeritus" of the board and college.
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