Store owners J. Edgar and Mildred Jane Briggs lived in Burr Oak from about 1905 to 1915; J. Edgar previously was a butcher and later became an auctioneer in Saskatchewan; Mildred had been a dressmaker before her marriage.
Jennifer Riggs attended Simpson College and graduated in 1899. After her marriage to George Cosson, she became a teacher and a suffragist, and was in demand as a speaker.