Rufus Riggsbee Genealogy

Record modified: 2020-03-29

 / John Rigsby
 / Joseph Riggsbee|
|  \ Phoebe Stone
Rufus H Riggsbee |
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 \ Martha Partin |
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Born: 1861-04-18 Chatham Co, North Carolina USA
Died: 1943-08-30 Harris Co, Texas USA
Marriages:
1. 1893-08-23 Effie Emily Sturdavant

Children of Rufus Riggsbee and Effie Sturdavant:
Percy A Riggsbee b. 1889-07-27


Notes:

[R06.2.2.5.9]

married in Glynn Co GA
He has to be the R Rigsby who married in Glynn Co. He served in the Cavalry from there, and his brother is there on the 1900 census. He should also be there, but I haven't been able to find him.
The 1910 census says they have been married 13 years, and the 1930 census says he first married at age 26. Percy was born in 1889. Did Rufus wait 4 years to marry Emily (unlikely)? Did they marry twice? Was Percy her son by someone else (married or not)?

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Record of Troop F 5th GA Calvary
Brunswick Light Horse Guard
Organized May 1888
Brunswick, Georgia

Riggsbee, Rufus; age 33; hazel eyes, dark hair; 5'4"; b Chapel Hill NC; clerk; enlisted 1895-01-30
Riggsbee, Rufus; age 34; hazel eyes, dark hair; 5'4"; b Chapel Hill NC; clerk; enlisted 1897-01-16

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1920 census Hillsborough Co FL p237b
Rufus Riggsbee 58 NC/NC/NC
wife Effie 50 IA/NY/CT

1910 census Hillsborough Co FL p210b
Rufus Riggsbee 49 NC/NC/NC
wife Effie E 41 IA/NY/CT
son Percy A 20 GA

1880 census Chatham Co NC p36b
A Riggsbee 33 NC/NC/NC
bro Rufus 19 NC

He is living with his brother Alfonzo.

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