Leander Rigsby Genealogy

Record modified: 2021-04-24

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Leander Lafayette Rigsby |
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Born: 1859-03-31 Warren Co, Tennessee USA
Died: 1936-07-16 Lawrence Co, Tennessee USA
Marriages:
1. 1877-12-07 Henrietta R Green
Children of Leander Rigsby and Henrietta Green:
William Tilden Rigsby b. 1878-11-27
Samuel Turney Rigsby b. 1881-05-08
Sarah Ruthie Rigsby b. 1884-02-11
Alexander Ferdinand Rigsby b. 1886-03-30
Augustus Cleveland "Dock" Rigsby b. 1888-06-09
Lina Levina Rigsby b. 1890-02-09
Nannie Frances Rigsby b. 1891-09-15 d. 1970-07-25
Lillie Maye Rigsby b. 1893-03-18
George Seay Rigsby b. 1901-03-22

Notes:

[R14.5.8.4]

married in Warren Co TN
both buried in Nelson cemetery, Lawrence Co TN

They also had a son Jesse Furgerson 1895-03-02 d 1896-07-10.

He was a farmer.

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1920 census Lawrence Co TN p86b
Lee Rigsby 61 TN/TN/TN
wife Hanna R 65 TN/TN/TN
dau Nannie F 28 TN

1910 census Lawrence Co TN p62a
Lee L Rigsby 52 TN/TN/TN
wife Rita 56 TN/TN/TN
dau Nora? 17 TN
son George C 9 TN

1900 census Lawrence Co TN p44b
Lee A Rigsby 43 1857-03 TN/TN/TN
wife Hanna E 46 1854-03 9/8 TN/TN/TN
son Samuel T 19 1881-05 TN
dau Sarah R 16 1884-02 TN
son Alexandrin A 14 1886-03 TN
son August? C 11 1888-06 TN
dau Lina L 9 1891-02 TN
dau Nannie F 7 1892-09 TN
dau Lillie M 6 1894-03 TN

1880 agricultural census Gibson Co TN p16
Lee A Rigsbee (owns); 50 acres tilled, 25 acres woodland, 6 acres old fields, value $1200, implements $65, livestock $200; $10 fences; total production $300; 2 mules; 1 milch cow, 1 other cow (1 sold), 10 lbs butter; 9 swine; 12 barnyard fowl, 2 other fowl, 70 doz eggs; 10 acres Indian corn, 125 bushels; 2 acres oats, 25 bushels; 11 acres cotton, 4 bales; 1 acre sorghum, 40 gals molasses; 20 cords wood, $40

1880 census Warren Co TN p418b
Leander Rigsby 22 TN/TN/TN
wife H R 26 TN/TN/TN
son W T 2 TN
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