William Rigsby Genealogy

Record modified: 2013-04-25

			/	Canada Rigsby
	/	Thomas Rigsby	\|
	\|		\	Mary Lewis
William T Rigsby	\|
	\|		/
	\	Sidney McDowell	\|
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Born: about 1840-00-00 Tennessee USA
Died: (unknown)

Marriages:
1. 1856-08-29 Elizabeth Ann Capps

Children of William Rigsby and Elizabeth Capps:

Frances E Rigsby	b. 1861-08-00
Ruthie N Rigsby	b. about 1863-00-00
Alfred Rigsby	b. about 1873-00-00

Notes:

[R14.5.2.3]

married in DeKalb Co TN
He divorced Elizabeth some time after 1880, and then married widow Sarah Riley 1822-11-04 d 1918-01-13 Howell Co MO (widow of (unknown) Gertman).

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He was a farmer.

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1880 census Howell Co MO p426b
William J Rigsby 49 TN/TN/VA
wife Elizabeth A 44 TN/TN/TN
son Alfred 7 MO

[That has to be him, even though the ages are off. On the 1870 census he was next to James Rigsby, and James' widow is also in Howell Co for the 1880 census.]

1870 census Crawford Co MO p664
W J Rigsby 30 TN
Elizabeth 30 TN
Frances 9 TN
Ruthie? (f) 7 TN
Frances Carroll? 21 MO

[This has to be him. He is the only W or J Rigsby born about 1840 in TN.]

Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 20215

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