John Rigsby Genealogy

Record modified: 2012-03-25

			/	Warren Rigsby
	/	Alexander Rigsby	\|
	\|		\	Mary Holderfield
John Wesley Rigsby	\|
	\|		/
	\	Amelia Nolan	\|
			\

Born: 1865-10-25 Overton Co, Tennessee USA
Died: 1934-05-15 Christian Co, Illinois USA

Marriages:
1. 1889-10-14 Ocie Bell Cooper

Children of John Rigsby and Ocie Cooper:

Guy Leslie Rigsby	b. 1891-07-29
Emma Myrtle Rigsby	b. 1894-06-00
Jennie Isabel Rigsby	b. 1896-08-13

Notes:

[R14.6.9.2]

married in Christian Co IL
buried in Bilyeu cemetery, Christian Co IL

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Here is a 1911 map of part of Christian Co IL showing a 5-acre lot belonging to W Rigsby.
I have found this John's brothers William and Joseph on other maps of the same series. Their other brothers were Almon H and Edward A, so presumably W is this John Wesley.

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1920 census Christian Co IL p98b
John W Rigsby 53 TN/TN/TN
son-in-law Joseph E Nolen 22 TN/TN/TN
dau Jennie Nolen 24 IL/TN/IL
gson J Harold Nolen 1/12 IL

1910 census Christian Co IL p235a
John W Rigsby 43 TN/NC/TN
wife Bell A 31 MO/MO/US
dau Emma R 16 IL
dau Jennie E 14 IL

1900 census Christian Co IL p218a
John W Rigsby 33 1866-10 TN/TN/TN
wife Isabell 28 1871-07 4/3 IL/IL/IL
son Leslie G 10 1889-07 IL
dau Emma M 5 1894-06 IL
dau Jennie 3 1896-08 IL

Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 20341

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