Dowd Riggsbee Genealogy

Record modified: 2014-12-29

 / Raleigh Riggsbee
 / Nathaniel Riggsbee|
|  \ Milly (unknown)
Dowd Riggsbee |
|  /
 \ Jeanette Lucas |
 \

Born: 1853-04-00 Chatham Co, North Carolina USA
Died: 1930-03-09 Chatham Co, North Carolina USA
Marriages:
1. 1878-12-19 Anna Mason

Children of Dowd Riggsbee and Anna Mason:
Davis Riggsbee
Mexie Riggsbee
Hayes Riggsbee
Plato Riggsbee
Haywood Riggsbee
Lieutenant M Riggsbee


Notes:

[R97.1.1]

This is a black family.

married in Chatham Co
both buried in Mt Zion Baptist church cemetery, Chatham Co NC

I'm pretty sure he had a daughter J S c1877 who died 1879-12-xx, and a son Dowd c1879 who died 1880-02-xx.

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He was a farmer.

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1920 census Chatham Co NC p246a
Dowd Rigsbee 65 B NC/NC/NC
wife Anna 65 B NC/NC/NC
son Lieutenant 19 B NC

1910 census Chatham Co NC
Dowd Riggsbee 58 NC/NC/NC
wife Anna 57 NC/NC/NC
son Harry? 21 NC
son Plato 19 NC
son Haywood 15 NC
son Lieutenant 9 NC
niece Nettie Mason
niece Lizzie Mason
boarder Fonnie Williams

1900 census Chatham Co NC p233b [small handwriting, hard to read]
Dowd Riggsbee 47 1853-04 NC/NC/NC
wife Anna 46 1854-03 6/5 NC/NC/NC
son Davis 19 1881-05 NC
dau Mexie? 14 1885-07 NC
son Harry 12 1888-04 NC
son Plato 8 1892-02 NC
son Haywood 5 1894-06 NC

1880 census Chatham Co NC p37d
Dowd? Riggsbee 27 NC/NC/NC
wife Anner 24 NC/NC/NC
nep Edmond 13 NC

Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 20612
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