Elisha Rigsby Genealogy

Record modified: 2024-08-26

 / Luke Rigsby
 / James Rigsby|
|  \ Elizabeth Edwards
Elisha C Rigsby |
|  /
 \ (unknown) Kirby |
 \

Born: about 1828-00-00 North Carolina USA
Died: 1905-03-29 Memphis, Shelby Co, Tennessee USA
Marriages:
1. 1867-05-07 Sarah J Redman

Children of Elisha Rigsby and Sarah Redman:
Eugene Lee Rigsby b. 1873-02-06
Eula C Rigsby b. about 1877-00-00


Notes:

[R06.2.10.7]

He was a dairyman.

His death certificate says his mother was Sarah J Redman, but that is really his wife.

married in Macoupin Co IL
both buried in Elmwood cemetery, Shelby Co TN

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1900 census Macoupin Co IL p20a
Elisha C Riggisbee 74 1825-12 NC/NC/NC
wife Sarah J 51 1848-10 TN/TN/TN
dau Elua C Vancil 23 1877-01 TN
gson Wendell Vancil 6/12 1899-11 TN

1880 agricultural census Macoupin Co IL p1
E C Rigsby; 30 acres improved, 20 acres unimproved, value $3000, implements $200, livestock $275; total production $300?; 30 acres rye?; 14? milch cows, 2 oxen (125? calves, 12? sold); 15 swine; 40 barnyard fowl, 25 other fowl, 130 doz eggs; 20 acres Indian corn, 750 bushels; 2 acres apples, 49 trees, 50 bushels

1880 census Macoupin Co IL p62d
C E Rigsby 55 NC/NC/NC
wife J Sarah 29 TN/TN/TN
son L Eugene 7 IL
dau C Eula 3 IL

1870 census Macoupin Co IL p234b
Thomas Hobbs household
Elisha Rigsby 42 NC
Sarah 21 TN

[not Sarah's father]

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