Walter Rigsby Genealogy
Record modified: 2013-12-31
Born: 1832-07-31 Marion Co, Missouri USA
Died: 1913-01-10 Pataha, Garfield Co, Washington USA
Marriages:
1. 1871-12-14 Anna Crumpacker
2. 1885-05-28 Ellen B Holland
Children of Walter Rigsby and Anna Crumpacker:
Children of Walter Rigsby and Ellen Holland:
Notes:
[R05.5.8]
married Anna in Lewiston, Nez Perce Co ID
married Ellen in Garfield Co WA
He and Anna are buried in Rigsby cemetery, Garfield Co WA.
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He appears on the 1859 tax list for Jackson Co OR.
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US IRS Tax Assessment Lists 1862 - 1918
ID Division 5, 1869-11-xx
Walter W Rigsby, Pataha, produce broker; tax $10
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BLM General Land Office records, Walla Walla WA land office
Garfield Co WA, serial no WAWWAA 007942
1874-04-25 Walter W Rigsby 159.97 acres
S 1/2 of SE 1/4 of section 34
NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of section 3
and NE 1/4 of NW 1/4 of section 3
Township 11 N Range 42 E of Willamette meridian
Garfield Co WA, serial no WAWWAA 008589
1884-06-30 Walter W Rigsby 160 acres
S 1/2 of NE 1/4
SE 1/4 of NW 1/4
and NW 1/4 of SE 1/4
of section 28, Township 12 N Range 42 E of Willamette meridian
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Here is a 1913 map of part of Garfield Co WA showing his land. Note that he has sold off parts of the above purchases.
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from "Historic sketches of Walla Walla, Whitman, Columbia and Garfield Counties, Washington Territory, and Umatilla County, Oregon":
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same source:
He moved to Oregon with brother John in 1852. They settled in Yamhill Co.
In June of 1853 they moved to Lane Co, and then to Yreka California in 1854, where John died.
Walter raised hay until early 1856, when he and his brother James began merchandising on Beaver Creek.
Later that year they moved to Jackson Co OR, where Walter mined and ranched until 1862.
Early in 1862 he moved to Florence ID, where he worked in the mines until 1865.
He purchased a ranch in Pataha Co Washington in early 1865 from John Wilkins.
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1910 census Whitman Co WA p287b
Frank Gustafson household
father-in-law Walter Rigsby 75 WA/unk/unk
1900 census Garfield Co WA p91a
Walter Rigsby 67 1832-07 MO/NC/KY
wife Ellen 53 1847-01 6/5 TN/TN/TN
son Redford 14 1886-03 WA
1898 territory census, Garfield Co WA [no page numbers]
W W Rigsby 65 MO
E B (f) 52 TN [Ellen]
R (m) 12 WA [Radford]
1892 territory census, Garfield Co WA p126b
W W Rigsby 59 MO [Walter]
E B (f) 46 TN [Ellen]
W R (m) 6 WA [Radford]
J (m) 13 WA [nephew James]
Lou Huffman (f) 17 TN
1889 territory census, Garfield Co WA [no page numbers]
W W Rigsby 56 MO [Walter]
E B 43 TN [Ellen]
James 10 WA [nephew]
W R (m) 3 WA [Walter]
L H Huffman (f) 14 TN
1887 territory census, Garfield Co WA [no page numbers]
W W Rigsby 54 MO [Walter]
E B (f) 41 TN [Ellen]
S A (f) 14 WA [Sarah Ann]
W R (m) 1 WA [Radford]
P L Huffman 15 TN
G B Huffman 17 TN
L J D Huffman 12 TN
1885 territory census, Garfield Co WA Terr p127b
E? B Huffman (f) household [Ellen]
E Rigsby (f) 2 WA [Emma]
[Also in this household are J Crumpack 60 and C White 13.]
W W Rigsbi 52? MO? [Walter]
S A? (f) 12? WA [Sarah Ann]
[next-door neighbors]
1880 census Columbia Co WA p166d
Walter W Rigsby 45 MO/NC/KY
dau Sarah A 7 WA Terr/MO/MO
1870 census Walla Walla Co WA p300
J W Rigsby 38 MO
Walter 35 MO
1860 census Jackson Co OR p55
Walter W Rigsby 27 MO
Jacob Capps 25 LA
Benjamin Capps 25 LA
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 31530
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