William Rigsby Genealogy

Record modified: 2012-03-24

			/	James Rigsby
	/	Wright Rigsby	\|
	\|		\	Susannah Wright
William Rigsby	\|
	\|		/
	\	Nancy (unknown)	\|
			\

Born: about 1815-00-00 Tennessee USA
Died: 1887-01-03

Marriages:
1. 1838-04-27 Rebecca Vann

Children of William Rigsby and Rebecca Vann:

Nathaniel L Rigsby	b. about 1839-00-00
John William Rigsby	b. 1839-08-10 d. 1915-07-10
James Rigsby	b. about 1841-00-00
Mary J Rigsby	b. about 1843-00-00
Francis Marion Rigsby	b. 1847-09-23

Notes:

[R05.3.5]

Possibly one of the two oldest children doesn't belong.

married Rebecca in Smith Co TN
married in Jersey Co IL 1863-06-09 Isabella Ballard
I think he also married in Greene Co IL 1882-11-09 Hannah Abner.

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He may have served in the Civil War (Union), 133 IL infantry Co A.
There was a William Rigsby in that company. This is the only William in that general area at the time,
but he would have been in his late 40s.

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1880 census Greene Co IL p58c
William Rigsby 60 TN/TN/TN
wife Isabel 66 TN/NC/NC

He should be 66.

1870 census Greene Co IL p189
William Rigsby 50 TN
Ada 48 TN

He should be 56 or so, and who is Ada? His son Frank is on p190, though, so I think this must be him.
Also note that Greene Co is about 75 miles north of St Louis Co MO, where he was in 1860. Jersey Co,
where he was in 1855, is between them.

1865 IL state census, Greene Co p4
Wm Rigsby 1 M 40-50, 1 F 10-20, 1 F 40-50
[William 51?, Mary 21?, Ada 43]

1860 census St Louis Co MO p647
William Rigsby 46 TN
Rebecca 44 NC
John 21 TN
Mary J 16 TN
Frank 12 IL

1855 IL state census, Jersey Co p20
Wm Rigsby 3? M <10, 3 M 10-20, 1 M 30-40, 1 F 10-20, 1 F 30-40
[x, x, Francis 7, James 14, John 15, Nathaniel 16, William 40, Mary 12, Rebecca 32]

[Apparently that's a 1 for M <10, but it looks like a 3.]

1850 Agricultural Census Jefferson Co IL
Wm Rigsby -- 34? acres improved; farm value $100; 10 swine; 250? bushels Indian corn,
6 bushels Irish potatoes, 50 lbs butter

1850 census Jefferson Co IL p390
William Rigsby 35 TN
Rebecca 27 TN
John W 12 TN
Nathan 11 TN
James 9 TN
Mary J 7 TN
Franklin 2 IL

1840 census Smith Co TN p263
William Rigsby 1 M <5, 1 M 20-30, 1 F 20-30
[John 2 or Nathan 1, William 25, Rebecca 17]

Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 37401

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