Thomas Rigsby Genealogy

Record modified: 2023-09-19

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Thomas Rigsby	\|
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Born: about 1857-00-00 Texas USA
Died: (unknown)

Marriages:
1. about 1876-00-00 Lizzie Harrison

Children of Thomas Rigsby and Lizzie Harrison:

Louis Levy Rigsby	b. about 1879-00-00
Melvina Rigsby	b. 1882-05-00
Hattie Rigsby	b. 1884-06-01
Rosa Rigsby	b. 1886-06-01
Celia Ella Rigsby	b. 1889-04-00
Samuel Rigsby	b. 1892-01-20
Elbert Rufus Rigsby	b. 1893-01-18
Jesse Lee Rigsby	b. 1898-04-24
Alberta Rigsby	b. 1900-04-00
Eddie Rigsby	b. 1902-08-01

Notes:

[R99.2]

This is a black family.

They adopted Willie Oats 1878-12-03 TX d 1941-09-01 Grimes Co TX.

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1910 census Grimes Co TX p248b
Thomas Rigsby 58 B TX/SC/AL
wife Lizzie 50 B TX/US/US
son Sam 17 B TX
son Rufus 14 B TX
son Jesse Lee 12 B TX
dau Alberta 10 B TX
son Doav? 7 B TX [Ancestry says Dock]
gson Thomas 10 MU TX/TX/TX
gson Ruby D 9 MU TX
gson Willie Randle 7 B TX

[Willie is son of Melvina. The other two grandchildren are from Louis.]

1900 census Grimes Co TX p258b
Thomas Rigsby 50 1850-05 TX/TX/TX
wife Lizzy 38 1862-05 8/8 TX/MS/TN
dau Melvina 18 1882-05 TX
dau Hattie 15 1884-06 TX
dau Rosa 13 1886-06 TX
dau Sealy 11 1889-04 TX
son Samuel 8 1892-04 TX
son Elbert 6 1894-04 TX
son Jesse 2 1898-06 TX
dau Alberta 3/12 1900-04 TX

1880 census Grimes Co TX p101c
Thomas Rigby 22 TX/AL/unknown
wife Lizzie 19 TX/GA/VA
son Levy 1 TX
ward William Oats 1 TX/TX/TX

Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 64981

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