William Rigsby Genealogy

Record modified: 2021-04-19

			/	James Rigsby
	/	John Rigsby	\|
	\|		\	Susannah Wright
William Jesse Rigsby	\|
	\|		/
	\	Elizabeth Howard	\|
			\

Born: 1828-11-27 Allen Co, Kentucky USA
Died: 1906-02-11 Neosho, Newton Co, Missouri USA

Marriages:
1. 1849-04-27 Sarah Ann Hendron

Children of William Rigsby and Sarah Hendron:

Andrew J R Rigsby	b. 1850-03-09
Nancy Elizabeth Rigsby	b. 1852-02-25
John William Rigsby	b. 1858-03-10
Albert Roy Rigsby	b. 1860-08-12
James Rigsby	b. 1865-02-01
Lewis Edward Rigsby	b. 1867-11-12
Henry Ernest Rigsby	b. 1870-10-12
Leora Rigsby	b. 1872-11-21

Notes:

[R05.2.11]

married Sarah in Monroe Co MO
married in Audrain Co MO 1881-11-01 Hatty P (unknown; widow of Calbreath)
married in Randolph Co MO 1884-10-25 Zerelda Parks
married in Randolph Co MO 1893-04-06 Margaret J Anderson
He and Sarah are buried in Odd Fellows cemetery, Newton Co MO.

I'm not certain he was a son of John + Elizabeth, but he pretty much has to be. See notes for John.

He was a farmer.

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In a cemetery in Peoria Co IL is a stone for "two children of William Rigsby".
The only Rigsby in Peoria Co was this William's son Lewis, who was there for the 1900 census.
It's likely the children were from this William by his second wife. He could have moved to Peoria with Lewis about 1882, where the two children were born and died, then moved back to MO around 1891. Maybe his second wife died in Peoria Co too.

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I think he served in the Civil War (Union), in 69th Regiment Enrolled MO Militia, Co M.

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1900 census Macon Co MO p31a
J W Rigsby 71 1828-11 KY/SC/SC
wife Margaret J 62 1826-12 1/0 MO/KY/MO

[It says they have been married 50 years, but that she has had only one child, not living.]

1880 census Boone Co MO p169c
William Rigsby 53 KY/KY/KY
wife Sallie 49 KY/KY/KY
son James 15 MO
son Louis 12 MO
son Henry 8 MO
dau Leora 6 MO

1870 census Lewis Co MO p589
William Rigsby 42 KY
Sarah Ann 40 KY
Andrew 20 MO
John W 12 MO
Alfred 10 MO
James 5 MO
Lewis? 3 MO
William Brown 23 IN
Elizabeth Brown 18 MO

1860 census Monroe Co MO p84
Jesse Rigsby 35 KY
Sarah A 29 KY
Andrew 10 MO
Nancy 8 MO
John 2 MO

1850 census Monroe Co MO p152a
William Rigsby 22 KY
Sarah A 20 KY
Andrew J 5/12 MO

Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 8348

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