John Rigsby Genealogy

Record modified: 2011-05-14

 / Placeholder Rigsby
 / William Rigsby|
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John Franklin Rigsby |
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 \ Elizabeth (unknown) |
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Born: 1832-07-04 North Carolina USA
Died: 1913-11-27 Madison Co, Indiana USA
Marriages:
1. Hanna Sourwine
2. about 1878-00-00 Mary Jane Pence
Children of John Rigsby and Hanna Sourwine:
John A or S Rigsby b. 1857-04-17
Jane Rigsby b. about 1861-00-00
Leonard Nathaniel Rigsby b. 1863-07-00
Franklin Rigsby b. about 1866-00-00
Miles D (William?) Rigsby b. 1870-04-00
Ransom Rigsby b. 1872-09-00

Children of John Rigsby and Mary Pence:
Walter Edward Rigsby b. 1878-08-04
Mollie Rigsby b. 1878-08-04
Ida B Rigsby b. about 1881-00-00
James Henry Rigsby b. 1884-11-20

Notes:

[R49.1]

History of Madison Co IN

"Run Over by a Train"

On the 20th of September, 1891, John Rigsby, an employee at
the Flint Bottle Works in Hazelwood, while passing a Big Four
train that was standing across the street, met with an
accident that caused him the loss of both of his limbs. The
train was moving slowly at the time and in making the passage
across, Rigsby caught his foot and fell beneath the cards. Two
wheels passed over his left leg and right foot before he could
be pulled from under the train by a man who was standing close
by, which prevented him from being otherwise injured. Quite a
number of people assembled and physicians were at once called.
Rigsby was rendered a cripple for the balance of his days.

[I'm fairly sure that was this John. There were two Johns in Madison Co on the 1880 census: this one and his son. The son moved to Hamilton Co IN before 1900, and this John stayed in Madison Co.]

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1910 census Madison Co IN p139a
William Craybill? household
wife Mollie 32 IN/NC/OH
bro Miles Rigsby 40 IN/NC/OH
father John Rigsby 77 NC/US/US

1900 census Madison Co IN p54b
[unreadable] Rigsby 67 NC/NC/NC
wife Mary 55 IN/OH/OH
son Miles D 30 1870-05 IN
d-l Ella 32 1868-03 IN/IN/IN
gson Russell 8 IN

1880 census Madison Co IN p151a
John F Rigsby 47 NC/NC/NC
wife Mary J 36 IN/IN/OH
son Leonard 18 IN
son Franklin 16 IN
son Miles 10 IN
son Ranson 7 IN
son Walter 1 IN
dau Mollie 1 IN
sdau Nora Lemons 7 IN/IN/IN

1870 census Madison Co IN p290
John F Rigsby 35 NC
Hanna 34 WV
John A 14 IN
Jane 9 IN
Nathaniel 7 IN
Franklin 4 IN
William 1/12 IN
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