John Owen RIGBY

1832 - 1923  (91 years)

• Name	John Owen RIGBY  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	2 Mar 1832	, Kemper, Mississippi, USA   [4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1870	, Refugio, Texas, USA
  pg 53
  Refugio PO J O, Sarah, Robert, John, Jane, Melissa, Sileta, Amos
  Census	23 Jun 1880	, Goliad, Texas, USA
  ED 65, pg 13-14 (351B-352A)
  Precinct 2 RIGBY John Owen M 47 1833 Head Mississippi RIGBY Sarah F 44 1836 Wife Louisiana RIGBY Robert M 21 1859 Son Texas RIGBY John M 19 1861 Son Texas RIGBY James M 17 1863 Son Texas RIGBY Malissa F 15 1865 Dau Texas RIGBY Salita F 12 1868 Dau Texas RIGBY Amos M 10 1870 Son Texas RIGBY Zacharia M 8 1872 Son Texas RIGBY David M 5 1875 Son Texas RIGBY Pearl F 1/12 1880 Dau Texas May
  Pension	31 Aug 1909	, Goliad, Texas, USA
  Pension
  #15248 Rigby, John O. Indicates he was born in Darlington, SC. Applied 5 Jul 1909 Pension Rigby, John Owen 15248 Claimant: Rigby, John Owen Pension Number: 15248 County: Goliad
  Death	19 Aug 1923	Victoria, Victoria, Texas, USA   [6]
  	Cause: senile dementia, fractured hip
  Burial	20 Aug 1923	Sarco Creek, Goliad, Texas, USA   [6]
  	Address: Sarco Creek Cemetery Texas Goliad County
  Person ID	I15237	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	Russell Thomas RIGBY,   b. 1798, , Duplin, North Carolina, USA d. Abt 1863, , , Mississippi, USA (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Lydia SULLIVAN,   b. Between 1801 and 1804, , Scott, Mississippi, USA d. Bef 1846, , Kemper, Mississippi, USA (Age ~ 44 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1819	, , South Carolina, USA   [7]
  	If they did marry in 1819, there are probably more children but I believe they married a little later.
  Family ID	F2426	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah MARTIN,   b. 26 Nov 1837, , , Louisiana, USA d. 6 Feb 1936, Sarco Creek, Goliad, Texas, USA (Age 98 years)
  Marriage	26 Jun 1856	, Refugio, Texas, USA   [8, 9]
  Children	1. Robert Russell RIGBY,   b. 18 Sep 1858, , Refugio, Texas, USA d. 6 Aug 1928, Victoria, Victoria, Texas, USA (Age 69 years)   2. John Ellis RIGBY,   b. 2 Oct 1860, , , Texas, USA d. 14 Mar 1946, , Bexar, Texas, USA (Age 85 years)   3. James Manly RIGBY,   b. 21 Dec 1862, , Refugio, Texas, USA d. 22 Oct 1940, , San Patricio, Texas, USA (Age 77 years)   4. Melissa C RIGBY,   b. 28 Apr 1864, Rockport, Aransas, Texas, USA d. 2 Oct 1929, Bloomington, Victoria, Texas, USA (Age 65 years)   5. Saletia Ann RIGBY,   b. 9 Sep 1867, , Refugio, Texas, USA d. 15 Feb 1958, Victoria, Victoria, Texas, USA (Age 90 years)   6. Amos Franklin RIGBY,   b. 25 Jan 1870, Sarco Creek, Goliad, Texas, USA d. 29 Feb 1964, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA (Age 94 years)   7. William Zachariah RIGBY,   b. 18 Jan 1872, , Refugio, Texas, USA d. 27 Apr 1966, Victoria, Victoria, Texas, USA (Age 94 years)   8. David Owen RIGBY,   b. 10 Jul 1874, Rockport, Aransas, Texas, USA d. 26 Nov 1931, , San Patricio, Texas, USA (Age 57 years)   9. Mary Pearl RIGBY,   b. 31 May 1880, , Goliad, Texas, USA d. 5 Mar 1960, Victoria, Victoria, Texas, USA (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F6376	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2016

  
  

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  Birth - 2 Mar 1832 - , Kemper, Mississippi, USA Marriage - 26 Jun 1856 - , Refugio, Texas, USA Census - pg 53 - 1870 - , Refugio, Texas, USA Census - ED 65, pg 13-14 (351B-352A) - 23 Jun 1880 - , Goliad, Texas, USA Pension - Pension - 31 Aug 1909 - , Goliad, Texas, USA Death - Cause: senile dementia, fractured hip - 19 Aug 1923 - Victoria, Victoria, Texas, USA Burial - Address: Sarco Creek Cemetery Texas Goliad County - 20 Aug 1923 - Sarco Creek, Goliad, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  (Research):There is a John Rigby, born 1832, SC, listed on the 1860 cenus in Washington County, living with A M and Anna Upshaw.

  
  

• Sources

  [S916] Grasse, Jamie Rigby, John Owen Rigby. [S917] Kelly, Susan A, John Owen Rigby. [S1103] 1850 Kemper, MS, pg 293-4 (147B-148A), hh #119. John O Rigby [S918] Cemetery, Sarco Creek, Goliad Co, TX, John Owen Rigby. 2 Mar 1832 [S1103] 1850 Kemper, MS, pg 147A. age 18, Miss [S918] Cemetery, Sarco Creek, Goliad Co, TX, John Owen Rigby. [S917] Kelly, Susan A, Lydia Russell. abt 1819 [S483] Pension File, Rigby, Sarah #39346. 26 Jun 1855, Victoria [S1249] Texas Marriages, 1837-1973, (FamilySearch.org), Origby, John. to Sara Martin, 26 Jun 1856, Refugio County