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Ruth Bell Bacon 1892–1968 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 01 Jun 1892

Birth Location: Evansville, Washington, Arkansas, USA

Death Date: 21 Mar 1968

Death Location: Fresno, Fresno County, California, United States of America

Father: Amon Bacon

Mother: Queen Officer

Spouse(s): Abraham Bigby

Children(s): Mabel Bigby, Tobitha Bigby, Mary Bigby, John Sr, Paul Bigby, Clayton Bigby, Herman Bigby, Lela Bigby, Bobby Bigby, Ruth Bigby

The story of Ruth Bell Bacon began in 1892 in Evansville, Washington, Arkansas, USA. In 1900, Ruth Bell Bacon resided in Stilwell, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, USA. In 1910, Ruth Bell Bacon resided in Stilwell, Adair, Oklahoma, USA. Ruth Bell Bacon married Abraham Lincoln Bigby, and had children including Bobby Merrill Bigby, Clayton Bigby, Herman Harold Bigby, John Bacon Bigby Sr, Lela Fern Bigby, Mabel Anne Bigby, Mary Ethel Bigby, Paul Gene Bigby, Ruth Aileen Alvene Bigby, Tobitha Bigby. Ruth Bell Bacon passed away in 1968 in Fresno, Fresno County, California, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of Ruth Bell Bacon began in 1892 in Evansville, Washington, Arkansas, USA.
  • In 1900, Ruth Bell Bacon resided in Stilwell, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, USA.
  • In 1910, Ruth Bell Bacon resided in Stilwell, Adair, Oklahoma, USA.
  • Ruth Bell Bacon married Abraham Lincoln Bigby, and had children including Bobby Merrill Bigby, Clayton Bigby, Herman Harold Bigby, John Bacon Bigby Sr, Lela Fern Bigby, Mabel Anne Bigby, Mary Ethel Bigby, Paul Gene Bigby, Ruth Aileen Alvene Bigby, Tobitha Bigby.
  • Ruth Bell Bacon passed away in 1968 in Fresno, Fresno County, California, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Amon Bacon
1849–1933
Birth Location: Evansville, Washington, Arkansas Territory, USA
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Queen Officer
1856–1939
Birth Location: Tennessee, USA
QO

Spouses(s)

Abraham Bigby
1886–1972
Birth Location: Goingsnake District, Cherokee Nation West, Oklahoma, USA
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Children(s)

Mabel Bigby
1909–1978
Birth Location: Cherokee Nation Indian Territoy, Stilwell, Adair, Oklahoma
MB
Tobitha Bigby
1911–1996
Birth Location: Stillwell, Adair, Oklahoma, United States
TB
Mary Bigby
1914–1961
Birth Location: Cherokee Nation Indian Territoy, Stilwell, Adair, Oklahoma
MB
John Sr
1921–1995
Birth Location: Stilwell, Adair, Oklahoma, United States
JS
Paul Bigby
1923–1999
Birth Location: Stilwell, Adair, Oklahoma, USA
PB
Clayton Bigby
1928–1994
Birth Location: Stilwell, Adair, Oklahoma, USA
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Herman Bigby
1926–2000
Birth Location: Stilwell, Adair, Oklahoma, USA
HB
Lela Bigby
1919–2008
Birth Location: Stilwell, Adair, Oklahoma, USA
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Bobby Bigby
1931–2011
Birth Location: Stilwell, Adair, Oklahoma, USA
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Ruth Bigby
1916–2011
Birth Location: Stillwell, Adair County, Oklahoma, USA
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Ruth Bacon's Ancestors

Self
Ruth Bacon
1892–1968
Birth Place: Evansville, Washington, Arkansas, USA
Parents
Amon Hale Bacon
1849–1933
Evansville, Washington, Arkansas Territory, USA
Queen (Victoria) Officer
1856–1939
Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
Amon (Hale) Bacon
1818–1870
Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Catherine Lee
1825–1899
Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Thomas (M) Officer
1820–1886
Georgia
Matilda Mattox
1818–1898
Georgia
Great-Grandparents
Charles Bacon
1788–1847
Uratha Hale
1788–1830
William Lea
1798–1847
Nancy Whiteley
1799–1870
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Bacon
1747–1842
Mary Brown
1750–1787
Amon Hale
1759–1843
Mary Carter
1764–1849
MAJOR Lea
1770–1840
Lavina Jarnagin
1770–1849

Ruth Bacon's Descendants

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Ruth (Bell) Bacon (01 Jun 1892–21 Mar 1968) m. Abraham (Lincoln) Bigby (21 Feb 1886–28 Sep 1972)
  1. 1. Mabel (Anne) Bigby 1909–1978 m. Aaron (Maddox) Sr 1898–
    1. 1. Donald (Laverne) Maddox 1933–2015
    2. 2. Marilyn (Marie) Maddox 1940–1994
  2. 2. Tobitha Bigby 1911–1996 m. Arthur (Joseph) Cline 1908–1974
    1. 1. Imogene Cline 1929–2014
  3. 3. Mary (Ethel) Bigby 1914–1961 m. Franklin (Everett) Klahr 1907–1995
  4. 4. John (Bacon Bigby) Sr 1921–1995 m. Thelma (D) Ruiz 1923–2013
  5. 5. Paul (Gene) Bigby 1923–1999 m. Eula (Maye) McMillan 1922–2009
    1. 1. Ronald (Paul) Bigby 1947–1947
  6. 6. Clayton Bigby 1928–1994
  7. 7. Herman (Harold) Bigby 1926–2000
  8. 8. Lela (Fern) Bigby 1919–2008 m. Henry (Kelly) Warford 1914–1985
    1. 1. Carolyn (Ruth) Warford 1938–2010
  9. 9. Bobby (Merrill) Bigby 1931–2011
  10. 10. Ruth (Aileen Alvene) Bigby 1916–2011 m. Raymond Cornelius 1912–1972

Ruth Bacon's Timeline

9 Records

1892
01 Jun 1892
Birth of Ruth Bell Bacon in Evansville, Washington, Arkansas, USA
Evansville, Washington, Arkansas, USA
1900
1900
Age 8
Ruth Bell Bacon resided here in Stilwell, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, USA
Stilwell, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, USA
1910
1910
Age 18
Ruth Bell Bacon resided here in Stilwell, Adair, Oklahoma, USA
Stilwell, Adair, Oklahoma, USA
1920
1920
Age 28
Ruth Bell Bacon resided here in Stillwelle, Adair, Oklahoma, USA
Stillwelle, Adair, Oklahoma, USA
1930
1930
Age 38
Ruth Bell Bacon resided here in Stilwell, Stilwell, Adair, Oklahoma, USA
Stilwell, Stilwell, Adair, Oklahoma, USA
1935
1935
Age 43
Ruth Bell Bacon resided here in Stilwell, Adair, Oklahoma
Stilwell, Adair, Oklahoma
1940
1940
Age 48
Ruth Bell Bacon resided here in 4, Fresno, California, USA
4, Fresno, California, USA
1950
1950
Age 58
Ruth Bell Bacon resided here in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA
Fresno, Fresno, California, USA
1968
21 Mar 1968
Age 76
Death of Ruth Bell Bacon in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA
Fresno, Fresno, California, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 01 Jun 1892
    Event Place: Evansville, Washington, Arkansas, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Stilwell, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Stilwell, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory; Roll: 1845; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0036; FHL microfilm: 1241845

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Stilwell, Adair, Oklahoma, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Stilwell, Adair, Oklahoma; Roll: T624_1242; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0008; FHL microfilm: 1375255

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Stillwelle, Adair, Oklahoma, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Stillwelle, Adair, Oklahoma; Roll: T625_1451; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 7

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: Stilwell, Stilwell, Adair, Oklahoma, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Stilwell, Adair, Oklahoma; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0007; FHL microfilm: 2341626

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Stilwell, Adair, Oklahoma
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Fresno, California; Roll: m-t0627-00204; Page: 61A; Enumeration District: 10-93

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: 4, Fresno, California, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Fresno, California; Roll: m-t0627-00204; Page: 61A; Enumeration District: 10-93

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: Fresno, Fresno, California, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Fresno, Fresno, Cali

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Mar 1968
    Event Place: Fresno, Fresno, California, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Fresno, Fresno County, California, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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