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Silas Rigby 1828–1896 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1828

Birth Location: Columbiana, Ohio

Death Date: 15 November 1896

Death Location: Penn Township, Jay County, Indiana, United States of America

Father: Joseph Rigby

Mother:

Spouse(s): Susan Sholenberger

Children(s): Adalaska Rigby, Ida Sibery, Lydia Rigby, Zulia Rigby, Elmira Rigby, Joseph Rigby, Franklin Rigby, Jola Rigby, Walter Rigby, James Rigby

In 1828, Silas Rigby entered the world in Columbiana, Ohio, born to Joseph Rigby And Elisabeth Wickersham. In 1860, Silas Rigby resided in Penn, Jay, Indiana, USA. In 1870, Silas Rigby resided in Penn, Pennville, Jay, Indiana, USA. Silas Rigby married Rachel Moore, Susan Sholenberger, and had children including Adalaska Rigby, Elmira Elizabeth Rigby, Franklin S Rigby, Ida Eveline Sibery, James M Rigby, Jola C Rigby, Joseph Silas Rigby, Lydia Rigby, Walter Bentley Rigby, Zulia Rigby. Silas Rigby passed away in 1896 in Penn Township, Jay County, Indiana, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1828, Silas Rigby entered the world in Columbiana, Ohio, born to Joseph Rigby And Elisabeth Wickersham.
  • In 1860, Silas Rigby resided in Penn, Jay, Indiana, USA.
  • In 1870, Silas Rigby resided in Penn, Pennville, Jay, Indiana, USA.
  • Silas Rigby married Rachel Moore, Susan Sholenberger, and had children including Adalaska Rigby, Elmira Elizabeth Rigby, Franklin S Rigby, Ida Eveline Sibery, James M Rigby, Jola C Rigby, Joseph Silas Rigby, Lydia Rigby, Walter Bentley Rigby, Zulia Rigby.
  • Silas Rigby passed away in 1896 in Penn Township, Jay County, Indiana, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Joseph Rigby
1798–
Birth Location: Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
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Spouses(s)

Susan Sholenberger
1825–1882
Birth Location: Gallia Co, OH
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Children(s)

Adalaska Rigby
1862–
Birth Location: Jay Co. Ind.
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Ida Sibery
1859–1939
Birth Location: Pennville, Ind.
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Lydia Rigby
1864–1935
Birth Location: Indiana
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Zulia Rigby
1869–1954
Birth Location: Penn, Jay, Indiana, USA
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Elmira Rigby
1850–
Birth Location: Gallia Co, OH
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Joseph Rigby
1850–1917
Birth Location: Perry Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, USA
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Franklin Rigby
1852–1860
Birth Location: Columbiana County, Ohio, USA
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Jola Rigby
1859–1943
Birth Location: Jay County, Indiana
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Walter Rigby
1856–1939
Birth Location: Ohio, USA
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James Rigby
1854–
Birth Location: –
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Silas Rigby's Ancestors

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Silas Rigby
1828–1896
Birth Place: Columbiana, Ohio
Parents
Joseph Rigby
1798–
Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
Daniel Rigby
1757–1845
Edgemont, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Abigail Baker
1764–1807
Edgemont, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Great-Grandparents
Aaron Baker
1726–1788
Mary Regester
1735–1811
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Baker
1700–1731
Elizabeth Hunter
1704–1789
John Regester
1709–1758
Sarah Cowgill
1722–1771

Silas Rigby's Descendants

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Silas Rigby (abt 1828–15 November 1896) m. Susan Sholenberger (12 June 1825–14 Dec 1882)
  1. 1. Adalaska Rigby 1862– m. Bertha Hart 1865–1944 m. Samantha (J) Denney 1862–1910
    1. 1. Charles (Sylvester) Rigby 1882– m. Maud (Mae) Debolt 1886–1968
      1. 1. Mabel (J.) Rigby 1904–1964 m. Jacob Null 1879–1937
        1. 1. Alfred (Cleve) Null 1934–1989 m. Vera (Jean) Richard 1938–2008
        2. 2. Norma Null 1923–1993 m. Howard (F) Burkey 1918–2001
      2. 2. Albert Rigby 1910–1934
  2. 2. Ida (Eveline) Sibery 1859–1939 m. Arthur (Egburt) Jackson 1874–1938 m. Flemon (Anderson) Sibery 1858–1925
    1. 1. Nora (O) Sibery 1893–1946 m. John (Wesley) McKissick 1886–1973
      1. 1. Kenneth (Arvin) McKissick 1914–1961 m. Clara (Berniece) Hough 1916–1966
        1. 1. Carl (Lee) McKissick 1936–2003 m. Betty (L) Burden 1941–2014
        2. 2. Kirby (Dewayne) McKissick 1940–2000 m. Carolyn (A.) Evans 1944–2018
      2. 2. Charles (Merle McKissick) Sr 1919–1997 m. Rheba (Marie) Lawson 1923–2000
        1. 1. Charles (Merle McKissick) Jr 1943–1991
      3. 3. Dorothy (Virginia) McKissick 1912–1966 m. Paul (Theodore) Savage 1910–1972
        1. 1. Robert (Eugene Savage) Sr 1930–2009
      4. 4. Mildred (Corrine) McKissick 1916–1994 m. Ralph (E) Hotmire 1906–1970
      5. 5. Gilbert McKissick 1909–1918
    2. 2. Silas (A) Sibery 1877–1913 m. Ida (Bell) Carter 1881–1943
      1. 1. Charles (Wesley Sibery) Sr 1900–1933 m. Edith (Winifred) Clifford 1909–1989 m. Phoebe (Mary) Corteville 1905–1926
        1. 1. Donald (Eugene) Sibery 1929–2007
        2. 2. Charles (Wesley Sibery) Jr. 1925–1994
        3. 3. Betty (Jean) Sibery 1924–2004 m. Floyd (Donald) Long 1922–2004
        4. 4. Ralph (Arbine) Sibery 1926–2017
      2. 2. Octavious (E. (Dotanna)) Sibery 1898–1922
    3. 3. Lieuverna (A) Sibery 1880–1970 m. Robert (Boyd Lough) Sr 1876–1963
      1. 1. Robert (Boyd Lough) Jr 1922–1992 m. Mable (I) Freeman 1913–
    4. 4. Henry Sibery 1887–1915 m. Laura (Emma) Bennett 1888–1956
      1. 1. Orval (Edwin) Sibery 1909–1978 m. Oneita Watson 1910–1995
      2. 2. Harley (Wesley) Sibery 1914–2003 m. Margaret Conway 1917–1974
      3. 3. Harold (T) Sibery 1907–1994 m. Edith (L) Metzger 1910–1979
        1. 1. Madeline (Joan) Sibery 1939–1996
      4. 4. Ralph Sibery 1911–1970 m. Naomi (Winifred) Sorbray 1910–1996
        1. 1. Joseph (Dean) Sibery 1940–2006
        2. 2. Mary (Lucile) Sibery 1928–1971
  3. 3. Lydia Rigby 1864–1935 m. David (J) Brunson 1859–1903
    1. 1. Leona (May) Brunson 1886–1933 m. Joseph (Smith) Wilson 1871–1944
      1. 1. Ireta (Fern) Wilson 1920–1981 m. Harry (Wood) Calvert 1911–1973
      2. 2. Ester Wilson 1917–1917
    2. 2. Freddie (Lester) Brunson 1897–1967 m. Velma (Cecil) Myers 1899–1960
      1. 1. Helen Brunson 1917–2013 m. Samuel (Jonathan) Storey 1911–1946 m. Geno Gallina 1908–1990 m. Albert (Glenn) Glass 1903–1981
        1. 1. Saundra (Darlene) Storey 1940–2006
        2. 2. Billy (Kay) Storey 1942–1992 m. Ernest (Owen Campbell) Jr 1943–1994
    3. 3. Walter (Blaine) Brunson 1884–1960 m. Dorothy (Susannah 'Dot') Baker 1887–1974
      1. 1. Thelma (Pearl) Brunson 1910–1999 m. Loy (Harold) Haskins 1910–1999
      2. 2. Wilma (Pauline) Brunson 1908–1984 m. Alfred (Dewey) Hunt 1903–1991
        1. 1. Alfred (Allen Hunt) Sr 1937–1964
      3. 3. Marjorie (June) Brunson 1912–2003 m. Louie (Thomas) Tate 1911–2005
        1. 1. Robert (L) Tate 1937–2013 m. Yvonne (Charlene) Davis 1935–2009
    4. 4. Ethel (Myrtle) Brunson 1891–1978 m. William (Perry) Fifer 1873–1951
      1. 1. Laura (Grace) Fifer 1910–2000
      2. 2. Oran (L) Fifer 1906–1984 m. Josephine Bolin 1910–2005
        1. 1. Earl (Leroy) Fifer 1932–1991
        2. 2. William (Perrie) Fifer 1930–2006
      3. 3. Cleo (Lawrence) Fifer 1912–2009 m. Bertha (Elnora) Watters 1917–1988
      4. 4. Walter (William Fifer) Sr 1917–2009
    5. 5. Theadore Brunson 1881–1950
  4. 4. Zulia Rigby 1869–1954 m. Frank Elick 1866–1904 m. David (Elverson) Rhoads 1873–1945 m. William (Henry) Pellman 1868–1952
    1. 1. Lawrence (Edward) Elick 1891–1956 m. Mary (May) Talmage 1896–1969
    2. 2. Arthur (Dee) Elick 1890–1972 m. Inez (Opal) Corle 1895–1971
      1. 1. Larry (Gene) Elick 1936–2019
      2. 2. Cleo (Belle) Darby 1917–2006 m. Silas (Gordon) Darby 1912–1944
      3. 3. Sharon (Lee) Elick 1929–1991 m. Mary (Gene) Wendel 1927–2015
    3. 3. Bertha (Elick) Cantrall 1893–1954 m. William (Russell) Cantrall 1891–1965
      1. 1. Farrell (Latresha) Cantrall 1916– m. Howard (Walter) Rammler 1914–1974 m. Frank (Joseph) Calandra 1910–1975 m. Clyde (Ethylone) Kissel 1909–1978
        1. 1. Nina Kissel 1938–2014
      2. 2. Merritt (Franklin) Cantrall 1921–1928
    4. 4. Lena (Elick) Rathbun 1894–1952 m. Thomas (Roe) Rathbun 1890–1929 m. Chester Gibson 1896–
      1. 1. Dorothy (Mae) Rathbun 1922–1994 m. Max (Hershel) Ballard 1917–2001
      2. 2. Clifford (Levon) Rathbun 1914–1990 m. Jean (Marie) Eliker 1916–2011
        1. 1. Robert (A) Rathbun 1943–1981
      3. 3. Vivian (Ivanelle) Rathbun 1917–2017 m. Arthur (Harold) Anger 1917–1971 m. Lester (C) Yaxley 1908–1999
        1. 1. Donald (Richard) Anger 1936–2017
        2. 2. Beverly (Ray) Anger 1940–1940
      4. 4. Robert (Eugene) Rathbun 1919–1982 m. Pauline Buckalew 1921–2003
        1. 1. Stan Rathbun 1948–2007
        2. 2. Carol Mosley 1943–2016
  5. 5. Elmira (Elizabeth) Rigby 1850– m. Benjamin (F) Paxson 1845–
  6. 6. Joseph (Silas) Rigby 1850–1917
    1. 1. Earl (G) Rigby 1885–1944 m. Myrtle (M) Haviland 1887–1977
      1. 1. Harold Rigby 1904–1965
      2. 2. Fadetta (Pauline) Rigby 1906–1926 m. Frank (Jacob) Feigel 1893–1964
        1. 1. Leslie (Earl) Feigel 1925–1981 m. Naomi (Jean) Stevens 1931–2013
      3. 3. Dorothy (LaVerne) Rigby 1919–1969 m. Lewis (Coulson) Gross 1916–2008
        1. 1. John (Lewis) Gross 1935–2003
      4. 4. Carl Rigby 1909–1916
    2. 2. William (Silas) Rigby 1876–1946 m. Rosa (May) Harmon 1886–1935 m. Ida (Belle) Huffman 1891–1945
      1. 1. Juanita (M) Rigby 1906–1998 m. Harry (Willard) Pease 1903–1968
    3. 3. Ernest (Eli) Rigby 1884–1953 m. Lillie (Mae) Doty 1887–1971
      1. 1. Mildred (Irene) Rigby 1922–1999
      2. 2. Cecil (Everett) Rigby 1910–1962
      3. 3. Russell (Marion) Rigby 1919–1983 m. Ruby (Irene) Kimbel 1919–
      4. 4. Virgil (Leroy) Rigby 1925–2010
      5. 5. Adolph (Leon) Rigby 1928–1946
      6. 6. Mary (Madeline) Rigby 1916–1934
      7. 7. Virginia (Maxine) Rigby 1920–1937
  7. 7. Franklin (S) Rigby 1852–1860
  8. 8. Jola (C) Rigby 1859–1943
  9. 9. Walter (Bentley) Rigby 1856–1939 m. Mariah (Angolin) Rigby 1864–1920
    1. 1. Goldie (May) Powell 1888–1970 m. William (Kemper) Powell 1882–1956
      1. 1. Enid (Vivian) Powell 1911–1995 m. George (Virgil) Pickering 1910–1986
      2. 2. Tulsa (Ariadene) Powell 1914–1999 m. Theodore Banks 1915–1966
      3. 3. Mildred Powell 1907–
      4. 4. Raymond (Delores) Powell 1909–1960 m. Ruth (Beatrice) Wilson 1908–1979
      5. 5. Rosalea (Berniece) Powell 1926–1994 m. Charles (Richard) Fjelstul 1925–2006
    2. 2. Flossie (Myrtle) Rigby 1892–1973 m. Frank (Edward) Powell 1885–1963
      1. 1. Verdi (Juanita) Kimbro 1912–1997 m. Lowell Kimbro 1908–1961
      2. 2. Paul (D) Powell 1908–1975
      3. 3. Pauline (Thelma) Lee 1908–1982 m. Emmitt (Arthur) Lee 1908–1990
      4. 4. Dale Powell 1911–1937 m. Nita (Ardell) Outcalt 1911–1979
    3. 3. Everett (Ray) Rigby 1886–1972 m. Erma (Blanche) Ralston 1888–1957
      1. 1. Corwin (R D) Rigby 1914–1949 m. Helen (Marie) Brunson 1916–1998
      2. 2. Garnet (Bernice) Rigby 1908–1975 m. Willard Bronson 1907–1971
        1. 1. John (Wesley) Rigby 1926– m. Betty (Lavon) Grace 1927–1972
      3. 3. Dorwin Rigby 1921–1981 m. Wilma (Pearl) Butcher 1927–2016
        1. 1. Terry (Lee) Rigby 1950–2019
  10. 10. James (M) Rigby 1854–

Silas Rigby's Timeline

5 Records

1828
abt 1828
Birth of Silas Rigby in Columbiana, Ohio
Columbiana, Ohio
1860
1860
Age 32
Silas Rigby resided here in Penn, Jay, Indiana, USA
Penn, Jay, Indiana, USA
1870
1870
Age 42
Silas Rigby resided here in Penn, Pennville, Jay, Indiana, USA
Penn, Pennville, Jay, Indiana, USA
1880
1880
Age 52
Silas Rigby resided here in Jackson, Jay, Indiana, USA
Jackson, Jay, Indiana, USA
1896
15 November 1896
Age 68
Death of Silas Rigby in Jay County, Indiana, United States of America
Jay County, Indiana, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1828
    Event Place: Columbiana, Ohio
    Record Source:
    [1] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Penn, Jay, Indiana; Page: 291; Family History Library Film: 803269
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Penn, Jay, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Penn, Jay, Indiana; Page: 291; Family History Library Film: 803269

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Penn, Pennville, Jay, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Penn, Jay, Indiana; Roll: M593_327; Page: 107A; Family History Library Film: 545826

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Jackson, Jay, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Jackson, Jay, Indiana; Roll: 287; Page: 366A; Enumeration District: 151

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Jay, Indiana

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 November 1896
    Event Place: Jay County, Indiana, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Penn Township, Jay County, Indiana, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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