Barley Aiken Nathan Rigsbee
(1876-1934)
Carrie London Wicks
(1877-1942)
Arthur Clyde Rigsbee Sr.
(1897-1957)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Leola Beeker

Arthur Clyde Rigsbee Sr. 1 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 28 Jul 1897, , , NC 4 6
  • Marriage (1): Leola Beeker on 23 Dec 1916 in , Durham, NC 1
  • Died: 20 Sep 1957, Durham, Durham, NC at age 60 4 5
  • Buried: Durham: Maplewood Cemetery, Durham, NC 4 5

   FamilySearch ID: M47B-S8V.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Durham, Durham, NC. 7 The 1910 census recorded owning a home at 110 Bay Alley: Barley Rigsbee, laborer in tobacco factory, 33, living with wife Carrie, 33; Arthur C., 13; Walter L., 11; Vivian C., 7; Rosa M., 4; and Frederick, 12 months old. Barley and Carrie were married for 14 years and she had birthed 5 children, all alive in 1910. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

2. Occupation: Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., Durham, NC on 24 Aug 1918 in Durham, Durham, NC. 6

3. Residence: 1008 Bay St., Durham, NC on 24 Aug 1918 in Durham, Durham, NC. 6

4. Fact: Two Beeker sister, Leola and Hallie, married two Rigsbee brother, Arthur and Walter.


Arthur married Leola Beeker, daughter of John Henderson Beeker and Nannie Ila Cook, on 23 Dec 1916 in , Durham, NC.1 (Leola Beeker was born in Nov 1896 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC,2 8 9 died on 21 Jan 1921 in Durham, Durham, NC 2 9 and was buried on 23 Jan 1921 in Durham: Maplewood Cemetery, Durham, NC 2 9.)

Sources

1 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXTZ-C9F Arther Rigsbee and Ola Becker, 1916.

2 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F361-Y4V Leaola Rigsbee, 21 Jan 1921; citing Durham, Durham, North Carolina, reference it 2 cn 41, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,892,717.

3 Durham Herald-Sun (Durham, NC), 24 Mar 2013, obituary of Arthur Clyde Rigsbee Jr.

4 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=73745480.

5 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPK7-8HR Arthur Clyde Rigsbee, Sr., 20 Sep 1957; citing Durham, Durham, North Carolina, cn 23052, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,952,419.

6 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ8B-KXP Arthur Clyde Rigsbee.

7 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML9D-H5W Barley Rigsbee, Durham Ward 1, Durham, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 35, sheet 12A, family 236.

8 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6L-684 Samul Buker, Boone, Davidson, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 36, sheet 150B.

9 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=172027020.


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