Genealogy for
Alice Virgina Rigsby
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Alice Virgina Rigsby
1/5/1867 - 11/10/1913
(Shown at age 33)
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Alice Virgina Rigsby was born on January 5, 1867 in Randolph, Georgia and died on November 10, 1913 in Calhoun County, Georgia. She lived to be 46 years old.
Her parents were James Knight and Martha Rigsby. | 
 | Census | 8/1/1870 | Subdivision 146 GA (Randolph County) | 3 yrs old | Listed as family #784: James Knight (age 30), Mary Ann Knight (age 25), Martha Rigsby (age 24) and Alice Rigsby (age 3), Mark Rolen Rigsby(1 mon-born in June). James is a chair maker and his wife, Mary Ann, is keeping house. Martha is a domestic servant. James estimates the value of his real estate to be $300 and personal property $200. All were born in GA. James cannot write and Mary Ann and Martha cannot read or write.
Other members of the Knight family live near James and his family. They are reported on the census as:
#785 - Chancy Knight (age 61 SC)
#786 - Oliver B. Knight (age 41 GA), Nancy (32 GA), John T. (14 GA),Elizabeth (16 GA), John F. Gilder (16 GA)farm worker. Oliver is a chair maker.
#778 - Salathiel Knight (age 67 SC)
Jane Knight (29 NC), Marion (19 GA), Lucius (12 GA), Martha (21 GA) , Isadora R. (9mos GA). |
| Census | 6/17/1880 | District 998 GA (Randolph County) | 13 yrs old |
Listed as family #72: James Knight (white male, age 40), Mary A. (wife, age 38), Minnie B., (daughter, age 8), Edith (daughter, age 6), William E. (son, age 4), and Estella (daughter, age 1). James is employed as a chair maker. Martha Rigsby (boarder, age 36), Alice (daughter, age 13), Marke B. (son, age 10). Martha and her children are keeping house.
Listed as family #71: Oliver B. Knight (white male, age 51) and Nancy A. (wife, age 44). Oliver is employed as a chair maker.
Listed as family #74: Mollie Williams (white male, age 30),
Lou Ella Williams (daughter, age 7), and Mineva Rigsby (boarder, age
28). Mineva appears to be a laborer working for the Williams. |
| Census | 1/4/1900 | Cordray GA (Calhoun County) | 33 yrs old | | Recorded as Family #21: W. J. Howard (age 44, born in March 1856),
Allice Howard (age 33, born Jan. 1867),
Ben Howard (14, Apr. 1886),
Minnie Howard (10, Oct. 1889),
Mattie Howard (5, Apr. 1895), and
Charlie Howard (2, Nov. 1897). W. J. was born in AL as were his parents, Allice was born in GA, as were her parents. All of the children were born in GA. W.J. is a farmer, Ben is a farm laborer, and Minnie is attending school. Everyone can read and write except W.J., Mattie, abd Charles. Allice says they have been married for 20 years and she has given birth to six children, of which, only four are living.
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| Census | 4/16/1910 | Morgan GA (Calhoun County) | 43 yrs old | | family# 30 -W. J. Howard (age54),
Alace V. Howard (43), Minnie Howard (18), Mattie Howard (15), Clarlie Howard (12)& J. C. Howard (4). W.J. & Alace have been married ten years and have five children. W.J. was born in AL, he doesn't know where his parents were born. Alace was born in GA, her father in AL and mother in GA. all children born in GA. W.J. can not read or write, all other can. Charlie, Mattie & J. C. attend school.
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Alice Rigsby's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of
Alice, her family, and friends. For example, Alice is 1 years old when An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees.
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1870 |
Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed. |
| 8 |
1875 |
Oconee County formed. |
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1905 |
Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed. |
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1912 |
Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed. |
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1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
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1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 12 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 22 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 28 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
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1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
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1900 |
The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control. |
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1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
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1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 35 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 36 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 37 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 39 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
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1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 39 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 45 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
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1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
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1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 18 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 41 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
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1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
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1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
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1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
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1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
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1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 42 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
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1910 |
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area. |
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1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
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 | William 'Buck' Howard
Born on April 12, 1856 and died on January 15, 1950.
They were married 1/1/1883.
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The Children of Alice Virgina Rigsby
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34 years old
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William Benjamin Howard
Born in Calhoun County, Georgia on April 11, 1886 and died in Geneva County, Alabama on July 18, 1935. He was 49 years old.
Burial at New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Houston Co. AL.
Story: Bob the Dog
Told By Arlene Butler to Gale Wall. She remembers her mother, Mildred Snow, often tal...
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Alice Edna Howard
Born in Calhoun Co., Georgia about 1887 and died in Calhoun Co., Georgia about 1889. She was about 2 years old.
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21 years old
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Minnie Lee Howard
Born in Calhoun Co., Georgia on an unknown day in October 1889 and died in Terrell Co., Georgia on February 20, 1925. She was 35 years old.
She married James W. Turner (1865 -1923). They had four children:
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Virginia Turner (1914)
- James Turner (1916-2000)
- Theta Turner (1919)
- Julia Lee Turner (...
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16 years old
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Mattie Eula Howard
Born in Calhoun Co., Georgia on June 11, 1894 and died in Randolph Co., Georgia on September 15, 1971. She was 77 years old.
She married Alexander Washington Smith Jr. Children:
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Curtis Smith
- Phill Washington Smith (1912-1985)
- Lula Virginia Smith (1913-1925)
- Lila ...
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Charles Harrison Howard
Born in Calhoun County, Georgia on November 23, 1897 and died in Dougherty County, Georgia on February 15, 1925. He was 27 years old.
He married Mary Jane Daniel (1897-1974). They had two children:
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Sarah Alice Howard
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Hillsman Rudolph Howard (11/1/1924-5/13/2000).
He died of Pneumoni...
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infant daughter Howard
Born in Calhoun Co., Georgia on May 12, 1900 and died in Calhoun Co., Georgia on May 13, 1900. This child lived to be 1 day old.
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Jesse Clyde Howard
Born in Calhoun Co., Georgia on October 7, 1905 and died in Albany, Dougherty Co., Georgia on August 8, 1988. He was 82 years old.
He married Flossie Parr.
They had one child:
Alice Eudine Howard (1/11/1934 -2/4/2010)...
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