Genealogy for
Nancy C. Measles / Mizell
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Nancy C. Measles / Mizell
1820 - 1915
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Nancy C. Measles / Mizell was born about 1820 somewhere in Georgia and died about 1915 somewhere in Georgia. Dates for birth and death are estimated. She lived to be about 95 years old.
Children:
Martha A. Rigsby (1844)
Minerva Rigsby (1846)
and Nancy Catharine Rigsby (1848)
Her first husband dies while her children are young.
In 1854 she marries Benjamin Williams.
Children:
James Williams (1856)
Rufus Edward "Robert" Williams (1858) | 
 | Census | 1/1/1840 | GA (Randolph County) | 20 yrs old | | Line #1 Enoch Rigsby - one male child under 5, one male child 5-10, one male child 10-15. one male 30-40, two female children under 5,one female child 5-10, one female 20-30. |
| Marriage | 8/10/1843 | GA (Randolph County) | 23 yrs old | Enoch Rigsby married Nancy C. Measles on Aug. 10, 1843,
Marriage Place: Randolph Co., Georgia
Indexing Number: M71356-2,
Source Film Number: 271259,
Reference Number: p. 692.  |
| Census | 9/30/1850 | District 4 GA (Randolph County) | 30 yrs old | | Listed as family 81: Nancy Rigsby (age 30),
Enoch Rigsby (age 9),
Martha Rigsby (age 7),
Meremy Rigsby (age 4), and
Nancy Rigsby (age 2). All were born in GA. Their estate is valued at $2,500.
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| Marriage | 10/28/1854 | GA (Randolph County) | 34 yrs old | |
Nancy Rigsby marrys Benjamin Williams on 10/28/1854 in Randolph County, GA |
| Census | 6/28/1860 | GA (Randolph County) | 40 yrs old | | Listed as family 509: Benjamin William (age 72),
Nancy William (age 35),
James William (age 4),
Robert William (age 2),
Martha Rigsby (age 15),
Maneven Rigsby (age 13), and
Catharine Rigsby (age 11). All were born in NC. Benjamin is a Grocer.
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| Census | 1/1/1880 | District 1283 GA (Calhoun County) | 60 yrs old | | #574 - James Williams (age 24), Luisa Williams (26),mother - Nancy Williams (59), nephew - Moses Dumas (17). All born in GA. James is a farmer, Luisa keeps house, Moses is a farm laborer. |
| Census | 1/1/1900 | Militia District 718 GA (Randolph County) | 80 yrs old |  252 - Joe Ruse (48 - Feb.1852)
Henrietta Ruse (33 -March 1867)
Ester Ruse (5 - April 1895)& border
Nancy Rigsby (67 - Feb. 1833). All were born in GA, as were their parents. Nancy is a widow. Joe and Henrietta have been married 17 years and have one child. Joe is a farmer.
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Nancy Measles / Mizell's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of
Nancy, her family, and friends. For example, Nancy is 10 years old when Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins.
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| 1 |
1821 |
May 15 - Dooly, Fayette, Henry, Houston, Monroe and Newton Counties formed. |
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1822 |
December 9 - Bibb, Dekalb and Pike Counties formed. |
| 3 |
1823 |
December 8 - Decatur County formed. |
| 4 |
1824 |
December 15 - Upson and Ware Counties formed. |
| 5 |
1825 |
Baker, Lowndes, Thomas, Butts and Taliaferro Counties formed. |
| 6 |
1826 |
January 24 - Treaty of Washington abrogates Treaty of Indian Springs. The Creeks cede a smaller area and are allowed to remain on their lands until January 1, 1826. |
| 7 |
1827 |
December 14, - Harris, Marion, Meriwether and Talbot. |
| 10 |
1830 |
Cherokee, Heard, and Stewrt Counties are formed. |
| 11 |
1831 |
Sumter County is formed. |
| 12 |
1832 |
December 3 - Bartow, Cobb, Crawford, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and Union Counties formed. |
| 13 |
1833 |
Walker County is formed. |
| 16 |
1836 |
Seminoles massacre Major Francis L. Dade and his 103 man command. This starts the second Seminole War.
February - Battle of Hitchity.
March 27 - Colonel J.W. Fannin and his Georgian's executed by order of Santa Ana at Goliad on Palm Sunday.
July - Battle of Brushy Creek.
July 3 - Battle of Chickasawachee Swamp.
July 27 - Battle of Echowanochaway Creek. |
| 17 |
1837 |
Mcon and Dade Counties are formed. |
| 18 |
1838 |
Chattooga County formed |
| 27 |
1847 |
Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville |
| 30 |
1850 |
Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed. |
| 31 |
1851 |
Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed. |
| 32 |
1852 |
Taylor County formed. |
| 33 |
1853 |
Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated. |
| 34 |
1854 |
Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed. |
| 36 |
1856 |
Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed. |
| 37 |
1857 |
Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed. |
| 38 |
1858 |
Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed. |
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1870 |
Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed. |
| 55 |
1875 |
Oconee County formed. |
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1905 |
Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed. |
| 92 |
1912 |
Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed. |
| 94 |
1914 |
Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 10 |
1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
| 19 |
1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
| 24 |
1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
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1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
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1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
| 39 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
| 45 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
| 49 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 57 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 59 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 69 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 75 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 77 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 80 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 80 |
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. |
| 81 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 82 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 83 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 84 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 86 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 86 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 86 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 92 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 93 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 94 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
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1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
| 14 |
1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
| 41 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
| 42 |
1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 62 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 65 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 88 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 92 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 93 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
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1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
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1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
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1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
| 20 |
1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
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1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
| 35 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 40 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
| 42 |
1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 43 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
| 45 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
| 48 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
| 55 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 56 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 89 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 90 |
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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1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
| 89 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 94 |
1914 |
World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days. |
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| Enoch Rigsby
Born about 1810 and died about 1849
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The Children of Nancy C. Measles / Mizell
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Martha A. Rigsby
Born in Calhoun County, Georgia about 1844 and died somewhere in Georgia about 1911. She was about 67 years old.
She was called "Matt". Her parents were Enoch and Nancy C. Measles Rigsby. Her father died when she was young and her mother remarried in 1854 to a man named Benjamin Williams.
Martha and Jame...
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Minerva Rigsby
Born somewhere in Georgia about 1846 and died somewhere in Georgia about 1910. She was about 64 years old.
Her parents were Enoch and Nancy C. Measles Rigsby.
Minerva had one daughter named Martha Jane Rigsby-Howard.
When Minerva is 29 years old, her daughter, Martha, is adopted by Simeo...
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Nancy Catherine Rigsby
Born somewhere in Georgia about 1848 and died in an unknown location about 1910. She was about 62 years old.
She married James T. Holt...
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