Francis Wigley

1810 - 1899  (88 years)

• Name	Francis Wigley  [1]
  Birth	12 Jun 1810	Oglethorpe County, Georgia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Mar 1899	Ebenezer Community, Tyler County, Texas
  Notes	Keith Eldon James writes that he was said to be the son of John Wigley (b. 1783 Virginia d. 1852 Leake County, Mississippi), and Jane Crowder, and grandson Jobe Wigley, born 1755 Virginia and died after 1820 in Amite County, Mississippi. He was shown on the 1800 Oglethorpe County, Georgia census. Jobe was in the 5th VA Regiment of Foot, from 1 Mar 1776 until September 1782. As compiled by Vivian Cogbill of Jasper, Texas: Francis and Sarah Wigley lived in Amite County, Mississippi and all of but one of their children were born there. They were members of the East Fork Baptist Church of Christfrom 1834 through 1852. They must have left Amite County before the birth of their youngest son. They lived in Jasper County, Texas until 1887, when they moved to Tyler County, Texas were the lived in the Ebenezar Community with their son Paschal. They are buried in the Wigley cemeter off Farm Road 256. Per the obituary in the JASPER NEWS BOY for Francis Wigley: 29 Mar 1899---Died near Emilee, Tyler County, Texas on March 16, 1899, Mr. Francis Wigley, aged 88 years, 9 months and 4 days. Deceased was born in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, June 10, 1810, moved with his parents to Amite County, Mississippi in 1820 and was married to Ms. Sarah Felder on May 24, 1832 and in the fall of 1852 came to Texas and settled in the Big Creek area. He was the father of twelve children, eight of whom are still living. He united with the Missionary Baptist Church while quite young and lived an exemplary Christian life, 30 years of which time her served the church at Zion Hill as a deacon. He cast his first presidential vote for General Jackson, and voted for every democratic candidate down to Cleveland in 1884, as which time he cast his last vote. Incrediable as it may seem, the subject of this sketch lived under the administration of 20 presidents, and was nearly grown when the first railroad was built in the United States. he was a remarkable temperate man in everything but the use of tabacco, and when the end finally came he passed away without an hour's sickness, complaining of nother, but just feeling tired and weak. "Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep." (Research): From the online 1850 Amite County, Mississippi census: 31 357 357 Wigley Francis 40 M Farmer 240 Geo 32 357 357 Wigley Sarah 38 F S.C. 33 357 357 Wigley Paschal A. 16 M Farmer Amite Co Miss X 34 357 357 Wigley Julius B. 13 M Amite Co Miss X 35 357 357 Wigley CharlesF. 12 M Amite Co Miss X 36 357 357 Wigley Rufus A. 10 M Amite Co Miss X 37 357 357 Wigley VirginiaC. 8 F Amite Co Miss 38 357 357 Wigley Labais H. 7 M Amite Co Miss 39 357 357 Wigley John M.5 M Amite Co Miss 40 357 357 Wigley Sarah E.4 F Amite Co Miss 41 357 357 Wigley Martha M. 2 F Amite Co Miss 41 357 357 Wigley Tabitha A. 3/12 F Amite Co Miss
  Person ID	I4066	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Sarah Ann Felder,   b. 27 Feb 1812, Orangeburg County, South Carolina d. 3 Feb 1889, Ebenezer Community, Tyler County, Texas (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	24 May 1832	Amite County, Mississippi
  Children	1. Paschal Ambros Wigley,   b. 12 Dec 1834, Amite County, Mississippi d. 1 Dec 1921, Texas (Age 86 years)   2. Julius Benton Wigley,   b. 17 May 1836, Amite County, Mississippi d. Abt 13 Oct 1853, Texas (Age 17 years)   3. Charles Ferdimond Wigley,   b. 4 Jan 1838, Amite County, Mississippi d. Apr 1863 (Age 25 years)   4. Virginia Caroline Wigley,   b. 19 Nov 1840, Amite County, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown   5. Rufus Artenius Wigley,   b. 27 Dec 1841, Amite County, Mississippi d. 12 Mar 1863 (Age 21 years)   6. Laborn Hampton Wigley,   b. 17 Jul 1843, Amite County, Mississippi d. 19 Oct 1918, Texas (Age 75 years)   7. John Matum Wigley,   b. 10 Apr 1845, Amite County, Mississippi d. 7 Nov 1905 (Age 60 years)   8. Sarah Elizabeth Wigley,   b. 3 Dec 1846, Amite County, Mississippi d. 5 May 1922, Winters, Runnels County, Texas (Age 75 years)   9. Martha Melvina Wigley,   b. 2 Oct 1848, Amite County, Mississippi d. 12 Mar 1883, Texas (Age 34 years)   10. Tibitha Ann Wigley,   b. 3 Jun 1850, Amite County, Mississippi d. 7 Aug 1919 (Age 69 years)   11. Lucinda Wigley,   b. 16 Oct 1852, Amite County, Mississippi d. 21 Oct 1879, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas (Age 27 years)   12. William Alexander Wigley,   b. 16 Dec 1854, Walnut Run, Jasper County, Texas d. 23 Nov 1939 (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F200	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Jun 1810 - Oglethorpe County, Georgia Marriage - 24 May 1832 - Amite County, Mississippi Death - 16 Mar 1899 - Ebenezer Community, Tyler County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S144] 1850 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1850 Federal Census.).