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Francis Wigley

Male 1810 - 1899  (88 years)


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  • Name Francis Wigley  [1
    Birth 12 Jun 1810  Oglethorpe County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 16 Mar 1899  Ebenezer Community, Tyler County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1889, Ebenezer Community, Tyler County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 24 May 1832  Amite County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Paschal Ambros Wigley,   b. 12 Dec 1834, Amite County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1921, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     2. Julius Benton Wigley,   b. 17 May 1836, Amite County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 13 Oct 1853, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 17 years)
     3. Charles Ferdimond Wigley,   b. 4 Jan 1838, Amite County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1863 (Age 25 years)
     4. Virginia Caroline Wigley,   b. 19 Nov 1840, Amite County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Rufus Artenius Wigley,   b. 27 Dec 1841, Amite County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1863 (Age 21 years)
     6. Laborn Hampton Wigley,   b. 17 Jul 1843, Amite County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Oct 1918, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     7. John Matum Wigley,   b. 10 Apr 1845, Amite County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Nov 1905 (Age 60 years)
     8. Sarah Elizabeth Wigley,   b. 3 Dec 1846, Amite County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 1922, Winters, Runnels County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     9. Martha Melvina Wigley,   b. 2 Oct 1848, Amite County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1883, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
     10. Tibitha Ann Wigley,   b. 3 Jun 1850, Amite County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Aug 1919 (Age 69 years)
     11. Lucinda Wigley,   b. 16 Oct 1852, Amite County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 1879, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)
     12. William Alexander Wigley,   b. 16 Dec 1854, Walnut Run, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1939 (Age 84 years)
    Family ID F200  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 Jun 1810 - Oglethorpe County, Georgia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 24 May 1832 - Amite County, Mississippi Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 16 Mar 1899 - Ebenezer Community, Tyler County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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.).