Brief Life History of James Harvey
When James Harvey Rigg was born on 22 October 1804, in Virginia, United States, his father, Charles Rigg, was 48 and his mother, Elizabeth Andrews, was 44. He married Mary Rice on 22 November 1833, in Greenup, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Wabash Precinct, Wabash, Illinois, United States in 1850. He died on 23 February 1850, in Wabash, Illinois, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Wabash, Illinois, United States.
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- James Rigg, "United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850"
- James S. Rigg, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- James Harvey Rigg, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812 · Monumental Church Built
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from one or other of the many minor placenames in northern England named with Middle English rigg (Old Norse hryggr) ‘ridge’. Compare the synonymous Ridge .
German: from a short form of any of several ancient Germanic personal names based on the element rīc ‘power(ful)’. This surname is very rare in Germany.
Altered form of Swiss German Rüegg (see Ruegg ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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