Delilah Markham Rigsby

Female25 March 1839–20 February 1909

Brief Life History of Delilah Markham

Delilah Markham Rigsby was born on 25 March 1839, in Overton, Tennessee, United States. She married Williams Washington Camp on 2 March 1857. She lived in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 20 February 1909, in Salem, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Salem City Cemetery, Salem, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Washington Davis
1833–1911
Delilah Markham Rigsby
1839–1909
Marriage: 11 August 1858
Charles Henry Davis
1859–1860
Lucious Davis
1861–1929
Delilah Davis
1864–1947
Hannah Davis
1868–1957
Winnifred Davis
1870–1945
Derwood Davis
1873–1874
Luretta Davis
1875–1924
Isabella Davis
1879–1966
Hyrum Basil Davis
1881–1959
Raymond Leroy Davis
1886–1887

Sources (21)

  • Delilah W. Davis in household of Charles W. Davis, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Delila Markham in entry for Hannah Warren, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
  • Delia Davies in household of Charles Davies, "United States Census, 1870"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    11 August 1858Springville, Utah, Utah, United States
  • Children (10)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1846

    Age 7

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1850

    Age 11

    Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States

    1862 · Battle of Shiloh

    Age 23

    The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from Rigsby (Lincolnshire), probably from the genitive form of Old Norse hryggr ‘ridge’ + ‘farmstead, village’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Story Highlight

    Charles Washington Davis Biography

    Charles Washington Davis Charles Washington Davis was the fourth son and fifth child of Henry and Rachel Hunter Davis. He was born 29 March 1833, in Overton County, Tennessee. His parents heard the G …

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