Rigsby, William S.

Born: 1800-XX-XX Maryland

Died: 1884-XX-XX Coles County, Illinois

Flourished: Coles County, Illinois

Rigsby was an early settler of Coles County, Illinois. In 1850, he was employed as a blacksmith in Charleston, Illinois.

The History of Coles County, Illinois (Chicago: Wm. Le Baron, Jr., 1879), 255; Newton Bateman and Paul Selby, eds., Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Coles County, ed. by Charles Edward Wilson (Chicago: Munsell, 1906), 670; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Charleston, Coles County, IL, 16; Gravestone, Old City Cemetery, Charleston, IL.