| 1. | Slocumb, Rigdon Bryant was born on 21 Aug 1795 in Wayne County, North Carolina; died on 20 Apr 1874 in Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois; was buried in Slocumb Cemetery, Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois. Other Events and Attributes:
- Reference Number: SLOC.R001
- _FGRAVE: 113227773
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According to A Short History of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America ..., Volume 1 By Charles Elihu Slocum
Honorable Rigdon Bryant Slocumb was born August 21, 1795, in Wayne County, North Carolina, and was reared mostly in Union County, Kentucky. He settled at Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, in 1818, and married first, Elizabeth A. Leach at Shawneetown, Illinois. She died a few years thereafter and he married second, Clementine Ridgeway at Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois, where she now lives a widow. Mr. Slocumbe was Clerk of the Supreme Court of Illinois for several years, member of the lower house of the Illinois Legislature several terms, and served two terms as Illinois State Senator, and also as County and Circuit Judge for several years. He died December 20, 1874, in Fairfield, Illinois
Family/Spouse: Leach, Elizabeth A.. Elizabeth was born in 1795 in Gallatin County, Illinois; died on 24 Apr 1839 in Albany, Whiteside County, Illinois; was buried in Slocumb Cemetery, Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois.
Children:
- Slocumb, Mary F. was born on 16 Nov 1836; died on 24 Dec 1879; was buried in McCawley Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois.
Family/Spouse: Ridgway, Clemence S.. Clemence was born in 1820; died in 1908.
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1795 - 1874 (78 years)