Slocumb, Rigdon Bryant

1795 - 1874  (78 years)

• Name	Slocumb, Rigdon Bryant
  Birth	21 Aug 1795	Wayne County, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	SLOC.R001
  _FGRAVE	113227773
  Death	20 Apr 1874	Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois
  Burial	Slocumb Cemetery, Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois
  Person ID	I48906	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2021

  
  

  Family 1	Leach, Elizabeth A.,   b. 1795, Gallatin County, Illinois d. 24 Apr 1839, Albany, Whiteside County, Illinois (Age 44 years)
  Children	+ 1. Slocumb, Mary F.,   b. 16 Nov 1836   d. 24 Dec 1879 (Age 43 years)
  Family ID	F17784	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Ridgway, Clemence S.,   b. 1820   d. 1908 (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F17962	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 21 Aug 1795 - Wayne County, North Carolina Death - 20 Apr 1874 - Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois Burial - - Slocumb Cemetery, Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Provided by member #48532921: 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