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Rigdon Mill / Family - 2005/07/19 10:16 My parents own the property that contains the ruins of the Rigdon Mill on the River Aux Vasse creek in Ste. Gen county, and I'm interested in learning about more about its history. Any info on the mill or the family of James Rigdon would be appreciated.
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Re:Rigdon Mill / Family - 2005/07/24 19:51 Now, you may have already found all this but this is all I know now:

1840 Census
http://stegenevieve.net/content/view/50/88/
James Rigdon found on page 77A & 77B first page image, about a third of the way down. I believe he is marked as being in Bovey (Beauvais) Township.

1850 Census
http://stegenevieve.net/content/view/51/88/
Beauvais Township
#402 RIGDON
James A., age 34, born in MO
Josephine, 32, Germany
Mary J., 12, MO
James L., 10, MO
Marcelete, 8, MO
Emely, 6, MO
Lawrence, 4, MO
Joseph, 1, MO

1870 Census
http://stegenevieve.net/content/view/58/88/
Beauvais Township
68. RIGDON
James / 53 male / Farmer / Missouri
Josephine / 51 female / House Keeper / Missouri
Mary / 33 female / Missouri
Emmerick / 26 male / Missouri
Laurens / 24 male / Missouri
Joseph / 21 male / Missouri
Peter / 18 male / Missouri
Mary Ann / 16 female / Missouri
Felix / 14 male / Missouri
Rosalia / 12 female / Missouri
Rosinda / 10 female / Missouri
Obide / 6 male / Missouri
Benjamin / 4 male / Missouri

1900 Census
http://stegenevieve.net/content/view/62/88/
Beauvais Township

This first family appears to be the son of the James from above:
#349/351 RIGDON
James Head 59 Sept. 1840 Married 37 years Mo. Mo. Germany Farmer
Julia Dau 58 Sept. 1841 11 kids / 8 living Mo. Mo. Mo.
Emily? Dau 25 Feb. 1875 Single Mo. Mo. Mo.
Florence Dau 23 Jan. 1877 Single Mo. Mo. Mo.
Walter Son 21 April 1879 Single Mo. Mo. Mo.
Andrew Son 18 July 1881 Single Mo. Mo. Mo.

This appears also to be his son, where is wife is now living as a widow:
#358/360 RIGDON
Benjamin M. Head 33 July 1866 Married 10 years Mo. Mo. Germany Farmer
Josephine Wife 36 Jan. 1864 5 kids / 4 living Mo. Germany Mo.
Josephine Mother 80 Sept. 1820 Widow 15 kids / 13 living Germany Germany Germany
Viola Dau 8 Nov. 1891 Single Mo. Mo. Mo.
Henry J. Son 6 Jan. 1894 Single Mo. Mo. Mo.
Virginia Dau 3 Oct. 1896 Single Mo. Mo. Mo.
Augusta Dau 9/12 Aug. 1899 Single Mo. Mo. Mo.

Some of these pages have more Rigdons that are probably related. If you haven't already, visit them and do a Ctrl+F search for Rigdon, it will find them all.

I hope this helps at least some. If nothing else it's a place to start!
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Re:Rigdon Mill / Family - 2008/09/15 07:20 If you are still active in this forum, I have some family history information pertaining to the Rigdon Mill that I can send you in .pdf format. If there is some way to know how to send this to you, I would be happy to do so.
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Re:Rigdon Mill / Family - 2008/09/15 11:18 I'm definitely interested in any information you have available on the mill. If you haven't done so, please check out the info that's published under the Historic Buildings page http://stegenevieve.net/content/view/297/74/ . My contact information is sjschmidt79@hotmail.com. Thanks
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Re:Rigdon Mill / Family - 2008/09/25 05:47 Attached are two pages from Goodspeed's History of Southeast Missouri, published 1888. Page 609-610 re the Rigdon family.
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