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Dwight Cleveland Spillman

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Dwight Cleveland Spillman
birth: October 24 , 1914 in Richmond, Wayne County, IN to Margaret Ashby and David Henry Spillman
death: Oct 17, 1998 in Lawrence, KS
burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, KS

marriage: March 11, 1939 in Centerville, IN
Thelma Charlene Russell
birth: Dec 3, 1911 in Wayne County, IN to John Clinton and Leota Colvin Russell
death: Feb 22, 2001, Lawrence, KS
burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, KS

Children of Thelma Charlene Russell and Dwight Cleveland Spillman:

  • Living
  • David Russell Spillman 5/16/1945-7/24/2018

Ancestor here lived in:

Wayne County, IN 1914-1935 Centerville, Richmond, and Whitewater
Muncie, IN 1935-1938
Green castle, IN 1938
Wayne County, IN 1939-1940
Liberty, IN 1940-1945
Richmond, IN 1945
Centerville, IN 1945-1946
Liberty, IN 1946-1947
Centerville, IN 1951

Ancestor also lived in:

Tampa, FL 1947-1951
Tampa, FL 1952
Wauchula, FL 1952-1955
Bowling Green, FL 1955-1957
Lake Placid, FL 1957-1962
Also lived in: Olga, FL, Hollywood, FL, Arcadia, FL, Metter, GA, Rocky Ford, GA, Cobbtown, GA, and Lawrence, KS

Other Information:

Dwight graduated high school in Whitewater, IN, attended Ball State and DePauw.
He was a Baptist preacher, pastoring small churches in Florida and Georgia.

Submitted by:
Linda Spillman Stidham
Email: lstidham@sunflower.com

Reeves Washington Riggins

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Reeves Washington Riggins
b. 4 March 1802, North Carolina, to Charles Washington and Charlotte (Haithcock) Riggins
d. 2 February 1881, Coles County, Illinois

m. 31 August 1834, Union County, Indiana
Perlina White
b. 25 September 1813, Union County, Indiana, to Asa and Mary (Lewis) White
d. 25 January 1895, Coles County, Illinois

Children with Perlina White:
• Charles W. (1835-1908) married America Hodge
• Asa V. B. (1837-1906) married Zelpha M. Walker
• Richard S. (1839-1911) married Adaline Davis
• Sarah E. (1841-1905) married Jasper Cartwright
• Bathsheba (1843-1928) married Nathan Ashby
• Emanuel (1845-1922) married Rosaline Thompson
• Mary Jane (1847-1877) married Henry Chism
• John A. (1849-1870)
• Lafayette (1851-1890) married Elizabeth Beavers
• Adeline P. (1853-1949) married Thomas C. Orr

In about 1834, Reeves moved to Union County, Indiana with his siblings, John Alfred Riggins, Richard Stokes Riggins, and Polly Riggins and her spouse, Isaac Dunn. Reeves left Indiana in about 1846 and moved to Coles County, Illinois.

Submitted by:
Rhonda Dunn
Nashville IN
E-mail: radunn1953@aol.com

Bathesheba Catherine Riggins

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Bathesheba Catherine Riggins
b. 18 March 1843, near Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana, to Reeves Washington and Perlina (White) Riggins
d. 13 June 1913, Cumberland County, Illinois

m. 28 October 1860, Coles County, Illinois
Thomas Nathan Ashby
b. 20 May 1831, Hutton, Coles County, Illinois
d. 13 June 1913, Cumberland County, Illinois

Children with Thomas Nathan Ashby:

  • John Melton
  • Perlina Elizabeth
  • Reeves Bozaras
  • Edwin Lewis
  • Mary L.
  • Stephen Dale
  • Phillip Douglas
  • Charlie E.

Bathesheba moved before 1861 to Cumberland County, Illinois.

Submitted by:
Everett W. Spackman
Laramie WY

Edwin Ashby

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EDWIN ASHBY
b. 1884, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, to William and Eliza (Higgenbottom) Ashby
d. 10 September 1960, Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois

m. 9 April 1918, Coles County, Illinois
Martha Mary Allen
b. 31 May 1885, Casey, Clark County, Illinois
d. 20 April 1972, Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois

Children with Martha Mary Allen:

  • Elsie Juanita married [–?–] Giberson
  • Esther married [–?–] Coleman

Submitted by:
Paul E. Giberson
Sullivan IL