Ingram Rhodes Wiggins
Transcriber: Kay Ward
Ingram Rhodes Wiggins, b November 11, 1811 in Sampson County, North Carolina, d
December 11, 1865 in Falls County, Texas-was a son of Willis and Fanny Wiggins. Ingram was
married October 26, 1836 in Wayne County, North Carolina, to Julia Elma Mariah Talton, b July
11, 1820 in North Carolina, d August 18, 1876 in Falls county, Texas-a daughter of Jesse and
Lydia Talton.
The couple moved to Perry County, Alabama after the birth and death of their first child; and by
1841, they were in Smith County, Mississippi, where they settled until ca 1860 when they moved
to Falls County, Texas. They were the parents of fourteen children:
Lewis Monroe Wiggins, b December 1837 in Wayne County, North Carolina, died there in 1838.
Fanny Jane Wiggins, b May 11, 1939 in Petty County, Alabama, d June 24, 1915 in Falls County,
Texas.
Willis Turner Wiggins, b Febdruary 20, 1841 in Smith County, Mississippi, d December 30,
1939 and buried in Mooreville Cemetery-married ca 1867 to Sussan Martin, b June 30, 1844 in
Louisiana, d 1939 and buried by her husband-a daughter of Robert Washington and Elizabeth
(Smart) Martin. Two of their children were buried in the Mooreville Cemetery: Robert Ingram
Wiggins, b October 19, 1868, d March 6, 1871; and Willis K. Wiggins, b December 31, 1871, d
July 11, 1891.
Clarissa Ann Wiggins, b February 11, 1843, d 1871 in Falls County, Texas-married Feberuary
21, 1862 in Falls county to Tilman Busby, b 1838 in Alabama. Their two sons were: John Busby,
b 1863, and Charles Busby, b 1866.
Sarah Elizabeth Wiggins, b August 1844, d 1851.
Enoch Talton Wiggins, b March 30, 1846, d October 24, 1925-served in the Confederate State
Army, and was one of the organizers of the Old Settlers and Veterans Association on July 4,
1908 at Tomlinson Hill-married January 26, 1871 to Mary A. Martin, b July 29, 1853, d August
30, 1924.
Aaron Blackman Wiggins, b January 26, 1848, d 1935.
Lydia Caroline Wiggins, b November 6, 1849.
Oliver Bascome Wiggins, b January 5, 1852, d January 27, 1925-married December 30, 1880 to
Sallie E. Long, b October 30, 1855, d February 17, 1891 and buried in Mooreville Cemetery.
They had Lillian Avis Wiggins, b October 39, 1882. Oliver was married second on November
19, 1893 to Stacey E. Lewallen, b February 22, 1872-a daughter of Joseph W. Lewallen; and they
had three children: Waymond Wayne Wiggins, b September 21, 1894, d April 9, 1942 who
married Linnie Gertrude Rancher in 1924 and had Geraldine Wiggins, b April 30, 1925 who
married August 25, 1945 to J.B. Youngblood and had James Waymond, Jodie Eugene, Bobby
Lynn, and Edwin Dean Youngblood. The second child of Oliver B. and Stacey was Laura Lois
Wiggins, b December 23, 1895, d March 3, 1965. The third and last child of Oliver B. and
Stacey E. was Mary Elma Wiggins, b March 12, 1900.
Mary Mariah Wiggins, b July 24, 1854, d September 17, 1873.
Margaret Emily Wiggins, b September 9, 1856.
Giles Henderson Wiggins, b November 1858 in Mississippi, d July 10, 1868 in Falls County,
Texas.
George Henry Wiggins, b October 7, 1861 in Falls County, Texas, d May 7, 1863.
John Wesley Wiggins, b November 11, 1864, d November 24, 1864 in Falls County.
The Wiggins family in the area of Cow Bayou near Mooreville spent many years in Falls County,
where they were active in church and public affairs.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing these bio of these Falls County
Families to this Web page
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission,
page 482, column 1 and column 2
Member of Falls County Historical Commission
This book can still be obtained from the Falls County Historical Commission. Contact Theresa
Carhart for details.
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