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Sarah (Hoy) Rigal
Born - May 11, 1803
Fairfield, Ohio
Married - January 1, 1828
Died - February 11, 1865
Plain Township, Franklin, Ohio
Burial - Smith Cemetery, Central College, Franklin ,Ohio
Husband - Samuel Rigal (Riegel)
Born - April 14, 1807
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Died - August 4, 1880
Westerville, Franklin County, Ohio
Burial - Smith Cemetery, Central College, Franklin ,Ohio
Samuel's First Wife - Amanda (Miller) Rigal
Samuels Father - Phillip Rigal or Riegel
Samuels Mother - Catherine (Keller) Rigal
To This Union 5 Children Were Born
Fun Facts About Samuel & Sarah Rigal:
"Samuel Rigal, son of Philip and Catherine Rigal, was
born near Reading, Pennsylvania,
April 14, 1807. His ancestors are said to be among the first soldiers who settled in
Pennsylvania at the close of the Revolutionary War......".
Summarizing the key dates of information it says Samuel married Sarah Hoy of
Fairfield County, daughter of oldest settler. Married on New Years Day 1828.
He had a second wife named Amanda Miller, a widow, daughter of John and Rebecca Wilson.
His home in 1828 was Plain Township, Franklin County, Ohio and in 1866 he moved
to Westerville, Ohio.
His business was a farmer until 1866 when he opened a hardware store He retired 1 year later.
"When Samuel was nine years old, his father came to Ohio and settled in Lithopolis,
Fairfield County,, Ohio as a farmer, also practicing as opportunity afforded, his trade as a weaver. The son had little chance for schooling, and pursued the labors of the farm with little intermission until he was twenty-one, when he became his own master, but continued farming. In 1828, he removed to Plain Township, Franklin County and entered sixty acres for a farm, also receiving one hundred and sixty acres from his young wife, formerly Miss Sarah Hoy.
Source : Taken from the "History of Franklin and Pickaway Counties--1796"
published 1880
Daughter - Fanny (Rigal) Crist
Born - November 11, 1839 -Ohio
Married - July 4, 1858
Died - October 5, 1897
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
(Alternate DOD: May 10, 1898
Columbus, Ohio)
Burial - Smith Cemetery ,Central College,
Franklin County, Ohio
Husband - Jonathan Crist
Born - June 17, 1837 - Ohio
Jonathans Father - Abraham Crist (Krist)
Jonathans Mother - Sarah Ewings
To this union a Daughter was born
Daughter - Almeada Orlena (Crist) Nafzger
Born - November 22, 1866
Central College, Frankin County, Ohio
Married - October 28, 1891
Died - July 27, 1951
Central College, Frankin County, Ohio
Husband - David Albert Nafzger
To this union 4 children were born
Son - Joseph Rigal
Born - 1834 -Ohio
Son - Rueben Daniel Rigal
Born - 1868 - Ohio
Daughter - Catherine Rigal
Born - July 6, 1833
Died - Unknown
Daughter - Dianna (Rigal ) Ullery
Born - October 25, 1830
Died - Unknown
Husband - Unknown Ullery (Ulry)
Father - Daniel J. Hoy
Mother - Magdalena (Mollie) Eyer Hoy
Grandfather - Johann Phillip (Heu) Hoy
(Phillip Hoy )
Grandmother -
Barbara Hoy
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