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Family HistoryFamily History - Rebecca Ann Wight


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Rebecca Ann Wight and one of her descendants down to the second generation.


First Generation
1. Rebecca Ann Wight,1 born ____ (parents not determined). Rebecca married Miller Woodson Oglesby (born ____, parents not determined).

Child of Rebecca Ann Wight and Miller Woodson Oglesby:

+2i. Albert Shipman Oglesby, born April 1874 in Shelby County, Kentucky; died 4 December 1918 in Bronxville, Westchester County, New York. Married Caroline Stewart Purdy.

Second Generation
2. Albert Shipman Oglesby2 (Rebecca1), born April 1874 in Shelby County, Kentucky;1 died 4 December 1918 in Bronxville, Westchester County, New York.1, 2 Albert married, 27 April 1918 in New York, New York, Caroline Stewart Purdy7 (born 22 October 1871 in New York, the daughter of Stewart Lewis Purdy and Josephine Barnes;3, 4, 5, 6 Caroline died 3 April 1954 in Weiser, Washington County, Idaho3, 4). Caroline is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.3

  1. Obituary, The Yonkers Statesman, Yonkers, New York (available at fultonhistory.com), Thursday, 5 December 1918, Albert Shipman Oglesby, died: yesterday [4 December] in Bronxville, New York; born in Shelby County, Kentucky, 44 years ago in April. The article provides vital and biographical details and the names of his mother, Mrs. Rebecca Oglesby, wife Caroline Purdy Wrenn, and six siblings, including Congressman Woodson R. Oglesby.
  2. New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956, available at familysearch.org. Albert S. Oglesby, died: 4 December 1918 in Bronxville, Westchester County, New York.
  3. Find a Grave (website). Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Caroline S. Purdy Abbott, born: 22 October 1871; died: 3 April 1954 (from record, which includes notes giving details of three of her marriages; and provides the names and links for her parents, siblings, one husband, and two children).
  4. Idaho Death Certificates, 1938-1961, Caroline Purdy Abbott, born: 22 October 1870 in New York; died: 3 April 1954 in Weiser, Washington County, Idaho; father: Stewart Louis Purdy, born in New York; mother: Josephine Barnes, born in New York.
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Florida, Pinellas County, St. Petersburg, E.D. 52-20, Sheet No. 8A, Caroline Abbot, 69, New York, widow, residence on 1 April 1935: Seattle, Washington.
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1950, Washington, King County, Seattle, E.D. 40-645, Sheet No. 4, Caroline P. Abbott, 78, New York, widow. Her residence here is the Piedmont Hotel.
  7. Marriage Announcement, The Yonkers Statesman, Yonkers, New York (available at fultonhistory.com), Thursday, 2 May 1918, Albert Ship Oglesby and Mrs. Caroline Purdy Wrenn, married last Saturday [27 April] in New York City.