Happy Father's Day

 

Father’s Day celebrates and honors the men who have embraced the essential role of fatherhood. On this day, we also thank fathers and father figures (uncles, grandfathers) for the sacrifices they make, for embracing the responsibility of nurturing and raising children, and for their devotion to their families. 

My Father
 Neldon Rigby

Charles Martin Rigby

My Grandfather who I never knew.

Born July 20, 1878

Died October 31, 1920

James Rigby Jr. Family
Back Row: L to R
Mary Edna, Charles Martin, Leroy, James Leonard
Front Row: L to R
Fannie Jordan Rigby, James Rigby

Charles Martin Rigby was the 4th child of a family of 10- 8 boys and 2 girls. He was raised on a farm in Fairview, where they raised cattle, horses, and sheep. He married at the age of 27. He and his wife moved into a one-room log house on a small tract of ground. After a short time, he moved to Caldwell, Canada where he worked on a farm and herded sheep. After working there for around 1 1/2 years he moved back to Fairview, where he and Mother lived in the one-room log home where they lived until 1920. He went to Clear Creek and worked in the coal mine. He moved his family over to Clear Creek in July 1920 where he worked until October 20, 1920, when he got injured (he was crushed between two coal cars) and was taken to the LDS Hospital where he died October 30, 1920, leaving Mother with 6 children, the oldest was 17, the youngest was 6 months.