Eliza Colding Rugeley
b. 3 February 1845, d. 7 February 1868
- Father: John Rugeley b. 12 January 1792, d. 13 June 1878
- Mother: Eliza Clopton Colgin b. 30 September 1813, d. 8 December 1868
- Eliza Colding Rugeley was born on 3 February 1845 in Alabama.
- John Rugeley and Eliza Clopton Colgin appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Matagorda County, Texas. Other members of the household included Eliza Colding Rugeley, Parthenia Irvin Rugeley, John William Rugeley, Sarah A. Rugeley, Dr. Henry Lowndes Rugeley, Robert H. Rugeley, James A. Rugeley and Frank Rugeley. Also in the household were two overseers and two brick masons.
- John Rugeley and Eliza Clopton Colgin appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Hardeman PO, Matagorda County, Texas. Other members of the household included Eliza Colding Rugeley, Dr. Henry Lowndes Rugeley, Robert H. Rugeley, James A. Rugeley, Frank Rugeley, Edgar Rugeley, Erwin Rugeley and Carrie Rugeley.
- She married John W. Wiggins.
- Eliza Colding Rugeley died on 7 February 1868 at age 23 in Matagorda County, Texas.
- Her husband John W. Wiggins became a widower at her death.
- She was interred at the Rugeley family cemetery, Caney Creek, Matagorda County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 11 Jun 2015