Strahan KY/WV to Wabash Co. IL mid-1800s
William STRAHAN married Elizabeth RIGG in Greenup Co., KY on 17 Feb 1824.Elizabeth died 19 Sep 1831.They had at least two sons, John STRAHAN, a farmer, was born in 1825 in Lawrence Co., KY married Olivia Ann NEWMAN and lived in (West) Virginia until about 1861 when they moved to Wabash Co., IL.James STRAHAN, a physician, was born 5 Jan 1827 in KY and married Delilah.They moved to IL in the 1850s and were in Wabash Co., IL for the 1860 census.James and Delilah are buried in Bethel Cemetery, Bellmont, IL.
I am descendend from Elizabeth's brothers Samuel RIGG and Robert RIGG who moved to Wabash Co., IL in 1817.I am researching descendents of Thomas RIGG, Elizabeth's grandfather.