The Cochrane & Allied Families
Cochranes from Scotland to Colonial Virginia (c 1760), to Kentucky (1811), to Kansas (1859) and beyond. Allied families to the United States from England, Scotland, Ireland and Switzerland.
RIGG, Mildred Meriwether
1842 - 1917 (75 years) Has more than 100 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.
1805 - 1887 (81 years)-
Name RIGG, Mildred Meriwether [1, 2, 3] Birth 20 Mar 1842 Moxley, Owen, Kentucky, USA 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Female FindaGrave Memorial ID 25498105 Residence-Owner and an Occupant 1870 New Liberty, Owen, Kentucky, USA [5] with Millie Rigg Blanton, her future sister-in-law, - Role: Owner and an Occupant
Inheritance 28 Mar 1887 Owen County, Kentucky, USA [6] inheritance of one eighth of her father's estate when her father's will was probated
"I, Alexander M. Rigg, of Overton, Ky, being of sound mind and ____ memory but growing feeble in body, and being desirous to give directions as to the course and disposition of my estate, do make, ordain and publish this my last will and testament, hereby revoking and cancelling all former wills or codicils by me made.
"First - After all my just debts are paid, which I desire first done, I give and bequeath to my son Thomas J. Rigg now of Atchison, Kansas, the sum of five hundred dollars, and to Harry B. and Sara A. Rigg, children of Dr. W. C. Rigg, now of Macon, Mississippi, the sum of three hundred dollars to be equally divided between them, and to be loaned at interest the share of Harry B. until he shall attains the age of twenty one years, and the share of the said Sara A. until she attains the age of sixteen years, and when each arrives at the age mentioned, his or her share to be invested in some valuable memento of their grand-father.
"Second - After the payments of my debts and the bequeaths entertained in the first clause of my will, I desire the remainder of my estate divided into four equal shares, and disposed of as follows. To my son Harry B. Rigg one full share. To my son Thomas J. Rigg one full share, and this in addition to the bequeaths entertained in the first clause herein.
"To my daughter, Mrs. Kate Low, one full share, and the remaining share to be divided between my daughters Mrs. Mildred Curtis and Mrs. Sallie Cochran, in the proportion of one fourth of the share to Mrs. Curtis and three-fourth of the share to Mrs. Cochran.
"Third - I give and bequeath to my son Overton C. Rigg my trunk, wardrobe, wash-basin and water-set.
"Fourth - I give and bequeath to my daughter Mrs. Kate Low my steel mattress, willow rocking chair, and the photograph of her mother.
"Fifth - I give and bequeath to my daughter-in-law Mrs. Harry Rigg, my bed stead, and to my son Thomas J. Rigg my bed.
"Sixth - It will be observed that I have not named all my children in this will. Their names are not omitted because they are not thought of, but the disposition I have made of my estate herein is made after mature deliberation, and is so made in order to secure as near as I can full equality between my children.
"Seventh - I nominate my son Harry B. Rigg as executor of this my last will and having full confidence in his honesty and integrity, I desire that he be permitted to so act without giving either bond or security."
Signed "April 30th 1883, A. M. Rigg Sr."
Death 17 Nov 1917 New Liberty, Owen, Kentucky, USA [2] Age 75 years Burial New Liberty Odd Fellows Cemetery, New Liberty, Owen, Kentucky, USA Address:
New Liberty Odd Fellows Cemetery
KY 227 West
New Liberty, Kentucky
USA- Find A Grave website (http://www.findagrave.com/): Memorial #25498105.
Person ID I233 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 15 Aug 2025
Father RIGG, Alexander Moxley Sr., b. 9 May 1805, Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA d. 6 Jan 1887, Catawba, Pendleton, Kentucky, USA (Age 81 years) Mother COCHRAN, Lucy Ann Catharine, b. 16 Jan 1810, Spring Hill - Cabell Family Home, Norwood, Nelson, Virginia, USA d. 8 Jan 1871, Moxley, Owen, Kentucky, USA (Age 60 years) Family ID F97 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 BLANTON, Dr. William Orlando Butler, b. Abt 1839, Kentucky, USA d. 3 Jul 1869 (Age 30 years) Marriage 19 May 1862 Moxley, Owen, Kentucky, USA [2, 3] Age at Marriage She : 20 years and 2 months - He : ~ 23 years and 5 months. Marriage Status Ended with Husband's death Children > 1. BLANTON, Lucy Catherine, b. 10 Jun 1867, New Liberty, Owen, Kentucky, USA d. 25 Dec 1957, Kentucky, USA (Age 90 years)Family ID F207 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Aug 2016
Family 2 CURTIS, John Quincy Adams, b. 22 Feb 1832, Kentucky, USA d. 1 Dec 1908 (Age 76 years) Marriage 1 Jun 1880 Owen County, Kentucky, USA [2, 3, 7, 8] Age at Marriage She : 38 years and 3 months - He : 48 years and 4 months. Residence 1898 New Liberty, Owen, Kentucky, USA [3] Family ID F208 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Nov 2020
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Event Map 
Birth - 20 Mar 1842 - Moxley, Owen, Kentucky, USA 
Marriage - 19 May 1862 - Moxley, Owen, Kentucky, USA 
Residence-Owner and an Occupant - with Millie Rigg Blanton, her future sister-in-law, - 1870 - New Liberty, Owen, Kentucky, USA 
Marriage - 1 Jun 1880 - Owen County, Kentucky, USA Inheritance - inheritance of one eighth of her father's estate when her father's will was probated - 28 Mar 1887 - Owen County, Kentucky, USA Residence - 1898 - New Liberty, Owen, Kentucky, USA Death - 17 Nov 1917 - New Liberty, Owen, Kentucky, USA 
Burial - Address:
New Liberty Odd Fellows Cemetery
KY 227 West
New Liberty, Kentucky
USA - - New Liberty Odd Fellows Cemetery, New Liberty, Owen, Kentucky, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S103] Bible - Cochran(e) & Associated Families, (London, England: Thomas Baskett, 1759), 6 Dec 2010, Between the Books of Apocrypha and the Books of the New Testament, second page. Hand written.
"Mildred Meriwether Rigg second daughter of A. M. & L. A. C. Rigg was born on the 20th March 1842 at Marion, Kentucky." Note: Marion is also known as Moxley.
The Cochran(e) Family Bible
Between the Books of Apocrypha and the Books of the New Testament, second page. - [S158] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Cochrane Family History, (Coshocton, Ohio: self published, April 1943.), 30 Aug 2010, Pg. 63.
- [S999] Edward Mayes, Book - Mayes (Rigg) Family (Ancestry), (Jackson, Mississippi: Hederman Bros., circa 1928.), 16 Aug 2016, p b-101 - b-113.
Book - Mayes Family (Rigg) - [S1003] Kentucky, Owen County, Census - US - 1850 - KY - Owen County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=8054&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 28 Aug 2016, M432, roll 216, District 1, p. 231B, dwelling 101, family 101, Alexander M. Rigg, accessed 28 August 2016.
Census - Owen County, KY - Alexander M. Rigg, Sr. - [S1005] Kentucky, Owen County, Census - US - 1870 - KY - Owen County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=7163&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 30 Nov 2020, M593, roll 493, New Liberty, p. 131A, dwelling 4, family 4, Sallie McCreary, accessed 30 November 2020.
Census - 1870 - New Liberty, KY - Sallie McCreary - [S1007] Kentucky. Owen County., Wills - KY - Owen County - Probate Records - 1774-1989 (Ancestry), (Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989. http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9066 : 2015.), 28 Aug 2016, vol D-G, p 153-5, A. M. Rigg, Sr; (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9066 : accessed 28 August 2016).
Will - Alexander M. Rigg, Sr. - [S1273] Marriage Records - KY - 1783-1965 (Ancestry), ((https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61372/ : 2016)), 29 Nov 2020, accessed 29 November 2020), John Curtis & M. L. Blanton [Mildred Meriwether Rigg], 1 June 1880; Owen County, Marriage Register, 1819-1941, p 122.
Marriage Record - John Curtis & Mildred Meriwether Rigg Blanton - [S1356] Kentucky, Owen County, Census - US - 1900 - KY - Owen County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=7602&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2004), 29 Nov 2020, T623, New Liberty, enumeration district (ED) 46, sheet 3B, dwelling 65, family 65, John Curtis, accessed 29 November 2020.
Census - 1900 - Owen Co., KY - John Curtis
- [S103] Bible - Cochran(e) & Associated Families, (London, England: Thomas Baskett, 1759), 6 Dec 2010, Between the Books of Apocrypha and the Books of the New Testament, second page. Hand written.