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Show >I PS Form 10·900-. Utah WOrdPertect 7.0 Formal (Revised May 1997) OM B No. 10024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. ~ Page.±. Ford-Rigby House. Centerville, Davis County, UT Mary Ann Wright was born in Warwickshire, England, one of four children of James Wright and Mary Ann Stean. She immigrated with the family and arrived in Utah in August of 1870. John, known for keeping this home and yard beautiful and for his love of horses, lived in the house until his death in 1901 .3 The property remained in Mary Ann 's name until 1906 when portions of the property were deeded to John's sons, William, John, Joseph, and Hyrum. The property was sold to William l. Rigby, Mary's nephew, in 1924. Rigby History Mary Ann's older sister, Lucy Ann , arrived in Utah in 1866; she met and soon married John Rigby. Their son, William l. Rigby, was born April 9, 1877 at the Rigby homestead just north of this site in Centerville. William's first wife, Mabel Derrick, whom he married in June of 1906, died nine months later. In 1913 he married Blanche Barnes with whom he had eleven children. They purchased this property in 1924 and lived here the remainder of their lives. William was known throughout Davis County as an actor and horseman. He was active in the L.D.S. Church and was a high priest. 4 Blanche died from complications of childbirth in 1931. William served as justice of the peace in Centerville from 1936 until his death in 1953. Their daughter, Jeanne R. Mooney, continues to live in the house today (1997). _ 3 Smoot, p. 213. 4 Deseret News (November 10,1953): 8-8 . See continuation sheet |
