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31 Dec 2004
I like your site & visit it regularly looking for any new info about Maryland
Higgins
Query: Looking for any info on Higgins families from the Maryland counties of Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's,
Talbot, Caroline, or Dorchester. My own line is from Daniel Higgins (1801/06-1877) married
Mary Matilda Furniss, 1856.
There is also a copy at my website where I am making a list of any Higgins references from the eastern shore
of Maryland.
( http://www.higginsandrelatedmarylandfamilies.com/
)
Thank you.
Dan Higgins Milton, MA
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27 Dec 2004
I am looking for the Higgins from Brooklyn, New York. Catherine Higgins was born in Brooklyn in 1857 , but
both her parents were born in Ireland. I do not know what County in Ireland. I believe she had a
brother named Peter who also lived in Brooklyn.
Descendants of Catherine Higgins
1 Catherine Higgins b: 1856 Brooklyn, NY
d: Aft. 1910 Brooklyn, NY USA
? +Robert William Newell b: 1831 Co. Tyrone, Ireland
d: Oct/11/1894 Brooklyn, NY, USA lived on 668 Atlantic
Ave
2 Girl Newell b: Abt. 1890 Brooklyn, NY USA
d: Abt. 1910 Brooklyn, NY USA
2 Francis Xavier Newell b: Jun/29/1892 Brooklyn, NY USA
d: Sep/9/1962 Philadelphia, PA USA
+Anna Gertrude McCaughan
b: Jun/16/1896 Belfast,
Co. Antrim Ireland
d: Dec/2/1991 Allen Park, MI USA
[email protected]
-Subject to verification by inquirer-
1880 Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's
Birthplace
Catherine HIGGINS Self S Female W 22 NY Keeping House NY NY
Patrick HIGGINS Brother S Male W 19 NY Clerk In Store NY NY
Peter HIGGINS Brother S Male W 15 NY Clerk In Store
NY NY
Source Information:
Census Place Brooklyn, Kings (Brooklyn), New York
City-Greater, New York Family History Library Film 1254846
NA Film Number T9-0846 Page Number 401B
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26
Dec 2004
My name is Alexander M. Higgins.
My father is Alexander R. Higgins, and his father is Robert Higgins from
Colorado. After that my there is a huge gap in the family lineage. I know
that we wear the tartan's of the O'Neill and MacNeill clans. The O'Neill tartan is getting harder and harder to
purchase. So we mainly wear the MacNeill tartan. Which tartan, if any, do you
wear and why?
I
have traced our families alliances back to these two clans. I know our family does not have colors of
our own. Just curious as to if you have found anything out about this matter. I also have a
brother Elton M Higgins
[email protected]
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21
Dec 2004
Edwin Higgins was the brother of my great-great
grandmother Sarah Higgins. He was born in
Constantine Michigan in 1844. He enlisted as a
bugler boy at age 17, in a Michigan civil war
regiment. He was badly wounded early in the war and
recuperated in Washington where he met up with a
Randall relative who got him a civil service job.
By the age of 24, he was "the boy governor"
(interim) of the territory of Utah. His career had
its up and downs but he was by and large a
successful businessman and lawyer and is buried in
Arlington National cemetery. He died in 1906.
Some of his descendants may be traced out on the
ancestry site by searching on Edwin Higgins and
there are a number of stories about him in the
Washington Post of the era.
His father was David Higgins and his mother Mary
Randall. Some say that David Higgins was born in
Ashburnham Massachusetts but I have been unable to
verify this. Mary Randall and David Higgins were
married in 1828 in Williston Vermont, and trekked
west to Michigan in the 1830's.
No one seems to know anything about David Higgins
parents, etc. Does this line ring a bell with anyone?
Sarah Higgins, my g-g-grandmother, married Edward Pierce and had one son, William Henry Pierce. She
died in 1911.
Santa Traugott [email protected]
Verified by the Submitter
View 1870 Chicago IL Census
Scan Edwin Higgins Family
He and his wife Alice are living (or visiting?) his sister Sarah, and her
husband the Rev. Edward Pierce, and their son, William Henry Pierce.
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09
Dec 2004
I came across your wonderful site just yesterday,
and have finally found some wonderful sources to
trace my grandfather, but I think I'm stuck and
could use a bit of your expertise. I'm beginning to
discover that there were a lot of ''untold'' stories
in my father's family, thus explaining my wild goose chase.
I'd known that my grandfather was buried in Saco,
Maine - I'd even visited the grave when I was much
younger, and knew that he was buried with my
father's mother, Grace, and that his year of death
was 1957. Interestingly, I learned from the
secretary at the cemetery that he was a ''Senior'';
something I'd never known because my father had
never used the title ''Junior''. While the
secretary was more than happy to give me his exact
date of birth, all she would give me was the year my
grandmother died (1941)...no maiden name. Dead
end...she was from Scotland.
I sourced the Net, came up with your site and a few
other good ones, but NONE of them have any record of
Ernest E(lmer) Higgins who died in Saco, Maine on
12/18/1957 (it reads this way on the
headstone)...till I hit your site. Hitting a link
to Massachusetts, I found an Elmer E. Higgins from
Saco, Maine who married a Marie A. Pyer of
Biddeford, Maine on 2/3/1945! This woman was never
mentioned in my father's house that I can ever
recall. This, however, places me in a dilemma: I
am desperately trying to find a death record for
either him or for Grace, or a marriage record for
them...but that's the only thing I can find.
I've accessed the Maine State Archives, the SSDI,
the LDS, and have checked under all the possible
name combinations I can think of, but there seems to
be no recording of my grandmother Grace's death. (I
know she died of leukemia at the age of 41.) I
urgently need to prove my grandparents' countries of
birth, and have NO idea where to go from here. (I
was told years ago that my grandfather was from
Ireland, but it escapes me as to what county.)
It's clear to me that you've been at this for a long
time, and I'm hoping that you have a direction to
send me in. I have a strong feeling that its a very
simple thing I'm overlooking...can you help?
Thanks in advance.
Mari-Jean Higgins [email protected]
03 Jan 2004
1934,1936 Mannings Biddeford, Saco, and Old Orchard Beach, Maine City Directory,
page 319, lists Elmer E. Higgins with wife Grace living at their home at 306 Beach. He is employed as a shoe worker
It also lists George B. Higgins, Student as residing at same address
1937
list Elmer and Grace and George at same address but states George is employed at Skowhegan
1939
list him and Grace living in a home on Old Orchard Road. He is listed as being a
poultryman. George is still living there and still at same employment.
1948
Elmer is listed alone and still living at Old Orchard Road. He is listed as employed as a shoe worker
1950
Listed just as above. But it gives address as 15 Old Orchard Road
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09 Dec 2004
Lucy Higgins
I like your website. I am searching for parents of Lucy Higgins b. <1771>
E. Haddam CT d. 14 Feb 1851, married to Caleb Noble Jr. b <1773> died 1812. Her father was Captain
Higgins, lost at sea. Unable to find first name of Captain Higgins or any other info. Can you help ?
Many thanks, Marie Whittemore in Kentucky [email protected]
NEW SEP '06
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09 Dec 2004
Paul C. Higgins [email protected] NEW
'07
McNairy Co., Tenn. Early 1800's
Comments:
I descend from William Higgins/Mary Carr Higgins
John and brother Samuel Higgins migrated to Texas in
1854 with brother in law John Carr. John (my GGrandfather
settled in Navarro Co. Texas. Married Jane McNeal Cunningham in 1861.
Had 4 boys one girl ( John White, William Jeremiah,
Charles, Joseph Kinkaid and Polly Ann Higgins.
Migrated to the Abilene/Merkel, Texas area. Polly Ann
married a Charley Stone and lived in the Comanche Co.,
Dublin, Texas and William Jeremiah, Charles, and
Joseph Kinkaid married and settled in the Merkel,
Texas all as Farmers. Do not know what happened to
John White Higgins. John Higgins brother Samuel
married in Bel Co., Texas to Ida King. Both he and
brother John served in the civil war.
Unable to trace Higgins line beyond 1808 at this point.
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Subject to verification by inquirer
(Best find with information given)
1880 Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
John HIGGINS Self M Male W 46 TN Farmer --- ---
Jane HIGGINS Wife M Female W 46 TN Keeping House NC NC
John HIGGINS Son S Male W 17 TX Farmer TN TN
William HIGGINS Son S Male W 15 TX Farmer TN TN
Charles HIGGINS Son S Male W 13 TX Farmer TN TN
Polly HIGGINS Dau S Female W 11 TX At Home TN TN
Joseph HIGGINS Son S Male W 7 TX At Home TN TN
Source Information:
Census Place District 126, Navarro, Texas
Family History Library Film 1255321
NA Film Number T9-1321 Page Number 287B
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07 Dec 2004
My great grandfather's sister (Bridget ROACH HIGGINS)
b.1845 d.1875 came from Mayo Co, Ireland to the USA
in 1866. She married Patrick C. Higgins of Roscommon,
IRE in Dane County, WI. Patrick was a carpenter and
moved his family to Savanna, Carroll Co, IL before or
about 1870. After his wife's death he moved to
Chicago with one of his brothers. Later, he moved
back to Madison, WI
Patrick came to the USA in 1851 with his parents:
Martin J. Higgins and Bridget Veseay/Vesey Higgins,
his brother Bernard aka Byron, and several other
siblings. Bernard died during renovations of the
Madison, WI State Capitol Bldg, which was witnessed
by the young Frank Lloyd Wright.
Patrick and Bridget were the grandparents of John
Martin Higgins, the rear Adm. I have more info on
this family, if you are interested.
John Martin's parents were James Martin Higgins and
Phoebe Harrington. They lived in Madison, WI.
My older relatives tell me we are related to the
Patrick Higgins who is buried in the Red Oak, IA
cemetery. It happens to be the same place where my
great grandfather, James Roach is buried. I do not
live very far from Red Oak, IA....and from reading
your notes it appears you too are related to him as
well. My great grandfather farmed in and around Red
Oak, IA...he had 13 children.
Anyhow, I have pictures, grave rubbings, census
records and even some old photos to verify this data.
Would sure like to be able to connect to anyone else
who has similar information. And compare notes with
you. Perhaps even get more info on your Patrick
Higgins and my other Patrick Higgins.
Thanks!
Jean Roach Robinson [email protected]
near Omaha, NE
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07 Dec 2004
MY MOTHER'S NAME IS JANE HIGGINS & WE LIVE IN STATEN ISLAND, NEW
YORK. I HAVE BEEN DOING SOME GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH OF LATE. I HAVE HAD QUITE A BIT OF SUCCESS BUT
HAVE HIT A BRICK WALL ON TWO FRONTS. FIRST, I AM TRYING TO CONTACT THE CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN OF MY
GREAT UNCLE JAMES A HIGGINS WHO WAS A PROMINENT FIGURE IN BROOKLYN/NY POLITICS IN THE 1920'S.HE WAS BORN IN
BROOKLYN IN 1891 AND DIED 11/26/1962. HE WAS THE SON OF MARY SCOTT AND
THOMAS L HIGGINS WHO ARE BURIED IN HOLY CROSS CEMETERY IN BROOKLYN NEW
YORK HE WAS ONE OF 12 CHILDREN. HIS WIFE'S NAME WAS FRANCES AND HE HAD 3
CHILDREN WITH HER.. JAMES E HIGGINS,DONALD F HIGGINS & JOAN F MULLINS (HER MARRIED
NAME). I HAVE LOOKED UP AND DOWN FOR SOME TRACE OF THEM BUT TO NO AVAIL.
IT TURNS OUT THAT JAMES A HIGGINS IS BURIED ALONE IN ST JOHNS CEMETERY
IN QUEENS, NY. SO EITHER HIS WIFE REMARRIED OR SHE IS LIKE 105 LOL. IF YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR ME IT
WOULD SO APPRECIATED!! THANK YOU
SCOTT LOGAN. [email protected]
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07 Dec 2004
My ancestor Catharine Higgins (dob abt 1846) is from Clay County N.C. She married
John F. Dale and they had 19 children 16 of which lived to adulthood. I'm
trying to identify her parents. In the 1880 N.C. census I found John and Catharine living next door
to 2 daughters (Docia and Addy) of Lowry and Mary Higgins. I suspect they are the parents of
Catharine. Can you help?
John C Meiller [email protected]
31 Dec 2004
View 1870 NC Census scan for
John Dale family
1880 Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
John DALE Self M Male W 44 NC Laborer NC NC
Catherine DALE Wife M Female W 31 NC Keeping House NC NC
Georgia A. DALE Dau S Female W 15 NC At Home NC NC
William T. DALE Son S Male W 14 NC At Home NC NC
Alexander DALE Son S Male W 12 NC At Home NC NC
Mary DALE Dau S Female W 10 NC At Home NC NC
Leroy DALE Son S Male W 9 NC At Home NC NC
Lora DALE Dau S Female W 8 NC At Home NC NC
Oma DALE Dau S Female W 6 NC At Home NC NC
Sarah L. DALE Dau S Female W 5 NC At Home NC NC
Martha DALE Dau S Female W 3 NC At Home NC NC
John DALE Son S Male W 1 NC At Home NC NC
Source Information:
Census Place Hayesville, Clay, North Carolina
Family History Library Film 1254958
NA Film Number T9-0958 Page Number 434B
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07
Dec 2004
My name is Julia Ann ( Cole ) Foust.
I have a Margaret Higgins as my gg grandmother.
She was B: 11/17/1809 D: 8/2/1889
Her Father was William Y ( Bill ) Higgins
She is Buried in McKee, Ky.
Married to John Cole
I do not have a Mothers name.
Could you Help?
I believe she was born in VA
Thanks,
Julia Foust [email protected]
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07 Dec 2004
Looking for Higgins Family information
I have been trying to find the parentage and siblings (if any) of my great
great grandmother Lula Elizabeth Higgins Banks.
This is what I know about her:
She married my great great grandfather James Marion Banks on Jan. 4, 1876.
James Marion Banks was born Aug.31, 1853 in Alabama and can be found listed
as living with his mother Frances Salina Jones Banks
on the 1860 and 1870 censuses of Chambers County Alabama.
For this reason I am assuming he and Lula Elizabeth may have married in
Chambers county.
I have found records of Higgins in Chambers county Alabama, but do not have
a name of her mother or father so cannot make a connection with any names I
have found. I also know there is a Higgins cemetery in Chambers county but
it has not as yet been transcribed for the web.
Lula Elizabeth and James Marion had the following children:
Walter Palmer Banks b: 13 MAY 1879 in Tennessee
Willie Banks b: 13 MAY 1879
Ella Arizona Banks b: June 1881
Willie and Walter were twins. Willie died at birth.
Ella Arizona was my great grandmother and married George Thomas Stevenson in
Texas.
Lula Elizabeth died when Ella was about four years old and James Marion
moved the family to Texas where he remarried.
I would like to find the family of Lula Elizabeth and where she is buried.
Just checking to see if you have any information on this family.
Thank you for your time
Charlotte Stevenson Bernard [email protected]
Subject to Verification by the Submitter
Groom: J. M. Banks
Bride: Lula Higgins
Marriage Date: 02 Jan 1876
Marriage Place: Etowah
Performed By: Minister of Gospel
Surety/Perf. Name: A. C. Ramsey OS Page: 246
Source Dodd, Jordan R, comp. Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920
(Selected Counties)
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Images of Higgins cemetery in Chambers County Alabama
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/chambers/photos/ph54higginsf.jpg
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/chambers/photos/ph55higginsf.jpg
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/chambers/photos/ph56higginsf.jpg
View 1860 AL Census Scan
Francis Banks Family
View 1870 AL Census Scan
Frances Banks Family
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11 Oct 2004
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
I've traced back to my GGG grandfather on the Higgins side.
My Father, George E. Higgins, Born 2 August 1930,
Pottsville PA
My GFather, George F. Higgins, Born 1904, Coal Castle
PA
My GGFather, Bernard Higgins, Born 17 Sep 1873, ?? Pennsylvania.
My GGGFather, John F. Higgins, Born 1832, ?? Pennsylvania
Bud Higgins [email protected]
VERIFIED By Submitter
View 1870 PA Census Scan
John Higgins Age 35
Also Bryan Higgins Age 40
Head of Household
1880 Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
John F. HIGGINS Self M Male W 47 PA Engineer IRE IRE
Mary HIGGINS Wife M Female W 45 IRE Keeping House
IRE IRE
Elizabeth HIGGINS Dau S Female W 15 PA PA IRE
Catharine HIGGINS Dau S Female W 13 PA PA IRE
John HIGGINS Son S Male
W 11 PA Atd. School PA IRE
Bernard HIGGINS Son S Male W 8 PA PA IRE
Margaret KENNEDY MotherL W Female W 60 IRE IRE IRE
Source Information:
Census Place Cass, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania
Family History Library Film 1255191
NA Film Number T9-1191 Page Number 197D
View 1900
PA Census Scan Mrs. Higgins & son John
View 1900
PA Census Scan Bernard Higgins Age 24
View 1910 PA Census Scan
Mrs. Mary Higgins & son John
and grandsons
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07
Oct 2004
Hi, I am looking for information regarding Michael & Mary
Higgins family, residing on Lilley or Lilly Avenue, Braddock, PA in 1900. I have found them in
1910 census........ My thanks to anyone who can help.
Annette Higgins Good [email protected]
1880 Census
Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Michael HIGGINS Self M Male W 26 IRE Water Guager IRE IRE
Marry HIGGINS Wife M Female W 23 IRE Keeping House IRE IRE
Michael HIGGINS Son S Male W 1 PA IRE IRE
Source Information:
Census Place Braddock, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Family History Library Film 1255088
NA Film Number T9-1088 Page Number 193D
View 1900 PA Census Scan Image
1 Image 2
View 1910 PA Census Scan
1930
still living on Lillie Street
Michael Higgins Braddock, Allegheny, PA 79 Ireland
White Head Watchman Steel Foundry
Mary Higgins Braddock, Allegheny, PA 74 Wife
John Higgins Braddock, Allegheny, PA 51 Son Laborer
for Borough
Faley Jack Grandson Braddock, Allegheny 5
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28
Sep 2004
Indiana/Ohio
Looking for paternal great great grandfather Smiley Higgins who I
understand to be a wonderful man who adopted my paternal great grandfather
Herbert Higgins (do not know his birth name possibly Henley or
Hensley) Jeanne Isabelle Higgins was my grandmother her brother was
Wayne Higgins, never married
I found this Smiley Higgins in Ohio
but he had an adopted son named Clifford. View
1900 OH Census Scan
Clifford married Beulah Teagarden.
They had 2 children Jeanne Isabel Higgins and Clifford Wayne Higgins
View 1920 OH Census Scan
Clifford Higgins Family
Jane Clabaugh [email protected]
Verified by inquirer
View 1870 OH Census Scan
1880 Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Noah REAMES Self M Male
W 40 OH Farming PA PA
Ann REAMES Wife M Female W 36 OH
Keeping House PA PA
Smiley E. HIGGINS BroL Male W 22 OH Laborer PA PA
Source Information:
Census Place Milton, Wood, Ohio
Family History Library Film 1255078
NA Film Number T9-1078 Page Number 144B
View 1900 OH Census Scan
View 1910 OH Census Scan
View 1920 OH Census Scan
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27 Sep 2004
Mary Higgins
My great grandmother, Bridget Devaney
Mitchell's mother Mary Higgins Devaney was born somewhere in Ireland. Mary
Higgins married James Devaney and they are in the 1881 Preston, England census.
They later immigrated to Fall River Massachusetts. Bridget Devaney married
Frank Mitchell in Fall River on Dec. 31, 1885. I would appreciate discovering which one of these Mary
Higgins is related to me. If you could help I would appreciate it. Thank you
so much.
Laura Wallace-Rhodes [email protected]
1881 UK Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace
Occupation Disability
James DEVANNEY Head M Male 40 Ireland CottonOverlooker
Mary DEVANNEY Wife M Female 38 Ireland Cotton Rover
John DEVANNEY Son U Male 16 Preston, Lancashire,
England Cotton Piecer
Bridget DEVANNEY Dau Female 14 Preston,
Lancashire, England Cotton Doffer Card Room
Mary Ann DEVANNEY Dau Female 12 Preston,
Lancashire, England Cotton Weaver Scholar
William DEVANNEY Son Male 7 Preston, Lancashire, England Scholar
Ellen DEVANNEY Dau Female 5 Preston, Lancashire, England Scholar
Ann DEVANNEY Dau Female 2 Preston, Lancashire, England
Source Information:
Dwelling 33 Park St Census Place Preston, Lancashire, England
Family History Library Film 1342014
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 4237 / 16 Page Number 26
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24
Sep 2004
My name is Ron Tarburton---I am historian of the First State Medal of Honor Roundtable and I am
looking for info on a very special but presently obscure fellow.
He was a First Class Fireman aboard Picket Launch No 1 when it destroyed the Rebel ram
Albemarle at her dock in Plymouth North Carolina, Oct. 1864. He was the senior rated enlisted man aboard
and all the other enlisted men received for their heroism that fateful night the thanks of
a grateful nation in the form of the Congressional Medal of Honor.
For some unknown reason, even though Samuel Higgins lost his life on that mission he never
received the Medal of Honor. I believe that he didn't because of some error or perhaps because
the US Navy only awarded One and only one posthumous Medal of Honor during the entire
Civil War. I am trying to track down the family of this man in the hope I might therefore identify
him and determine where he came from. I know that he was familiar with steam engines
and had worked himself to very nearly an engineer's rating at the time of his death.
That takes years at sea and lot of proven experience.
It is just a hunch but I learned that a Samuel Higgins signed aboard
the CS Sumter under Rapahael Semmes, a rebel raider in 1861 as a
coal hear (stoker in the engine room) He signed aboard at New Orleans
Louisiana shortly before the ship sailed. Most of the crew was left ashore after being paid in Gibraltar quite
a while later in the war. Thought this might be the same man and
later he joined the US Navy, being experienced with steam and quickly working his way up the
ranks.
Also have learned that a Edward Higgins was mariner and former US Navy officer, operating
out of Louisiana and after this Samuel Higgins was born in 1842, when Edward was 21, Edward
was still in the US Navy but in his early manhood this Edward was operating mail steamers
between New Orleans and New York.
Then a Samuel Higgins joins the same artillery unit that is led in part by
Edward Higgins, there in La. at the start of the war.
About this same time a Samuel Higgins signs aboard the CS Sumter and sets off to war
shortly thereafter.
There are variations and questions here but just playing a hunch.
Could you find if Edward Higgins---born VA
1821 Died San Francisco 1875 had a child named Samuel who was in the Confederate Navy.
I really do believe that through some grievous error Fireman First Class
Samuel Higgins, believed buried at Plymouth North Carolina, was wrongly denied the Medal of Honor
and I will do all I can to correct this error, if I find that it has in fact taken
place.
But to do that I have to find his roots, his family and then his present day
Congressman. After that we can start working on justice for this long forgotten hero that should never
have been overlooked.
I sincerely hope you or someone can help
me. Ron Tarburton
PS Reference to this man and his death can be found online via the Official Records of the
Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the
Rebellion Cornell University. Use that search criteria and then so site search using name Samuel Higgins and you will find the date and place of both his death and burial. He died one of the most gallant fighting men of the
Civil War but never received anything for his heroism. RT
Reference to the ramming of the Abermarle, but not mentioning Samuel Higgins
SOURCE:
Author: United States. Naval War Records Office. and
United States. Office of Naval Records and Library.
Title: Official records of the Union and Confederate
Navies in the War of the Rebellion. / Series I -
Volume 10: North Atlantic Blockading Squadron (May 6,1864 - October 27, 1864)
Report of Captain Smith, U. S. Navy, regarding a boat
expedition from the U. S. S. Wyalusing for the purpose of destroying
the C. S. S. Albemarie.
U. S. S. MATTABESETT,
Albemarle Sound, North Carolina, May 30, 1864.
SIR: I have to report that an effort was made on the
25th instant at 11 o'clock by five volunteers from the steamer
Wyalusing to destroy the ironclad Albemarle.
Tue party left at 2 o'clock p. m. of the 25th (having
made a reconnaissance two days before) and ascended
the Middle River in the Mattabesett's dingy with two
torpedoes, each containing 100 pounds of powder and
their appendages, which they transported on a
stretcher across the island swamp. Charles Baldwin,
coal heaver, and John W. Lloyd, coxswain, then swam
the Roanoke River with a line and hauled
the torpedoes over to the 1~lymouth shore above the
town. They were then connected by a bridle, floated
down with the current, and guided by Charles Baldwin,
who designed to place them across the bows of
the rain, one on either side, and Alexander Crawford,
who was stationed oii the opposite side of the river
in the swamp, was to explode them upon a given signal.
Everything had worked favorably from the time of starting until the
torpedoes were within a few yards of the ram, when
Baldwin was discovered and hailed by a sentry on the
wharf. Two shots were then fired and a volley of
musketry followed, which induced John W. Lloyd,
who heard the challenge and report of small arms, to
cut the guiding line, throw away the coil, and swim
the river again to join John Laverty,
who was left in charge of his clothes and arms.
These two men, with the boat keeper, Benjamin Lloyd,
returned to the ship the morning of the 27th, after an
absence of thirty-eight hours
in the swamp, encountering the additional discomfort
of a rainy day and night.
Two days' unsuccessful search was made for Baldwin
and Crawford, both of whom made their appearance on
Sunday, time 29th instant, much
fatigued by travel and somewhat exhausted from the
loss of food. No traces of their intended designs were
left behind them.
I can not too highly commend this party for their
courage, zeal, and unwearied exertion in carrying out
a project that had for sometime
been & consideration. The plan of executing it was
their own, excellent in some minor details, and
although defeated in their purpose
(by accidentally fouling a schooner), I deem it my
imperative duty to recommend that Alexander Crawford,
fireman, and Charles Baldwin, coal heaver, be promoted
to a higher grade, and that all receive the pecuniary
reward awarded by act of Congress for distinguished services.
Four deserters from the rebel ram Albemarle were
brought off by the Picket boat yesterday, but can not,
without detaining the army boat, communicate the
intelligence they bring. They state, however, that
the Neuse is afloat and in all respects ready for service.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
MELANCTON SMITH,
Captain and Senior Officer in Sounds of North Carolina.
Acting Rear-Admiral S. P. LEE, Commanding North Atlantic Blockading Squadron.
Abstract log of the U. S. S. Wyalusing.
May 26, 1864. At 11:30 a. m. John W. Lloyd, coxswain;
Charles Baldwin, coal heaver; Alexander Crawford, second-class
fireman; John Laverty, first-class fireman; Benjamin Lloyd,
second-class fireman, went on an expedition to destroy the ram.
May 28. At 9 a. in. all the expedition returned but
two men, Baldwin and Crawford.
May 29. At 8 p. m. the Commodore Barney came
alongside and brought Alexander Crawford and Charles
Baldwin from the expedition of the 26th.
Links to
"Albermarle," the Career of the Confederate Ram. The Destruction of the "Albermarle", by Commander W. B.
Cushing: pp. 432-439 that mention Samuel Higgins
http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/moa-cgi?notisid=ABP2287-0036-86
"Albermarle," the Career of the Confederate Ram. Note by her Captain, by A. F. Warley: pp. 439-440
http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/moa-cgi?notisid=ABP2287-0036-87
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE "ALBEMARLE. "
THE WRECK OF THE "ALBEMARLE."
http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/library/books/battles/vol4/640.cfm
Source:
Title: Official records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. / Series I -
Volume 10: North Atlantic Blockading Squadron (May 6, 1864 - October 27, 1864)
pg. 617 & 618
Report of Commander Macomb, U. S. Navy, of the burial of those lost in the expedition.
U.S.S. SHAMROCK, Off Plymouth, N. C., November 9, 1864.
ADMIRAL: I have the honor to report that the bodies of Acting Master�s Mate John Woodman, U. S. S.
Commodore Hull, and Samuel Higgins, first-class fireman, of the steam launch, who lost their lives in
the expedition to blow up the Albemarle, have been found and buried with the usual honors.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. II. MACOMB,
(Comdr., Gomdg. District of the Sounds, North Atlantic Squadron. Rear-Admiral D. D. PORTER
- - -
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-p/pktbt1.htm
Image of Picket boat # 1
http://www.fortbranchcivilwarsite.com/history/ramalbemarle.htm
CSS ALBEMARLE history
Pages dealing with others who were in same military action as Samuel Higgins
These were awarded Medal of Honor:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8204473&pt=Bernard%20Harley
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8204473&pt=Bernard%20Harley
http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/citations_1862_cwq/wilkes_henry.html
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7838009&pt=Lorenzo%20Denning
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Name: Samuel Higgins Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: 1838 Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland Complexion:
Fair Place of Enlistment: Philadelphia Month and Year of Enlistment:
Jun 1863 Volume: 26 Page: 325 NARA Publication Title: Weekly return
of enlistments at Naval Rendezvous ("Enlistment Rendezvous"), Jan.
6, 1855-Aug. 8, 1891 NARA Series Number: M1953 NARA Roll Number: 20
Film Number: 2381637 Digital Folder Number: 004639547 Image Number:
00479
Webmaster has found a burial record which he believes to be the Samuel
Higgins in this inquiry. He further believes that it should read died October 28th 1864 not 1884 as
written on site: http://www.interment.net/data/us/nc/craven/newbernat/newbern_hahi.htm
New Bern National Cemetery New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina
Higgins, Samuel, d. 10/28/1884, US PICKET BOAT 1, Plot: 57, *
UPDATE 12 Oct 2004
The staff at New Bern National Cemetery
http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp/newbern.htm
has confirmed from the interment report file that Samuel Higgins ,Seaman, U.S. Navy, from Picket Boat
#1,who died d. 10/28/1864 is buried in Section 1,Grave 57 in their cemetery.
Samuel Higgins' Headstone at New Bern
Cemetery, North Carolina
*The above website has a disclaimer: -* Records with an asterisk at the end indicates those
that have not been verified as accurate by the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs
. . . . . . . .
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Sep 2004
Yancy County, North Carolina
I am searching for information on Mosby Higgins (born 1883)
married Tiney Howell (born 1880) on Dec 31, 1904 in Yancy County, NC by Justice of the Peace,
James Renfro. This is all that I know about his family and ancestors. Mosby is my Great Grandfather
Van Austin Hoyle Sr [email protected]
http://www.wncnet.com/higgins/index2.htm
ON Site Higgins' of Yancey County Nov
2005
View 1910
NC Census Scan Mosby Higgins Head of
Household
Also Grover Higgins Jr Head of
Household
View 1920 NC Census Scan Image
1 Image 2
Includes several other Higgins
families on each scan
1930 NC Census
Mosby Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1878 North Carolina White Head
Saverio Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1884 Wife
Rheba Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1910 Daughter
Maudie Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1913 Daughter
Bayard Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1917 Son
Dene Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1924 Son
Marie Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1926 Daughter
Bruce Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1928 Son
Off Site References: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/a/v/Bill-Navey/COL8-0520.html
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4319/hnames.htm
YANCEY COUNTY MARRIAGES 1850-1920
Mosby HIGGINS 21 - Tiney HOWELL 24 - 31 Dec 1904 - Jas Renfro JP -
. . . . . . . .
Other Higgins families in Egypt Township, Yancey county North Carolina
1860 United States Federal Census
Charles Higgins Not Stated, Yancey, NC 26 1833 Male
Emeline Higgins Not Stated, Yancey, NC 18 1841 Female
1870 United States Federal Census
Albert Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 7 1862 North Carolina White Male
Altetha Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 1 1868 North Carolina White Female
Ann Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 25 1844 North Carolina White Female
Ann Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 5 1864 North Carolina White Female
Charles Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 35 1834 North Carolina White Male
David Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 32 1837 North Carolina White Male
Elizabeth Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 2 1867 North Carolina White Female
Emaline Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 30 1839 North Carolina White Female
Gaston Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 22 1847 North Carolina White Male
George Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 2 1867 North Carolina White Male
J E Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 39 1830 North Carolina White Male
Jackson A Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 18 1851 North Carolina White Male
James Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 69 1800 North Carolina White Male
James A Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 2 1867 North Carolina White Male
James A Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 3 1866 North Carolina White Male
James E Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 4 1865 North Carolina White Male
James H Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 22 1847 North Carolina White Male
John Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 26 1843 North Carolina White Male
John W Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 4/12 1869 North Carolina White Male
Julia Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 6 1863 North Carolina White Female
Lorretta Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 2 1867 North Carolina White Female
Lucretia Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 10 1859 North Carolina White Female
Marcus Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 12 1857 North Carolina White Male
Margaret L Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 11 1858 North Carolina White Female
Margaret R Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 1 1868 North Carolina White Female
Mary Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 5 1864 North Carolina White Female
Mary Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 30 1839 North Carolina White Female
Mary J Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 18 1851 North Carolina White Female
Massa Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 57 1812 North Carolina White Female
Omey Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 4 1865 North Carolina White Female
Peter Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 15 1854 North Carolina White Male
Phinitta Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 7 1862 North Carolina White Female
Rutha Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 22 1847 North Carolina White Female
Samuel Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 12 1857 North Carolina White Male
Sanders Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 24 1845 North Carolina White Male
Sarah Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 9/12 1869 North Carolina White Female
Sarah Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 24 1845 North Carolina White Female
Sarah Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 27 1842 North Carolina White Female
Sarah E Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 1 1868 North Carolina White Female
Susan Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 60 1809 North Carolina White Female
Susan Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 1 1868 North Carolina White Female
Susan Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 3 1866 North Carolina White Female
Susan Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 22 1847 North Carolina White Female
Throw Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 3 1866 North Carolina White Male
Well Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 30 1839 North Carolina White Male
William Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 10 1859 North Carolina White Male
William Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 12 1857 North Carolina White Male
William Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 1 1868 North Carolina White Male
William E Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 7/12 1869 North Carolina White Male
Winna Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC 3 1866 North Carolina White Female
1910 United States Federal Census
Baccus Higgins EGYPT TWP, YANCEY, NC 1889 North Carolina White Male
Betsey Higgins EGYPT TWP, YANCEY, NC 1874 North Carolina White Female
Bill E Higgins EGYPT TWP, YANCEY, NC 1869 North Carolina White Male
Charley Higgins EGYPT TWP, YANCEY, NC 1834 North Carolina White Male
Charley Higgins EGYPT TWP, YANCEY, NC 1872 North Carolina White Male
Elic Higgins EGYPT TWP, YANCEY, NC 1865 North Carolina White Male
Granville Higgins EGYPT TWP, YANCEY, NC 1873 North Carolina White Male
Grover Jr Higgins EGYPT TWP, YANCEY, NC 1884 North Carolina White Male
Guss Higgins EGYPT TWP, YANCEY, NC 1889 North Carolina White Male
Isaac Higgins EGYPT TWP, YANCEY, NC 1874 North Carolina White Male
J Will Higgins EGYPT TWP, YANCEY, NC 1869 North Carolina White Male
Jackson Higgins EGYPT TWP, YANCEY, NC 1853 North Carolina White Male
James Higgins EGYPT TWP, YANCEY, NC 1872 North Carolina White Male
James H Higgins EGYPT TWP, YANCEY, NC 1847 North Carolina White Male
Joe S Higgins EGYPT TWP, YANCEY, NC 1865 North Carolina White Male
John H Higgins EGYPT TWP, YANCEY, NC 1870 North Carolina White Male
Marcus Higgins EGYPT TWP, YANCEY, NC 1854 North Carolina White Male
Mosby Higgins EGYPT TWP, YANCEY, NC 1883 North Carolina White Male
Sam Higgins EGYPT TWP, YANCEY, NC 1878 North Carolina White Male
Shelby Higgins EGYPT TWP, YANCEY, NC 1869 North Carolina White Male
Tilman Higgins EGYPT TWP, YANCEY, NC 1876 North Carolina White Male
William Higgins EGYPT TWP, YANCEY, NC 1866 North Carolina White Male
William M Higgins EGYPT TWP, YANCEY, NC 1869 North Carolina White Male
1920 United States Federal Census
Higgins, Bob Egypt, Yancey, NC 1893 North Carolina White
Higgins, Bocchus Egypt, Yancey, NC 1887 North Carolina White
Higgins, Charlie Egypt, Yancey, NC 1884 North Carolina White
Higgins, Charlie J Egypt, Yancey, NC 1879 North Carolina White
Higgins, Earnest Egypt, Yancey, NC 1897 North Carolina White
Higgins, Ed Egypt, Yancey, NC 1893 North Carolina White
Higgins, Elic Egypt, Yancey, NC 1865 North Carolina White
Higgins, Freedom Egypt, Yancey, NC 1898 North Carolina White
Higgins, Goldie Egypt, Yancey, NC 1896 North Carolina White
Higgins, Guss Egypt, Yancey, NC 1890 North Carolina White
Higgins, Hiram Egypt, Yancey, NC 1885 North Carolina White
Higgins, Isaac Egypt, Yancey, NC 1869 North Carolina White
Higgins, James Egypt, Yancey, NC 1886 North Carolina White
Higgins, James H Egypt, Yancey, NC 1845 North Carolina White
Higgins, John Egypt, Yancey, NC 1868 North Carolina White
Higgins, John H Egypt, Yancey, NC 1868 North Carolina White
Higgins, John W Egypt, Yancey, NC 1870 North Carolina White
Higgins, Joseph Egypt, Yancey, NC 1869 North Carolina White
Higgins, Loretta Egypt, Yancey, NC 1875 North Carolina White
Higgins, Lylia Egypt, Yancey, NC 1916 North Carolina White
Higgins, Marna Egypt, Yancey, NC 1855 North Carolina White
Higgins, Milus Egypt, Yancey, NC North Carolina White
Higgins, Mosby Egypt, Yancey, NC 1880 North Carolina White
Higgins, Noah Egypt, Yancey, NC 1896 North Carolina White
Higgins, Paul Egypt, Yancey, NC 1890 North Carolina White
Higgins, Rotha Egypt, Yancey, NC 1898 North Carolina White
Higgins, Sam Egypt, Yancey, NC 1880 North Carolina White
Higgins, Sam Egypt, Yancey, NC 1875 North Carolina White
Higgins, Thom Egypt, Yancey, NC 1890 North Carolina White
Higgins, Vince Egypt, Yancey, NC 1896 North Carolina White
Higgins, William Egypt, Yancey, NC 1867 North Carolina White
Higgins, William E Egypt, Yancey, NC 1869 North Carolina White
Higgins, William M Egypt, Yancey, NC 1867 North Carolina White
1930 United States Federal Census
Peter N Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1891 North Carolina White Head
Etta Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1898 Wife
Kenneth S Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1916 Son
Elmer N Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1918 Son
Peter Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1922 Son
Francis R Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1924 Daughter
Thelma J Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1928 Daughter
Paul Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1892 North Carolina White Head
Willie Mary Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1897 Wife
Irene Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1917 Daughter
Paula M Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1928 Daughter
William Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1868 North Carolina White Head
Ralph Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1903 Son
Herman Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1907 Son
Nola Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1911 Son
Ethel Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1910 Daughter-in-law
Guss Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1896 North Carolina White Head
Bessie Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1905 Wife
Fay Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1922 Daughter
Armanda Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1861 Georgia White Head
Zeb Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1902 Son
Earlie Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1905 Son
Bill Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1925 Grandson
Jack Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1928 Grandson
Edd Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1892 North Carolina White Head
Jane Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1899 Wife
Geneva Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1917 Daughter
Ruby Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1919 Daughter
Lucille Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1923 Daughter
Elizabeth Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1926 Daughter
William A Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1868 North Carolina White Head
Etta Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1888 Wife
Virgie Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1913 Daughter
Randolph Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1915 Son
Anna M Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1919 Daughter
Frank Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1923 Son
Estoria Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1926 Daughter
James Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1876 North Carolina White Servant
Robert Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1873 North Carolina White Head
Martha J Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1895 Wife
Teddy Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1914 Son
Minnie Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1917 Daughter
Allie Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1918 Daughter
Ned Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1922 Son
Hettie Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1928 Daughter
Ester Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1911 North Carolina White Lodger
Dewey Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1915 North Carolina White Lodger
Edith Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1918 North Carolina White Lodger
Clarence Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1919 North Carolina White Lodger
John H Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1872 North Carolina White Head
Clayton Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1907 Son
Emma H Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1912 Daughter
Roy Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1918 Grandson
Coy Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1921 Grandson
Mosby Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1878 North Carolina White Head
Saverio Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1884 Wife
Rheba Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1910 Daughter
Maudie Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1913 Daughter
Bayard Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1917 Son
Dene Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1924 Son
Marie Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1926 Daughter
Bruce Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1928 Son
Ernest Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1897 North Carolina White Head
Lizzie Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1901 Wife
Edna Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1920 Daughter
Agnes Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1922 Daughter
Opal Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1924 Daughter
Peura Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1926 Daughter
Erna F Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1928 Daughter
Hiram Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1885 North Carolina White Head
Lizzie Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1907 Wife
Brooke Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1925 Son
Veldie Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1927 Daughter
Viola Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1928 Daughter
Maraes Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1858 North Carolina White Head
Mary Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1872 Wife
Lavina Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1902 Daughter
Lenville Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1904 Son
May Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1911 Daughter-in-law
Elbert Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1919 Grandson
Carrie Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1922 Granddaughter
Creed Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1926 Grandson
Hoover Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1928 Grandson
Jora Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1906 North Carolina White Head
Gladys Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1923 Daughter
Verlan Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1928 Daughter
Evangeline Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1922 Daughter
James Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1899 North Carolina White Head
Elizabeth Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1855 Mother
Rindy Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1879 Sister
Thomas Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1897 Brother
Palace Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1922 Niece
Lenard Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1910 Nephew
Coy Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1914 Nephew
Herbert Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1900 North Carolina White Head
Cornelia Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1908 Wife
Louise Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1927 Daughter
Hopone Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1909 North Carolina
White Brother-in-law
May Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1911 Sister-in-law
Joseph Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1870 Father-in-law
Back Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1888 North Carolina White Head
Julia Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1892 Wife
Flora Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1911 Daughter
Floy Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1912 Daughter
Bessie Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1916 Daughter
Edo Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1918 Daughter
Edna Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1920 Daughter
Issac Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1929 Son
Herman W Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1906 North Carolina White Head
Rose Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1908 Wife
Milas Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1891 North Carolina White Head
Effie Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1894 Wife
Crate Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1912 Son
Horace Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1914 Son
Cecil Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1917 Son
Roy Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1919 Son
Clarice Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1922 Daughter
Cecil Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1907 North Carolina White Head
Hazel Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1910 Wife
Virginia M Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1928 Daughter
Charlie Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1877 North Carolina White Head
Arva Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1917 Daughter
Mannie Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1918 Daughter
Ruthie Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1848 Mother
Edith Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1918 North Carolina
White Granddaughter
Gena Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1876 North Carolina White Head
Ida Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1886 Wife
Clyde Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1911 Son
Bernice Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1914 Daughter
Geneva Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1916 Daughter
Margarett Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1918 Daughter
Rhea Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1921 Son
Quinton Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1924 Son
Loyd Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1926 Son
Fred Higgins Egypt, Yancey, NC abt 1929 Son
. . . . . .
13
Sep 2004
From County Monaghan, Ireland
My great greatgrandfather was James Edward Higgins b. 1828 County Monaghan according to his tombstone at
Holy Cross in Farrar (Story County) Iowa. He married Lydia Mathis, who is buried at Keller Cemetery Elkhart
(Polk County) Iowa -- I was always fascinated they were buried separately because he was Catholic and she
was not. I have a lot of Mathis genealogy info and contacts but not one scrap of info on GG Grandpa
Higgins. A lot of relatives in northern Polk County & Story County Iowa were from Ohio via Indiana, and
Kentucky -- would love to find out how James Higgins got here. Great website! Good hunting & God bless!
Marilyn Septer Coleman (Daughter of Marjorie Ault, daughter of Hazel Belle Stowe Ault, daughter of Mary
Lucinda Higgins Stowe � whose parents were Lydia Mathis and Amos Stowe and siblings were Kate Stowe
Ault, Ed Higgins, Charley Higgins & Eliza O�Neal)
Marilyn Coleman [email protected]
1880 Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
James HIGGINS Self M Male W 48 ENG Farming IRE IRE
Lydia HIGGINS Wife M Female W 40 IA Keeping House KY KY
Charles HIGGINS Son S Male W 11 IA Farming ENG IA
Mary HIGGINS Dau S Female W 9 IA ENG IA
Eliza HIGGINS Dau S Female W 7 IA ENG IA
Catharine HIGGINS Dau S Female W 5 IA ENG IA
Edward HIGGINS Son S Male W 3 IA ENG IA
Source Information:
Census Place Elkhart, Polk, Iowa
Family History Library Film 1254360
NA Film Number T9-0360 Page Number 629C
View 1900 IA Census Scan
Charley Higgins Age 31
Also Edward Higgins Age 23
View 1900 IA Census Scan
Mary Higgins Age 35
View 1910
IA Census Scan Iva B Higgins Age 29
View 1920 IA Census Scan
Edward Higgins Age 42
. . . . . . . . . .
10 Sep 2004
Sandy, Utah
My grandmother Anne Helen Higgins was born in Sandy, Utah in 1904.
Her parents were Lawrence Higgins and Margaret Helen O'Brien. Supposedly parents died and Anne was taken
back to NY/NJ by Aunt Catherine [O'Brien] VanAuken when she was three. Can't find any info on Lawrence
except he was born in the USA. Margaret came from Ireland.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Anne Higgins Verrechia [email protected]
View 1910 NJ
Census Scan Annie Higgins Age 5
View 1920 NY
Census Scan Anna Higgins Age 14
. . . . . . . . .
09 Sep 2004
Ohio in the late 1800's to Alabama
I would like to see if I can get some help. I know the following:
William Higgins (Ohio) born 9-18-1820. Died 9-25-1850 in Ohio.
Married Nancy Ann Kauffman (date unknown)
View 1850 OH Census Scan
William J Higgins
Samuel Olvier Higgins born in Ohio 10-26-1849.
Married Sarah Ellen Fizpatrick 2-18-1874. She was born
1-3-1850.
Burton Higgins born 8-28-1877.
Burton's family moved to Alabama.
Frank Oliver Higgins was born May 1900 in Alabama.
Linda Collins [email protected]
1880 Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender
Race Age Birthplace Occupation
Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Samuel O. HIGGINS Self M Male W 30 OH Farming OH MD
Sarah E. HIGGINS Wife M Female W 30 OH Keeping House OH OH
Guy HIGGINS Other S Male W 5 OH OH OH
Claud C. HIGGINS Other S Male W 4 OH OH OH
Burton HIGGINS Other S Male W 2 OH OH OH
Fredrick A. HIGGINS Other S Male W 8M AL OH OH
Source Information: Census Place Beat 2, Morgan, Alabama Family History
Library Film 1254027 NA Film Number T9-0027 Page Number 79B
View 1900 AL Census Scan
Samuel E Higgins
View 1910 Ohio Census Scan
Samuel O Higgins
View 1920 AL Census Scan
Samuel Higgins
. . . . . . . . . . .
Dear Higgins researchers:
I am searching for a James W. Higgins whose address in 1953 was 2826 N. Lambert St., Philadelphia, PA.
Jim is an Officer Candidate School (OCS) classmate of mine. We graduated from US Army OCS at Ft. Sill
Oklahoma on May 19, 1953. My classmates and I are in the process of searching for all members of Class
#37. The Lambert Street address was used by Jim in our graduation book. So far we have not been able
to track down Jim.
If you have any information concerning the J. W. Higgins I have described I would appreciate having
it.
Thank you in advance for any information or hints you may be able to provide.
Bob Schweizer
[email protected]
. . . . . . .
New Jersey only as far back as 1821
Comments:
Looking for info on Higgins in Sommerset Co. Rocky
Hill, New Brunswick, Middlesex co. Catherine Ann
Higgins b.1869 d.1954 is my great Gmother her Father
is Jediah J. Higgins b.1847 d.1921
HIGGINS JEDIAH J 22 M W NJ NJ SOMERSET
FRANKLIN TWP 1870
his father is Jediah Higgins b.1821 d. ?
View HIGGINS JEDIAH 50 M W NJ NJ SOMERSET FRANKLIN TWP
1870
If any of this sounds familiar please let me know.
Thanks Christy Kriner [email protected]
View 1850 Census Scan:
Jediah Higgins 30 1819 Male Franklin, Somerset, NJ
1880 Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Jediah HIGGINS Self M Male W 60 NJ Farmer NJ NJ
Almira HIGGINS Wife M Female W 57 NJ Housekeeper NJ NJ
Joshua HIGGINS Son M Male W 33 NJ Farmer NJ NJ
Almira STOUT GDau S Female W 13 NJ At Home NJ NJ
Mary STOUT GDau S Female W 11 NJ At Home NJ NJ
Amelia HIGGINS DauL M Female W 22 NJ At Home NJ NJ
Vernon HIGGINS GSon S Male W 4M NJ At Home NJ NJ
Charles TRONTER Other S Male W 17 NJ Laborer NJ NJ
Source Information:
Census Place District 1, Franklin, Somerset, New Jersey
Family History Library Film 1254798
NA Film Number T9-0798 Page Number 477D
and living next door
1880 Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Jediah HIGGINS Self M Male
W 31 NJ Farmer NJ NJ
Gertrude A. HIGGINS Wife M Female W 33 NJ Housekeeper NJ NJ
Catharine A. HIGGINS Dau S Female W 11 NJ At Home NJ NJ
Mary E. HIGGINS Dau S Female W 8 NJ At Home NJ NJ
Wesley HIGGINS Son S Male
W 6 NJ At Home NJ NJ
Emma J. HIGGINS Dau S Female W 4 NJ At Home NJ NJ
Ellen HIGGINS Dau S Female W
1 NJ At Home NJ NJ
Source Information:
Census Place District 1, Franklin, Somerset, New Jersey
Family History Library Film 1254798
NA Film Number T9-0798 Page Number 477D
also View
HIGGINS JEDIAH 52 M W NJ NJ MIDDLESEX SOUTH
BRUNSWICK 1900
&
HIGGINS JEDIAH 73 M W NJ NJ MERCER 5-WD;TRENTON 1920
(which is largely illegible)
and from
Stout, Nathan.
The history of the Stout family : first settling in
Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
Glenarm, Ill.: unknown, 1901?, 48 pgs.
Page 14
.."I shall introduce the second daughter of Jonathan
Stout, she was born in the year 1694 and was married to
Jediah Higgins and her name was Hannah. She had sons by
Higgins- Joseph, Jonathan, Joshua and James and daughters
Mary, Rachel and some others i don't remember."
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Ireland/Ontario, Canada/Missouri (maybe via NY & IL)
Michael Higgins, born in Ireland, died in Kingston, Ontario, Canada before 1861. His wife
Mary, born in Ireland, moved with her son John R. Higgins to Missouri and died in Potosi, MO in 1866.
John R Higgins was born in Stratford, Ontario, Canada in 1836. He was a Judge in Washington Co., MO and died in
1907. His wife's name was either Cecelia or Celia, her last name may have been Walsh.
John with a second wife. 1900 census says married 23 years ,which would put date of marriage as 1877.
Michael James Higgins [email protected]
View 1870 MO Census Scan - J R Higgins Page
1 Page 2
1880 census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
John R. HIGGINS Self M Male W 41 CAN Grocer IRE IRE
Emma HIGGINS Wife M Female W 35 IL Keeping House PA IL
John HIGGINS Son S Male W 10 MO At School CAN IRE
Annie HIGGINS Dau S Female W 8 MO At School CAN IRE
Joseph HIGGINS Son S Male W 11M MO CAN IL
Josephine COOK Other S Female W 28 MO Servant MO MO
Source Information:
Census Place Breton, Washington, Missouri
Family History Library Film 1254740
NA Film Number T9-0740 Page Number 24D
View 1900 MO Census Scan -John R Higgins Page
1 Page 2
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Lincoln Co. TN
Sarah L. Higgins m. 1852, Daniel B. SHULL, his 3rd wife. Sarah, b. 1826 to
O. W. Higgins and Francis Stone. She was my Paternal g. grandmother. Her sister
Virginia T. Higgins married Peter Himebaugh 1872 his 2nd wife. Peter Himebaugh was my maternal g.
grandfather and she a step g. grandmother. Their contribution to the Lincoln Co Higgins Family was at
least notable though not famous. The Shull home still stands near as does Mt. Hebron Cumberland Pres Church
that Daniel B. Shull built and Sarah L. along with several children, grandchildren and her sister
Virginia and other Higgins Family appear on church role Peter
Himebaugh, professor of Math and Science at Oak Hill Institute on Norris Creek. He and his 1st
wife taught there until she died in 1870 and he then married Virginia, a student and graduate.
Charles Owen Schull [email protected]
View 1850 TN Census
Scan
1860 United States Federal Census
Name Home in 1860,(City,County,State) Age in 1860
Estimated Birth Year Birthplace Gender
D B Shull District 9, Lincoln, TN 42 1817 Kentucky
Male
Sarah Shull District 9, Lincoln, TN 33 1826 Tennessee Female
Susan Shull District 9, Lincoln, TN 16 1843 Tennessee Female
George Shull District 9, Lincoln, TN 6 1853 Tennessee Male
Sarah Shull District 9, Lincoln, TN 4 1855 Tennessee Female
View this 1860 TN
Census Scan
1870 Federal census
D B Shull District 6, Lincoln, TN 52 1817 White Male
Geo O Shull District 6, Lincoln, TN 16 1853 White Male
Mary B Shull District 6, Lincoln, TN 5 1864 White Female
Rosa E Shull District 6, Lincoln, TN 2 1867 White Female
Sallie F Shull District 6, Lincoln, TN 14 1855 White Female
Sarah L Shull District 6, Lincoln, TN 43 1826 White Female
View this 1870 TN Census Scan
1880 Federal Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
David* B SHULL Self M Male W 63 KY Farmer KY VA
Sallie L SHULL Wife M Female W 53 TENN Keeping House KY VA
George O SHULL Son S Male W 26 TENN Farmer KY TENN
Fannie SHULL Dau S Female W 24 TENN Teacher KY TENN
Mary B SHULL Dau S Female W 15 TENN At Home KY TENN
Rosa E SHULL Dau S Female W 12 TENN At Home KY TENN
* inquirer says first name is Daniel, is initial only in other census'
Source Information:
Census Place District 5 And 6, Lincoln, Tennessee
Family History Library Film 1255267
NA Film Number T9-1267 Page Number 82A
On site link
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mjhiggins/tenn-lincoln.htm#shull
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08 August 2004
Higgins Query TX
I am looking for the family/descendants of C. R. HIGGINS and his wife,
Georgia D. HITT. Georgia was born abt 1900 in Anderson Co., SC. Her father
was James Monroe HITT and her mother was Niciey Corabell
COLE.... Georgia's family migrated about 1903 through Jefferson Co., AL
and finally settled in Beaumont, Jefferson Co., TX.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Rhita Covello [email protected]
1930 Texas Census
James M Hitt Precinct 7, Jefferson, TX 1871 South Carolina White Head
Nicie Hitt Precinct 7, Jefferson, TX 1871 Wife
Wenona Hitt Precinct 7, Jefferson, TX 1912 Daughter
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04 August 2004
Waterloo, Lauderdale County, AL
Comments:
I have managed to trace our Higgins line back to John Higgins married to
Mary Ann Price. Both are buried in Waites Cemetery, Lauderdale County, AL. I am looking
for the parents of both John and Mary Ann.
Eileen Daley [email protected]
-Note from webmaster-
(Subject to verification)
I believe John may have been married before marrying Mary
- see marriage record for John and also accompanying census images
Personal Information
Spouse 1: John Higgins
Spouse 2: Eveline Parker
Marriage Date: 02 Mar 1848
Marriage Place: Lauderdale
Performed By: J. P.
Surety/Perf. Name: A. Simmons
OSPage: 279
Personal Information
Spouse 1: John H. Higgins
Spouse 2: Mary Ann Price
Marriage Date: 12 Jul 1855
Marriage Place: Lauderdale
Performed By: J. P.
Surety/Perf. Name: J. McClain
OSPage: 126
View 1850 John Higgins ALABAMA LAUDERDALE
1-DIST
View 1850 Price Family ALABAMA LAUDERDALE
1-DIST
View 1860 HIGGINS JOHN 38 AL LAUDERDALE WATERLOO
Also Josiah Higgins Head of
Household on same scan
Also See:
Lauderdale County Alabama Higgins
Families
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01 August 2004
Eng/MA/ME/IN/KY/NJ/
Comments:
John Higgins married Clarrisa Ilsley in ME late 1700/early 1800's . Son
Alvin McCaslin Higgins born 1803. He and a brother went west, where they fell ill,
and were taken in by the Reyburn family. His brother died but he lived and married
Eliza Jane Reyburn. Moved to Miami Co, IN. then on to Cass Co,
IN, where my grandfather was born - Reybuen Alvin Higgins. Born late 1800's d about 1954. Buried in Logansport IN
Elizabeth Rondeau [email protected]
Indiana Marriages, 1845-1920
Emma M Thornton Alvin J Higgins 23 Jan 1873 Cass
Alvin I Higgins Parthenia Raborn 23 Apr 1884 Marion
Alvin M Higgins Margaret B Keating 12 Apr 1899 Marion
Source:
Works Progress Administration. Index to Marriage
Records Indiana: Indiana Works Progress
Administration, 1938-1940.
Original Record Located: County Clerk's Office
Indianapolis Compiled by Indiana Works Progress Administration 1939
View Census Scan for:
1850 HIGGINS ALVIN M INDIANA CASS EEL
TWP
1860 HIGGINS ALVIN M 55 IN CASS LOGANSPORT
1870 HIGGINS ALVIN M 66 IN CASS
LOGANSPORT
1880 Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Alvin M. HIGGINS Self M Male W 76 ME Tpassessor ME ME
Sarah C. MURPHY Dau D Female W 37 IN Keeps House ME OH
Francis E.HIGGINS Dau S Female W 29 IN At Home ME OH
Lizzie A. HIGGINS Dau S Female W 29 IN At Home ME OH
Alvin E. MURPHY GSon S Male W 18 IN Bank Clerk IN IN
Paul C. MURPHY GSon S Male W 14 IN At School IN IN
Source Information:
Census Place Logansport, Cass, Indiana
Family History Library Film 1254268
NA Film Number T9-0268 Page Number 312D
View Census Scan for:
1900 HIGGINS ALVIN J 52 IN CASS NOBLE TWP
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A Reyborn Higgins but with a different Higgins family in Cass County Indiana
1880 Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
James A. HIGGINS Self M Male W 31 IN Farmer ME OH
Emma HIGGINS Wife M Female W 31 IN Keeping House --- ---
Warren T. HIGGINS Son S Male W 5 IN At Home IN IN
Reyborn HIGGINS Son S Male W 2 IN At Home IN IN
Source Information:
Census Place Noble, Cass, Indiana
Family History Library Film 1254268
NA Film Number T9-0268 Page Number 488B
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23 July 2004
What a wonderful site!
I'm looking for any information on the below people.
I know someone posted this a few years back, but their email is no longer active. I believe I am a
descendent of the same Nancy Ann Higgins and Joseph Foster. Would love to find anyone who can compare
notes with me. We haven't been able to get past Nancy Ann Higgins, so this was very exciting to us!
Samuel HIGGINS, d. 1838.
Will dated 14 January 1838; probated 2 June 1838
(from Franklin County, Ohio Will Book, Vol. 8, p. 52).
Buried in Postal Cemetery, Rome, Praire Township, Franklin County,
OH
Children of Samuel; (from Will).
1 Sally HIGGINS,
m. James HUNTER -whose property adjoined Shadrach Postel's
land where cemetery is located.
2 Charles HIGGINS, licensed Tavern keeper in
Praire Township, Franklin County, Ohio, from 1829 to 1837.
3 Elizabeth (Betsey) HIGGINS:
m. Samuel CHANES.
4 Samuel HIGGINS Jr.:
m. Permilia PATRICK, 12 January 1826, by Joseph
Boyd, J. P.
5 Eleanor A. HIGGINS:
m. Joseph Shelton HICKMAN,
b. 28 May 1805, d. 8 November 1848,
buried Postal Cemetery, Rome, Praire Township,
Franklin County, Ohio
29 November 1824, Franklin County, Ohio.
6. Emily HIGGINS:
m. (1) HICKMAN,
m. (2) FOSTER.
7 Richard HIGGINS:
m. Mary D. ?.
Richard was a tavern keeper in Praire Township,
Franklin County Ohio, from 1829 to 1837.
8: (Nancy) Ann HIGGINS:
m. Joseph FOSTER, 16 January 1823.
Thanks! Kathy
[email protected]
Descendants of Rev. John Foster
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/3208/foster/fostr001.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/3208/foster/fostr00i.htm
Higgins' in Prairie, Franklin, OH
Chas Higgins 45 1804 Maryland Male Prairie,
Franklin, OH
Drusilla Higgins 45 1804 Pennsylvania Female Prairie, Franklin, OH
Elizabeth Higgins 18 1831 Ohio Female Prairie, Franklin, OH
Julia Higgins 16 1833 Ohio Female Prairie, Franklin,
OH
Clarke Higgins 14 1835 Ohio Male Prairie, Franklin,
OH
Charles Higgins 12 1837 Ohio Male Prairie, Franklin, OH
Jane Higgins 9 1840 Ohio Female Prairie, Franklin,
OH
Harriett Higgins 53 1796 Maryland Female Prairie, Franklin, OH
. . . . . . . .
20 July 2004
I am looking for information on a New Jersey, Glassboro couple Debrah and
Edward Higgins 1830's for possible birthdates.
Their sons Horace 10/10/ 1851
Aaron 12/22/1862 and
Edward 8/ 1855
His wife was an indentured servant Mary Elizabeth Higgins
They had 13 children.
I just would like to have information on the Higgins
families in New Jersey, Burlington, Glassboro, Salem area.
Also am looking for the origin of the Higgins surname
thank you
[email protected]
HIGGINS EDWARD 38 M W NJ NJ BURLINGTON
PEMBERTON TWP 1870 View image 1
image 2
Only couple with those names in NJ in both 1870 and 1880 census
1880 Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Edward HIGGINS Self M Male W 50 NJ Works On Farm NJ
NJ
Deborah HIGGINS Wife M Female W 49 NJ Keeping House NJ NJ
Thomas HIGGINS Son S Male W 11 NJ At Home NJ NJ
Source Information:
Census Place Juliustown, Burlington, New Jersey
Family History Library Film 1254773
NA Film Number T9-0773 Page Number 578A
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1880 Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Horace HIGGINS Self M Male W 28 NJ Works On Farm NJ
NJ
Mary E. HIGGINS Wife M Female W 20 NJ Keeping House NJ NJ
Source Information:
Census Place Juliustown, Burlington, New Jersey
Family History Library Film 1254773
NA Film Number T9-0773 Page Number 574A
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HIGGINS HORACE 49 M W NJ NJ GLOUCESTER GLASSBORO 1900
View image 1 Image 2
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https://sites.rootsweb.com/~njglouce/gloucester01.htm
HIGGINS - SIMONS
Looking for info on parents of Horace Higgins
b1851-d1967 he had 13 children. also looking for info
on his wife Mary E. Higgins nee Simons. Thank you.
(see web link for email of poster of this inquiry)
same posting placed at
http://www.jwbrown-home.com/Gloucesterco/gcqueries_2001.htm
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19 July 2004
Alva Higgins Warren Westland
[email protected]
Date: 2004-07-18
This is an excellent site. It is great to read about the Higgins generation. Just wish I could find a
missing link to mine. I have James Knox Polk Higgins, 2nd going back to James K P Higgins, Sr. belief: b.
1804 - 1808. I can find him in the census 1830 - 1860. Can't find his parents or proof of birth,
siblings or anything except he married Nancy Jane Hensley, daughter of
Larkin B Hensley from VA. living in TN at that time. My guess is they married around 1830. They were found
living in Hickman Co., TN 1830 census. First child Elizabeth J was born 1832 in Coles/Clark Co. IL as
were the next four. Last Nancy A was born January 22, 1850 in Lewis Co., TN. It is like he did not exist
until then 1830. I received information he is most likely son of Samuel, or
Richard. Also the son of James Higgins and Catherine Van
Pelt. I am lost in a round Higgins room with no way out. My out would be
1806 back through the 1700's. I would appreciate any help I can get. I am proud to be of the Higgins
family. My mother was a Higgins. Starting with my grandchildren going back to
James K P Higgins, Sr. takes them 8 generations. I have always believed I was
a Scottish descendent, as my name is, Alva. My husband is Scottish. I have gone to the Borough of
Alva Scotland, where my husbands mother is buried. I think it is a great help for the Higgins families to
have this site. I will be checking in often. Thank you for your work and help through this site. Alva
Please see Inquirer's Notes for what is
believed to be the parents of James Knox Polk Higgins.
View 1850 TN Census Scan
James & Nancy Higgins
Some info on this family can be found at
http://www.martygrant.com/gen/hensley/tn/hensley-john-a-lewis-tn.htm
http://www.tngenweb.org/lewis/death_records.htm
John Wesley Higgins, b 25 Jul 1834, IL, d 27 April 1915, Lewis Co, district 3, buried Lewis Monument.
Father: James Higgins, b IL, Mother: Nancy Hensley b IL (buried Pioneer Cemetery, Lewis Co, TN, he married
Eunice C Goodman. His father and mother were not born in IL.)
http://www.tngenweb.org/lewis/pioneer_cemetery.htm
Lewis Co, Tennessee:Pioneer Cemetery, Meriwether Lewis State Park Page
First Middle Last Birth Date Death Date References
(See original web page) Other Information
47 Eunice (or Unis) C. Higgins May 29, 1840 Jan. 3,
1913 A, F, H, K Wife of John W. Higgins.
Inscription: "Weep not for me, friends dear, I am not
dead, but sleeping here." Circa 1927 marker missing
48 John W. Higgins April 27, 1915 April 27, 1915 A, F,
H, K, O
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brendaboen/Our_Family/Kincaid/Hensley/hensley.html
Mentions James Knox Polk Higgins, Sr among others
named in inquiry
. . . . . . .
18 July 2004
NC (1700s) to TN (1800s) to TX (1900s)
The first Higgins ancestor I know of was William Higgins, prob. b. in NC in 1797, then lived in Polk
Co., TN. Then Ananias Higgins b.1822 & d.1874 in Polk Co., TN. His son
George (my g-granddad) moved with his brother Willam Summy Higgins and uncle
W. A. (Billy) Higgins to Deaf Smith County, TX. around 1900.
Judy Benitscheck [email protected]
Subject to verification by inquirer
1880 Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
A. HIGGINS Self M Male
W 57 TN Farmer TN TN
Luvena HIGGINS Wife M Female W 38 TN Keeping House TN TN
Obe HIGGINS Son S Male W 13 TN At Home TN TN
Jennie HIGGINS Dau S Female W 10 TN TN TN
Sarah HIGGINS Dau S Female W 4 TN TN TN
Jacob HIGGINS Son S Male W 2 TN TN TN
Layfatte HIGGINS Son S Male W 1 TN TN TN
Source Information:
Census Place District 4, Polk, Tennessee
Family History Library Film 1255275
NA Film Number T9-1275 Page Number 44C
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1880 Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
A. J. HOOD Self M Male W 56 TN Farmer TN TN
Martha HOOD Wife M Female W 46 TN Keeping House TN TN
James H. HOOD Son S Male W 26 TN At Home TN TN
W. J. HOOD Son S Male W 22 TN At Home TN TN
John HOOD Son S Male W 20 TN At Home TN TN
Lilly HOOD Dau S Female W 18 TN TN TN
Joe C. HOOD Son S Male W 15 TN At Home TN TN
Wm. HIGGINS FatherL W Male W 82 TN Farmer NC NC
Source Information:
Census Place District 3, Polk, Tennessee
Family History Library Film 1255275
NA Film Number T9-1275 Page Number 31A
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1880 Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
George HIGGINS Self M Male W 33 TN Tanner TN TN
Nancy HIGGINS Wife M Female W 32 GA Keeping House GA GA
Ellen HIGGINS Dau S Female W 7 TN TN GA
Mary HIGGINS Dau S Female W 4 TN TN GA
William HIGGINS Son S Male W 11M TN TN GA
Source Information:
Census Place District 4, Polk, Tennessee
Family History Library Film 1255275
NA Film Number T9-1275 Page Number 40D
Additional Resources for this family may be found at
Polk County TN and Texas
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14 July 2004
PATRICK HENRY HIGGINS was born about 1834 in Ireland,
married MARY MARGARET MCCARTY in 1859 in Green Co.
Ohio. They had children JOHN, MAYME, CHARLES, and
BEATRICE in Ohio, moved to Harrison Co. Iowa by 1884.
Patrick and Mary are buried in IA.
Joan (Higgins) Parker [email protected]
View 1900 IA Census Scan
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~iaharris/directories/1905_Residents_Calhoun.htm
1905 Residents of Calhoun Township, Harrison County, Iowa
HIGGINS P. H. farmer
HIGGINS Mrs. M. H.
HIGGINS C. H.
HIGGINS Beatrice
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04 July
2004
Looking for family. My Father was Harry Higgins 1922-1977 b. IL.
d. IN. I'm son from second marriage to Donna Singer-Higgins.
Fathers parents were (I'm told) Harry and Villa Higgins (IL.)
Father's first wife Dolly Johnson-Higgins. I remember a Great aunt and uncle from
my childhood James and Pearl Higgins. Is any of this familiar to anyone? Any help would be greatly
appreciated. Thank You for the forum.
Andrew T. Higgins <[email protected]
1930 United States Federal Census
Harry Higgins Indianapolis, Marion, IN 41 1888 Indiana White Head
Villa Higgins Indianapolis, Marion, IN 33 1896 Wife
Lillian Higgins Indianapolis, Marion, IN 14 1915 Daughter
Ruth Higgins Indianapolis, Marion, IN 11 1918 Daughter
Harry Higgins Indianapolis, Marion, IN 7 1922 Son
View 1910 IN Census Scan
Villa Clouse, age 13, living with her mother
Ida, age 41
and sister Ora, age 11
Census Place: Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana; Roll: 613; Page: ; Enumeration District: 147; Image: 405.0.
& Title: Index to Marriage Record 1911 - 1915
Inclusive Volume 14 Pt. 1 Letters A to K Inclusive
Record Location:
Marion County, Indiana
Original Record Located: County Clerk's Office Indianapolis W. P. A.
Compiled by Indiana Works Progress Administration 1939
Spouse 1: Harry E Higgins
Spouse 2: Villa L Clouse
Marriage Date: 23 Jan 1915
County: Marion
Book: 79 Original Source Page: 511
Birth Date: 12 Nov 1888
To order Birth/Death records go to
http://www.in.gov/isdh/bdcertifs/birth_and_death_certificates.htm
and marriage records
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/indiana.htm
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20 May 2004
Harris (Harrison) Higgins
I am looking for any additional information on Harris (Harrison) Higgins b. 1809 in New York State. Harris
Higgins died 19 Nov 1882, Juanita, Michigan and was laid to rest in Watrosville Cemetery, Tuscola County,
Michigan.
Harris married Speede (Spede, Speedie) Sharp, daughter of Andrew and
Jane Sharp, on 14 March 1836 in Wayne Township, Ashtabula County, OH and the family is
found there until after the 1860 census when they moved to Michigan.
The children for Harris and Speede Higgins are:
James M Higgins b 1847,
Ella C Higgins b 1850
Dwight Higgins b 1851, and
Thatcher Higgins b 1858
All born in Ashtabula County, OH.
Can anyone tell me who Harrison's parents are?
Brothers? Sisters? Where in New York was he born?
Any information would be greatly appreciated and I would be happy to share any and all information I have
on this limb of the family tree.
Sincerely ~ Charlene Huckabee-Hubbard
Contact Charlene
View 1850 OH Census Scan
View 1860 OH Census Scan
View 1870 MI Census Scan
1880 Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Harris HIGGINS Self M Male W 64 NY Laborer CT CT
Speed HIGGINS Wife M Female W 57 NY Keeping House NY NY
Source Information:
Census Place Juniata, Tuscola, Michigan
Family History Library Film 1254607
NA Film Number T9-0607 Page Number 194A
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20
April 2004
Trying to find Ireland/Scotland connection for Isaiah Higgens b.
April 18, 1821 VA, d. September 17, 1895 Peters Twp, Franklin Co, PA married
Sarah LNU b. June 11, 1821 PA d. January 02, 1896 Peters
Twp, Franklin Co, PA, their son Lewis Cass Higgins, b. August 09, 1850,his son
Norman Isaiah Higgins, b. June 20, 1881 his son Earl Dawson Sr
Higgins, b. April 22, 1907. Have no information on family in Virginia, immigration info
etc, etc.
Any and all hints, clues, stories whatever greatly appreciated.
Thanks Jessica gjday4095 @yahoo.com
Related Robert Higgins' Inquiry
View 1860 PA Census Scan for
Isaiah Higgins Family
1880 Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Isaiah HIGGINS Self M Male W 59 VA Plasterer VA VA
Sarah HIGGINS Wife M Female W 59 PA Keeping House PA PA
Isaiah S HIGGINS Son S Male W 19 PA Plasterer VA PA
Source Information: Census Place Peters, Franklin, Pennsylvania
Family History Library Film 1255131
NA Film Number T9-1131 Page Number 240D
Lewis HIGGENS Self M Male W 29 PA Farm Laborer PA PA
Susan HIGGENS Wife M Female W 22 PA Keeping House PA PA
Ida M. HIGGENS Dau S Female W 6 PA PA PA
John HIGGENS Son S Male W
4 PA PA PA
Sallie HIGGENS Dau S Female W 2 PA PA PA
Source Information:
Census Place Peters, Franklin, Pennsylvania
Family History Library Film 1255131
NA Film Number T9-1131 Page Number 226C
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29 March 2004
Here is what I have on William and Nancy Higgins:
William H. Higgins (1776-1780) born in South Carolina
and died in Butts County. Georgia
married Nancy Ashley (1783 or later-1844) of Laurens
Co., SC also died in Butts County, Georgia.
8 children all born in Laurens Co, SC,
David, Sterling, Palmer, James, John, Elizabeth, Joseph and William.
We're hoping to learn who their parents were and if
their parents immigrated and where from.
Jim Gunn [email protected]
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21 March 2004
Great grand parents are from Co. Cork Ireland
Garrett Cody killed in the line of duty 1901, Arlington Massachusetts
Garrett Cody is my Maternal Great Grandfather. His daughter Catherine Cody married
John B. Donahue.
Their daughter Susan Ellen Donahue married Barry L. Higgins who are my parents
Erin M Higgins
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Awaiting Confirmation
Even though husband first name is different(1880
states John), I am assuming relation because of wives
name Hannah (1880 states Johannah) and son name
Garrett in Arlington Middlesex Massachusetts
View 1870 MA Census James
Cody 37 Middlesex Arlington
1880 Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
John CODY Self M Male
W 45 IRE Farm Laborer IRE IRE
Johannah CODY Wife M Female W 45 IRE Keeping House IRE IRE
Garrett CODY Son S Male W 15 IRE At School
IRE IRE
Mary CODY Dau S Female W 13 IRE At School
IRE IRE
Source Information:
Census Place Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Family History Library Film 1254540
NA Film Number T9-0540 Page Number 114B
View 1900 MA Census Garrett
Cody 32 Middlesex Arlington
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March 2004
Looking for all ancestors and descendents of Michael Higgins (born abt. 1844) who married
Ann Devaney (born abt. 1845). Children from this union include
Winifred Mary, Delia, Bernard, Elizabeth, Ann, Michael, Thomas, James, John and
Stephen. Ann remained in Ireland and married a man named Burns. Stephen also remained and
his descendents still live on the family land. Unsure what happened to Michael. He might have immigrated to
Colorado. All other children came to the USA and settled in Essex County New Jersey.
Please email [email protected]
11 Mar 2004
My name is Robert Darrell Higgins. I'm in Orlando, Fl. My dad is
Robert Lloyd Higgins. He lives in or near San Diego. His parents are
Lloyd & Ethel
Higgins. They died in Waycross, Ga. around 1980.
Here is a picture of my grandparents and their children
(my dad & aunts & uncle).
My dad is on the top left.
ROBERT HIGGINS [email protected]
. . . . . . . . . .
27 Feb 2004
My grandfather's name was William Higgins who lived in
Randolph Co. Indiana. He married Ada Haworth.
Added by Webmaster -Awaiting verification
HIGGINS WILLIAM 23 M W OH IN RANDOLPH WHITE RVR 1900
HIGGINS WILLIAM 33 M W IN
IN RANDOLPH NETTLE CRK TWP 1910
Part of the Higgins' family moved to Kansas, Oklahoma
and Texas. Many of them lived in Higgins, Texas. I had
a great, great grandfather, Morgan Higgins, who lived
in Oklahoma and who was a 7 ft. tall Methodist
preacher back in the mid-19th century. My father's
name was Herman M. Higgins born 1900 in Randolph
County Indiana, died 1988 in Pomona, California. He
married Wava Johnson of Losantville, Indiana in
Delaware County. Does this sound familiar to anyone?
Charles Edward Higgins [email protected]
Added 28 Feb 2004 by
the Webmaster
William Higgins married Ada Haworth on 02 Dec 1899
by O. Cox, JP
Williams age listed as 19
Occupation: farmer
Residence: Randolph County Indiana
Brides parent noted as Newton Haworth
Birth Place: Randolph County Indiana
Works Progress Administration. Index to Marriage
Records Indiana: Indiana Works Progress
Administration, 1938-1940.
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Indiana Marriage Records Index, 1845-1920
Groom: Newton Haworth
Bride: Isalina Benson
Marriage Date:28 Nov 1878
County: Randolph
Source: Works Progress Administration. Index to
Marriage Records Indiana: Indiana Works Progress
Administration, 1938-1940
Census Images Newton Haworth in Randolph County Indiana
1900 NEWTON HAWORTH 42 M W IN IN RANDOLPH WHITE RVR
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1 Scan
2 )
1910 NEWTON HAWORTH 51 M IN IN RANDOLPH WHITE RVR
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1910 Scan)
1930 Census
Herman Higgins, Head of family, Male, White, Age 29,
Age entered into this marriage 23,
Born Indiana, Both parents born Indiana.
Occupation Farmer.
Wava Higgins, Wife, Female, White, Age 27,
Age entered in this marriage 23,
Born Indiana, Both parents born Indiana
No occupation listed
Charles E Higgins, Son, Male White, Age 3,Born Indiana.
Mary A Higgins, Daughter, Female, White,
Age 1 & 7/12ths years.
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IRELAND - USA
Can you help
12 Feb 2004
My paternal grandmother's two sisters emigrated to the USA in 1913 from Cobh. They came from
Ballyglass, Kilmovee, Ballaghadreen, Co. Mayo.
Their names were Mary Higgins (born 1896) and Catherine Higgins (born 1899). Mary married
John Kennedy from Blessington, Co. Wicklow and Catherine married
John Cawley from Moygara, Ballymote, Co. Sligo (not sure of dates). Catherine and John had
two sons, one of which died from a drowning accident in 1944 aged 17 years.
I would like to trace the families of these 2 women somewhere in the USA. Does anybody have any idea as
to how I could do this with the limited information I have?
Regards Louise Murray
Carrick-on-Shannon Co. Leitrim Ireland
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ILLINOIS
20 Jan 2004
I am looking for
William Higgins who married Ann Black in 1830 in Lanark, Scotland. They came to US
sometime after. In 1836 they had their first son, James in PA. Then had second son
John in 1842. There is possible a daughter Elizabeth. It is also
possible that they lived in IN on their way to IL. That is where I pick up the trail.
Ann, James and John lived in Cumberland Co., IL and show up on 1870
census. James served in Civil War on Union side. I lose John after the 1880 census, but do know that he
and wife Sarah had a daughter Daisy b. 7 Feb 1886,
(1900 Census states July 1887). I know they had other sons and daughters but have lost
them after that. I come from James who married Rose Anna
Partlow. James Higgins, age 64, and Anna, age 35, in 1900 census
in Crooked Creek Township, Cumberland County. and James Higgins, age
74, 1910 census,
in the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in
Danville, Vermillion County, Illinois.
If anyone can help please e-mail me at [email protected].
Ken Higgins
[View 1870 Illinois Census Scan
Ann Higgins 74]
James Higgins 81,
John Higgins 28
1880 Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
John HIGGINS Self M Male W 40 PA Farmer
IRELAND SCOTLAND
Sarah HIGGINS Wife M Female W 26 IN Keeping House
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Joseph HIGGINS Son S Male W 8 IL PA IN
Rosetta HIGGINS Dau S Female W 6 IN PA IN
Chester A. HIGGINS Son S Male W 3 IL PA IN
Rebecca J. HIGGINS1 Dau S Female W 1 IL PA IN
Stephen A. HIGGINS2 Son S Male W 4M IL PA IN
[View
1900 Census image of
Stephen's military service
in Philippines in 47th Infantry]
Notes
1MISSING 1
2HCP ENTRY
Source Information:
Census Place Union, Cumberland, Illinois
Family History Library Film 1254184
NA Film Number T9-0184 Page Number 592C
[ View 1900 IL Census Scan]
Microfilm records of the Danville Illinois Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/di/955__002.htm
from Ancestry.com Database
Illinois Marriage Records, 1851-1900
Name: HIGGINS, JAMES
Spouse: PARTLOW, ANNIE
Marriage Date: 2 Aug 1887
County: Clark State: IL
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ILLINOIS
18 Jan 2004
On 21 SEP 1848 Samuel Higgins married Mary Hays in
Jasper Co., IL.
I believe I found this family on page 175 (89) of the
4 SEP 1850 census in Homer Champaign Co., IL.
Line 20 Family 20 is as follows:
Samuel Higgins, age 25, male, blacksmith, born IL
Mary
24 female
born OH
William Barns
20 male
born Indiana
Hanna M
16 female
born Penna
Isabel A. Hays
7 female
born in Ohio
Charles Hays
5 male
born in IL
View this 1850
IL Census Scan Added
02 May 2004
Suspect Isabel and Charles are niece and nephew of Mary. I am looking for children of Samuel and
Mary.
My great grandmother, Theresa Alvira Higgins,
whose mother reportedly was Mary Hays, born in Ohio and
father was Higgins, born in IL, was born in Sep 1850
supposedly in Jefferson Co., IL. Moved to California about 18
months of age but can not find her there until 1870 when she
married there.
Trying to confirm parents of Theresa.
Leonard Riley III"
[email protected]
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