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SANDERS HILL
CEMETERY, Henrietta Twp, Lorain Co., OH
Cemetery Inscriptions of Lorain County, Ohio
HIGGINS
Catharine, dau Aaron & Artemia, no dates
Edwin G., son A & A, d Dec 18, 1817, 18y 9m 10d
James R., son A & A, d Sept 30, 1856
Inf. son LN & DA, d Jan 11, 1870, 4m 5d
Norman, eldest son A & A, d Oct 10, 1827, 9y 6m 22d
Carrie, no dates
Burial
Location of above children's parents at RIDGEVILLE CENTER Cemetery [NEXT
ENTRY]
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RIDGEVILLE CENTER Cemetery, Ridgeville Township
http://home.centurytel.net/lorgen/cemetery/RG-2Ridgeville.html
HIGGINS ,Solomon, d Dec 28, 1840, 75y
...
HIGGINS, Aaron, d Jan 14, 1867, 74y
HIGGINS, Ortenia, wife, d May 11, 1866, 68y 7m
(Best census connection)
Census
Higgins Aarron 57 N Y Henrietta, Lorain, OH 1850
HIGGINS AARON 66 M W NY OH LORAIN ELYRIA 1860
Also On Site
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HIGGINS, Francis A., husb, Mar 9, 1833-Aug 20, 1863
McILVAINE, Ursula HIGGINS, 1834-1918
...
(Best census connections)
HIGGINS URSULA 36 F W OH OH LORAIN ELYRIA TWP 1870
Household:1880
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
George W. MCILVAIN Self M Male W 57 PA Supreme JudgeOf Ohio PA PA
Ursula L. MCILVAIN Wife M Female W 48 OH Boarding OH OH
Floyd MCILVAIN Son S Male W 24 OH At School PA OH
Isabell MCILVAIN Dau S Female W 20 OH At School PA OH
Carrie MCILVAIN Dau S Female W 16 OH At School PA OH
Source Information:
Census Place New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio Family History Library Film 1255072
NA Film Number T9-1072 Page Number 148A
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Lima Sunday News (Lima, Ohio) Monday June 23 1919
MICHAEL HIGGINS CALLED BY DEATH
-Prominent Gardner and Farmer Passes Away At St Ritas Hospital Sunday Afternoon-
Michael J. Higgins, 55, prominent farmer and gardener living two miles from this city
on the East High
Street Road, died at 2:30 pm Sunday afternoon at St. Rita's Hospital. Funeral
service will be held at 9:30
o'clock Wednesday morning at St. Rose Church with requiem high mass.
Burial will be at Gethsemint
Cemetery.
Mr. Higgins was born in Ireland,t own of Cork and came to Cincinnati where he located for a time and then
came to Lima in 1889.He took up the gardening business on the East High Street
Road, where he became well and favorably known. He established one of the largest
business of the kind in this locality and operated it until seven years ago when he turned it over to the
younger generation.
Mr. Higgins then purchased a large farm nearby, where he lived until his
death. He was a prominent member of
the St Rose church and was a past officer of the Vegetable Growers Association of America thru which he
is widely known.
He leaves his wife Mary E.,two sons, Carl and Maurice, two daughter Margaret and Enella all at home;
two sisters the Misses Nora and Margaret Higgins, of Cincinnati and four brothers, Maurice of
Lima, James E ,John P. and William of Cincinnati
HIGGINS MICHAEL 36 M W IREL OH ALLEN BATH TWP 1900
Img1 &
Img2
which includes Michael's brother Maurice living next door.
HIGGINS MICHAEL 45 M W IREL OH ALLEN BATH TWP 1910
HIGGINS MARY 59 F W OH OH ALLEN BATH 1920 Img 1 &
Img2
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Source: A Portrait and Biographical Record of Allen and Van Wert
Counties, Ohio Published in Chicago by A,W. Bowen Inc. 1896
Hon. James F. Higgins, Mayor of Van Wert, Ohio, is a son of Ralph
P. and Laura M. (Doup) Higgins, and was born in Shelby County,
Ohio, August 31,1850. Ralph P. was born in Hamilton County, Ohio,
December28, 1823,while his wife was born in Frederick County, Maryland. They were married in Shelby
County, in 1852,lived on a farm until 1873,and then moved to Piqua,
Miami County, where Mr. Higgins is passing his declining years in
retirement. They had born to their marriage three children, in the following order:
William H., deceased; Edward D., of Denver, Colorado and James
F., whose name opens this paragraph. The father is, as well as his
wife, are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; in politics he is a
Republican, is Trustee of his township and for many years was Justice of the
Peace; he has been very successful in life, still owns two farms,
aggregating 260 acres in Shelby County, Ohio, and has always been
regarded, wherever he has lived, as an upright and intelligent gentleman. Mayor
James F. Higgins was reared on the home farm in Shelby County,
Ohio, until thirteen years of age, when, in 1873,he was taken by his family to Miami
County, and finished his schooling at Piqua, after which he resided with his Uncle, E.R. Doup, in Brooklyn, New
York, and for two years remained with said uncle, and in 1879,came to Van
Wert, Ohio, in the capacity of buyer and shipper for the same gentleman,
which position he held until 1885,when, in connection with his brother, William
Higgins, then a resident, of New York City, he established the firm of
Higgins Bro., lumber merchants, which continued in the trade until the
decease of William, in 1891. In 1894, James F. Higgins, was elected Mayor of Van
Wert by the Republican Party, with whom he stands high in favor, as he
does, indeed, with the public in general ,and took possession of his office April 13,of
the same year. His marriage took place in Covington, Kentucky, to Miss Lulu E.
Brown, a native of Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, and a daughter of
Orlando and Josephine Brown, now deceased, and this union has been
gladdened by the birth of one child, Ralph Pendry, Jr Mr. and Mrs. Higgins are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church and paternally he is a Knight of Pythias, whose ranks his fine appearance and manly
proportions greatly adorn. In all his attributes of manhood and useful citizenship stands
conspicuous among his fellows, and few men in Van Wert County have as wide and varied
acquaintance as he, or have made a strong impression on the public mind.
In his early youth formed a determined purpose to succeed, and his position
socially, and his standing in the business world, are proofs that so far in life this purpose has
been fully realized; and ,judging by the past it is safe to predict for him a future of still greater
honor and usefulness. He is a man of positive convictions, firm in his adherence to what he considers
the right, and in the performance of his official functions has proved a most careful and impartial
public servant. Mr. Higgins is characterized by a strong and vigorous
personality, is dignified in bearing, and impresses all with whom he comes in
contact as a typical representative of the sturdy and intelligent manhood for which the great Commonwealth
of Ohio has been noted.
Household:1880
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Ralph HIGGINS Self M Male W 56 OH Farmer OH VA
Laura HIGGINS Wife M Female W 49 MD Keeping House MD MD
Source Information:
Census Place Spring Creek, Miami, Ohio
Family History Library Film 1255049
NA Film Number T9-1049
Page Number 311C
View 1920
KY census Scan HIGGINS TROY 20
MAGOFFIN MIDDLE FORK
1930 census Middlefork,
Magoffin, KY
Troy Higgins About
1895 Kentucky Head
Della Higgins About
1900 Wife
Lacy Higgins KY About 1918 Son
Maggie Higgins KY About 1920 Daughter
Johnnie Higgins About 1922 Son
Thelma Higgins About 1924 Daughter
Ethel Higgins About 1923 Daughter
Social Security Death Index
Troy Higgins 8 Jun 1899 Aug 1985 Carey, Wyandot, Ohio
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The Washington Post, (Washington , D.C.) November 13, 1905
-STRIKE BREAKER SHOT DOWN-
-Two bullet Wounds Found in Back and Revolver Near Body-
Newark, Ohio, November 12th- Charles Higgins, twenty-five years
old, an employee in the Wehrle Stove Foundry, where a strike has been on since
June, was shot and killed this morning by an
unknown person on Railroad Street. Two bullet holes were found in his back. The police discovered a revolver near where
Higgins body was found. George Curlin of Elwood City Pennsylvania,
a striking polisher at the Werhle Factory has been arrested on suspicion. Higgins' home was at
Fort London Pennsylvania.
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06 Dec 2005
Ross County, Ohio Marriage Records Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne Public Library, 1975
Grooms
Higgens Jeffrey to Jones, Mary E.
January 9,1851
Higgins, Alexander to Pepple, Malissa May 22, 1884
Higgins, Henry to Hayes, Virginia E. September 17,1876
Higgins, Maurice to O'Conner, Mary E. February 10, 1881
Higgins, Samuel to Henry, Lettie
February 10,1879
Higgins, Samuel to Rose, Rosa
January 5, 1882
Higgins, William to Brown, Margaret December 25, 1865
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1863-1864 Cleveland Ohio City Directory
Higgins, Charles,
boards 45 Main
Higgins, Christopher, Laborer,
h 84 Oregon
Higgins, Cornelius,
house West River Alley
Higgins, Daniel,
house 463 West River
Higgins, Elizabeth, Mrs.
bds 45 McLean
1860 Census HIGGINS ELIZABETH 52 F W
ENG OH CUYAHOGA CLEVELAND
includes Higgins, Thomas, Painter, house 45 McLean
Higgins, George H., ship carpenter,
h 53 Birch
Higgins, Henry, Gardener,
house 24 Wilson
Higgins, John, Laborer,
house 21 Erie
Higgins, Morris,
house West River n. Franklin
Higgins, Patrick,
h. West River n. Franklin
Higgins, Patrick, Laborer,
house 167 Lake
Higgins, Thomas, Painter,
house 45 McLean
Higgins, Thomas J., Telegraph Operator, bds 175 Lake
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http://www.kentontimes.com/dailychiefunion/obits/obit080504.html
Della Higgins Ohio
CAREY � Della Higgins, 14479 CH 3, Carey, died at her
residence at 4:40 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2004. She was 103.
Born in Salyersville, Ky., on Dec. 17, 1900, she was a daughter of Samuel J. and
Nancy Lee (Brock) Caldwell. She and Troy Higgins were married April 28, 1916. He
died Aug. 12, 1985.
Surviving are five daughters, Maggie Luzader, Thelma
Duffield, Mona Taylor and Opal Morrison, Carey; and Ann
Schalk, New Riegel; 40 grandchildren; 96 great-grandchildren; and 73 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by four sons, John, Lacy, Robert and infant
Grover Higgins; two grandsons; a great-grandson; six brothers; and two sisters.
Mrs. Higgins was a homemaker who loved her garden and flowers.
She was affiliated with the Baptist church. The funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at
Stombaugh-Batton Funeral Home in Carey, with the Rev. Bill Mahan officiating. Burial will be in Spring Grove
Cemetery, Carey. Visitation is at the funeral home from 2-9 p.m. Friday.
Memorials may be made to Dorcas Carey Public Library or Bridge Home Health and Hospice in care of
Stom-baugh-Batton Funeral Home, 225 W. Findlay St., Carey OH 43316.
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http://www.scioto.org/Scioto/Marriage/1800-1900/H.html
SCIOTO
COUNTY (Ohio) MARRIAGES
~ H ~
Higgans, Eunice
Baccus, Eza Jan 7, 1841
Higgins, Anna
Brown, George
Jun 14, 1808
Higgins, Elizabeth
Bennet,
Joshua J. Aug 10, 1836
Higgins, John
Bennett, Patsy
Feb 22, 1806
Higgins, Katharine
Bowen,
Thomas Nov 15, 1825
Higgins, Maria
Cole, Marcus
Apr 3, 1819
Higgins, Nancy
Monrow, Ira Oct
2, 1833
Higgins, Polly
McDowell,
Abraham Jan 29, 1826
Higgins, Rebecca
Rickards,
John Apr 16, 1834
Higgins, Robert Burns Simonton, Matilda Apr 7, 1853
Higgins, Sarah
Moer, Henry Dec
25, 1834
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Higgins, Nancy J
Hott,
Philip Sep 15, 1859
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http://www.scioto.org/Ross/marriage/1851-1900/F.html
ROSS
COUNTY MARRIAGES
2 Free, JM
Higgins, Mary 25
Jul 1888
Freshour, Millard
Higgins,
Lucy B. 27 Mar 1879
1880 Census Household:
Name
Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation
Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Millard
FRESHOUR Self
M Male
W 26
OH Painter
OH OH
Lucy
FRESHOUR Wife
M Female
W 23
OH Keeping House
ENG ENG
Source Information:
Census Place Bainbridge, Ross,
Ohio
Family History Library Film
1255063
NA Film Number
T9-1063 Page Number 326A
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http://www.scioto.org/Jackson/marriage/1815-1850/H.html
Jackson
County Marriages: 1815-1850 - H
Higgins,
John A
Arthur, Grandial Jun 8, 1844
Higgins,
William D
Rush, Martha J Aug 7, 1847
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Jackson
County Marriages: 1851-1900 - H
Higgens,
Henry Joshua Pewters, Elizabeth Nov 9, 1861
Higgins,
Emily A
Spicer, John A Feb 25, 1864
1880
Census Household:
Name
Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation
Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
John
E. SPICER Self M
Male W
40 OH Clerk
In Store VA
OH
Emley
A. SPICER Wife M
Female W
29 OH Keeping
House OH VA
Clarence
M. SPICER Son S
Male W
14 OH
OH OH
Ida
M. SPICER Dau S
Female W
12 OH
OH OH
Minne
B. SPICER Dau S
Female W
10 OH
OH OH
Source
Information:
Census Place Zaleski, Vinton, Ohio
Family History Library Film
1255074 NA Film Number T9-1074 Page
Number 105C
Higgins, Mary A
Thomas, John W Feb 13, 1865
from 1909 History of Miami County, Ohio
A. P. HIGGINS
http://www.TDN-Net.com/genealogy/stories/biograph/biog-fl/1035.htm
A P HIGGINS, retired farmer; P.O.- Fletcher; was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, July, 1819, and is a son of
John V. and Ann (Pendrey) Higgins; he was a native of New Jersey, and she of Virginia; now both are deceased.
A. P. assisted his father on the farm, and attended the common school; at the age of 11 years he, with his parents, moved from Hamilton to Shelby Co., where he continued farming until 16 years of age, at which time he engaged in the cabinet-maker's trade, which remained his occupation until 1848, when he purchased a farm of 60 acres in Shelby Co.; he located there, and remained seven years, then sold out and purchased 90 acres in Spring Creek Township, where he remained until
the spring of 1866, when he sold it; he purchased his present farm of 117 acres in Sec. 18, Brown
Township, Miami Co., where he now resides, and is well situated; he owns good, substantial buildings, located on the Piqua and Urbana Pike. His marriage with
Priscilla Mendenhall was celebrated Nov. 15, 1843; she was born in Miami Co., Ohio, July,
1825; they have seven children - Josephine and Joseph (twins, the latter died at the age of 9 months),
John William (who died in infancy), Charley W. (died at the age of 26 in 1878),
Ellen E. (died in 1877) and Wilber, who is now occupied in teaching school, which profession he has been engaged in since 14 years of age.
View 1870 OH Census Scan
Alexander HIGGINS age 50
Added 18 Jun 2005
1880 Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Alex P HIGGINS Self M Male W 60 OH Farmer
NY VA
Prissella HIGGINS Wife M Female W 54 OH Housekeeper NC VA
John V HIGGINS Son S Male W 34 --- Salesman
OH OH
Wilbur HIGGINS Son S Male W 19 --- Teacher
--- ---
Source Information:
Census Place Brown, Miami, Ohio
Family History Library Film 1255049
NA Film Number T9-1049 Page Number 29A
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http://www.rbhayes.org/databases/soldiers/index/alpha/h.htm
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
Civil War Soldiers Alphabetical Index
Name:
FRANCIS HIGGINS
Age: 25
Status: ENLISTED
Date: 11/29/1861
Place: LIVERPOOL, OHIO
Company: G
Regiment: 72
State of Regt: OHIO
Term: 3YR
Branch: INFANTRY
Rank In: PRIVATE
Rank Out: PRIVATE
Disposition: DISCHARGED, DISABLED
Date(s): 02/17/1862
Notes: CAMP CHASE
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Name:
LAWRENCE HIGGINS
Age: 24
Status: ENLISTED
Date: 12/22/1861
Place: FREMONT, OHIO
Company: C
Regiment: 72
State of Regt: OHIO
Term: 3YR
Branch: INFANTRY
Rank In: PRIVATE
Rank Out: PRIVATE
Disposition: DESERTED
Date(s): 02/22/1862
Notes: CINCINNATI
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GEORGE W HIGGINS
http://www.TDN-Net.com/genealogy/stories/biograph/biog-fl/3173.htm
George W. Higgins, one of the highly esteemed business residents of Piqua, where he is a member of the drug firm of
Hedges & Higgins, is a native of Shelby county, Ohio, and a son of J. G. and
Elizabeth (Knox) Higgins. His education
was secured in the rural schools of his native county and in 1893 he came to Piqua, where he secured employment in
the drug store of A. H. Bates. Later he was with C. G. Piercey, from whose employ be went to that of
P.I. Hedges. In 1904 he went to St. Mary's, Ohio, where he was identified with the same line of business until 1911, then returning to
Piqua and acquiring an interest in the business of P. I. Hedges, the firm since having been known as
Hedges & Higgins.
This is one of the modern establishments of Piqua, carrying a full line of drugs, medicines, toilet articles, etc., a feature of
its business being the prescription department. Mr. Higgins is not only a good business man of known integrity and
worth, but a citizen who has lent his public-spirited assistance to the furtherance of various beneficial enterprises. During the war period be served as a recruiting agent for the merchant marine service. He is active socially, being a member of the Piqua and Rotary clubs, and a consistent member of the Green Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
View 1910 OH Census Scan
George W Higgins age 39 Boarder
View 1920 OH Census Scan
George Higgins age 50 Roomer
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WILLIAM HIGGINS, M. D.
http://www.TDN-Net.com/genealogy/stories/biograph/biog-fl/1281.htm
William Higgins, M.D., retired physician and capitalist, Piqua. Dr. Higgins, a native of Pennsylvania, was born in
Westmoreland Co. in 1818 his youth was spent on a farm, attending school during, winter, and later received the benefit of an academic course; he graduated from the National Medical College at Washington, D. C., in 1840, and
commenced practice the same year at Carlisle, Coshocton Co., Ohio, where he continued until 1848, when he removed
to Zimmerman, Greene Co.; here he remained, enjoying an extensive practice, until 1871, when he removed to Piqua,
and retired from practice, having accumulated a respectable fortune; his time is now occupied in brokerage and looking
after his real estate interests, which are quite extensive besides owning a number of valuable tracts in this vicinity, he has a fine farm of 500 acres in the Wabash Valley, near Terre Haute, and another near Marion, Ind. Dr. Higgins is
emphatically a self-made man, having started in life with nothing, and worked his way up through many difficulties and embarrassing circumstances. He married Aug. 3, 1848, Miss
Belle Williamson, of Fairfield, Greene Co., Ohio the fruits of this union have been three
children-Julius (Higgins), now a resident of Richmond, Ind., James
(Higgins), who died at the age of 24, and
Willie (Higgins), also deceased.
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http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Hardin/HarJackson.htm
Added 14 February 2002
JAMES M HIGGINS, farmer. P. O. Forest, is a son of
William Higgins, who was born April 22, 1805, near
Philadelphia. Penn., and died in Hardin County, Ohio,
in 1858. He was raised in his native State and was married in Fayette County, in 1826. to Mary A,
daughter of David Trissler. She was born near
Hagerstown, Md., December 22, 1807. They came to Ohio
in 1831, stopping in Jefferson County, but in 1836
came to Hardin County, settling on Section 2 of
Jackson Township, where he entered forty acres of
land, he was a stout, hearty man, energetic and industrious, and erelong he had transformed the
handiwork of nature into open and productive fields.
He had eleven children - David, Mary A., Eliza,
Christina (who married, and at her death left a
family), William, Margaretta, John J., Frances M.,
James M., Amanda E. and George W. Of this family our subject was the ninth, and was born in Jackson
Township April 11, 1844. He has always resided in the
county and followed farming, save nine months during the late war. He is a live, energetic, tidy and
practical farmer, owning 140 acres, well improved in
modern style. His wife was Miss Annie R., daughter of
Jasper M. Pimperton. She was born in Hardin County, and they have one child- Eva..
JOHN J HIGGINS,
Farmer, P. O. Forest, is a brother of J. M. Higgins, whose sketch
appears in this volume.
John J Higgins was born in Jackson Township, February 9, 1841.
He has always resided in Hardin County and followed
farming, and is now the owner of 229 acres of
well-improved land in Jackson Township. This he cleared and improved himself, and has it stocked with
good cattle, sheep, hogs and horses. He was married to
Nancy M daughter of Nathaniel Miller, of Hancock
County, where she was born in 1840. They have a family of four children.
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http://www.tdn-net.com/genealogy/m-county/probate/pro-h.htm
Probate Court Index 1807 - 1900
Miami County Ohio
Reading from left to right, each line reflects:
the date the case was probated; the person or organization the case
apply to; the type of case; the Case Number, and the Probate
Court Book and Page.
May 1855 Higgins, Frank Criminal 02575 ---- ----
24 Aug 1865 Higgins, George Habeas Corpus 04173 A1 0279
24 Aug 1865 Higgins, Mary Habeas Corpus 04173 A1 0279
24 Jan 1880 Higgins, Mary B. Insanity 06104 3 0298
14 Feb 1884 Higgins, William Insanity 07317 5 1586
09 Jan 1893 Higgins, William Estate 10267 8 3359
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http://www.tdn-net.com/genealogy/m-county/marriage/marriage.htm
Marriage Index 1807-1873
Miami County Ohio
Catharine Higgins, John Blackwell,
1847
Ellen R. Higgins, John Howland,
1872
Jonathan Higgins, Betsey Bodd,
1813
Josephine Higgins, Thomas Sheeley, 1868
Ralph P. Higgins, Loro M. Doup,
1852
Thomas Higgins, Mary J. Anderson, 1848
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Marriage Index 1875-1880 Lawrence County
http://www.lawrencecountyohio.com/marriages/12/marr12h_m.html
Higgins, John T. Bryant, Susan page 42
Layne, Frank Higgins, Maggie
page 419
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Lawrence County, Ohio Marriage Indexes Volumes 18-20 1895 -1905
http://www.lawrencecountyohio.com/marriages/18_20/marr18_20h.html
| Higgins, Anna |
18 |
254 |
Bride |
| Higgins,
Berdie |
19 |
506 |
Bride |
| Higgins,
Charles F. |
19 |
556 |
Groom |
| Higgins,
Cornelia |
19 |
152 |
Bride |
| Higgins,
Delbert |
19 |
570 |
Groom |
| Higgins, Lecta
R. |
18 |
303 |
Bride |
| Higgins, Lewis
B. |
18 |
303 |
Groom |
| Higgins, Mary
A. |
20 |
350 |
Bride |
| Higgins, Mary
J. |
20 |
72 |
Bride |
| Higgins,
Mintie |
18 |
606 |
Bride |
| Higgins,
Robert J. |
20 |
165 |
Groom |
| Higgins,
Willard J. |
18 |
158 |
Groom |
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http://www.lawrencecountyohio.com/civilwar/obits/cwobits.htm
BOWLING
Daniel Bowling, 86, a veteran of the Civil War, died this morning at 8 o�clock at his home in Greenup after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held Friday at the Stapf Mortuary parlor in Greenup with interment at Wakefield, Ohio.
He is survived by 17 children and his widow, Mrs. Clara Mitchell
Bowling, to whom he was married last fall.
The following children survive:
Mrs. Lucinda Luther, Johnson, Ky.; Mrs. Louise Collins, Prestonsburg; Mrs. Juliana
Higgins, Jackson, O.; Mrs. Martha Sloan, Hillsboro; William Bowling, Boone County, Ky.; John Bowling, Boone County; Burbridge Bowling, Greenup; Joe Bowling, Floyd County; Mrs. Fannie Gibson, Greenup; Sheridan Bowling, Greenup; Mrs. Anna
Greathouse, Pike County, Ky.; Taylor, Edwin, Ernest, Grace, William and Pearl Bowling, all at home. Four children preceded him in death.
Ironton Evening Tribune, 8 May 1930, Thursday, Page 9.
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HIGGINS
Colonel John M Higgins, well known Portsmouth man and a native of this county, died Monday night at his home in Portsmouth after an illness of several years. colonel Higgins was born November 20, 1842, at Pine Grove Furnace, this county, and located in Portsmouth in 1851. He was for a quarter of a century advertising manager of
the old Daily Blade and was quite prominent in Scioto county politics. He was a veteran of the Civil War and was wounded at the battle of Perryville. He is survived by a wife and one son,
Hugh H Higgins, traffic manager of the Portsmouth Street Railway and Light Company. The funeral services will be held this
afternoon at 3 o�clock at the family residence, 627 Seventh street, Portsmouth.
Morning Irontonian, 18 February 1920, Wednesday, Page 3.
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Scans:
HIGGINS JOHN M 58 M W OH OH SCIOTO
PORTSMOUTH 1900
HIGGINS JOHN 67 M W OH OH SCIOTO
PORTSMOUTH 1910
HIGGINS JOHN 77 M W OH OH SCIOTO WAYNE 1920
This census was taken on January 7th & 8th 1920 and he passed away prior to 18 February 1920 when
the obituary above appeared
Census images for his son Hugh Higgins
HIGGINS HUGH H 34 M W OH OH SCIOTO PORTSMOUTH
1910
HIGGINS HUGH 43 M W OH OH SCIOTO PORTSMOUTH 1920
RELIC OF CIVIL WAR
R J Higgins of Coal Grove, recently came into possession of the sword of Capt.
Wm Smith, who was shot in a battle in the Shanendoah valley, four miles from Winchester. At the time Capt. Smith was shot Mr. Higgins, who was color bearer of his company, had his cap knocked off by the sword of Capt. Smith as he fell. The ball entered the head just above the ear. As it was known to be a mortal wound, Levi Jacks was detailed to take Capt. Smith home. He died at Parkersburg enroute to his home and his body was sent on to his home at Aid Ohio. He was about 35 years of age at the time of his death. The sword came into the possession of James Jenkins, a brother-in-law of Capt. Smith, who turned it over to Mr. Higgins because of his intimate associations with him just prior to his death.
Capt. Smith was a son of Arch Smith, a resident of Aid Township, Lawrence county, Ohio. It will be remembered that Capt.
Uriah Payne and Capt. Smith recruited Company H, of the Ninth W. Va. Infantry in 1861 and was stationed at
Guyandotte, W. Va. and was captured in October 1861. Capt. Smith had gone home the day before the battle and was not captured and as Capt. Payne was captured, Capt. Smith, then a Lieutenant, the command of the company fell to him and was commanded by him until his death. The company numbered about thirty-five men the morning Capt. Smith was killed. Rube Shattuck and Ed. Brown were also killed. In forty years, the number has gone down from fifty-three to a very few. The names of the ones living are Sergeant
R. J. Higgins, Sergeant Amos Lambert, Joseph Fitzer, E. Woods, William Hankins, John Willis, L. Massie, Gains Massie, M. A. Smith, brother of Capt. Smith, Abner Anderson, David Gossett, George Faultner James Darling and James Craig.
Ironton Register, 11 October 1906, Thursday.
. . . . . . . . . .
Census of the 1890 Civil War Veterans
and Widows
http://www.lawrencecountyohio.com/census/1890/1890GH.html
HIGGANS John W. Windsor
HIGGINS David W. Perry
HIGGINS James D. Mason
HIGGINS Reuben J. Upper
HIGGINS Thomas Ironton
. . . . . . . . . . .
Chaplain Wm. T. O'Higgins 10th OVI [Ohio
Volunteer Infantry]
Courtesy of and Copyright � L. M. Strayer Collection
http://www.ohiocivilwar.com/cw10.html
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1866&dept_id=135450&newsid=5384107&PAG=461&rfi=9
Mrs. Lillie Lorena Higgins Lyle
September 16, 2002
Mrs. Lillie Lorena Higgins Lyle, 92, of Dalton went
home to be with the Lord Friday evening, Sept. 13,
2002, at Quinton Memorial Health Care Center.
Mrs. Lyle was born Aug. 17, 1910, in Bradley County,
Tennessee, daughter of the late Robert Henry and Nancy
Mary Ann (Haddock) Underwood. Mrs. Lyle also was
preceded in death by her first husband, D.H. Higgins
Sr.; her second husband, Lavator Lyle; son, Richard
Higgins; daughters, Inez Smith and Louise Babb;
sisters, Geneva McElroy, Doshie Frazier and Della
Scoggins; brothers, William "Bill" Underwood, Columbus
Underwood and Melton Underwood.
Mrs. Lyle worked for many years and retired from
Carolyn Chenille. She was a charter member of Happy
Valley Baptist Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Frances E. Turnquist of
Atlanta; a number of grandchildren,
great-grandchildren, several nieces, nephews,
great-nieces and great-nephews.
Services are today at 2 p.m. from the chapel of
Ponders Funeral Home with the Rev. Jack Palmer
officiating.
Mrs. Lyle will be laid to rest at Good Hope Baptist
Church Cemetery.
The family received friends Monday.
Condolences may be sent to
lylefamily@pondersfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are by Ponders Melrose Chapel, 138
Melrose Drive, Dalton.
�Daily Citizen 2002
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Added
25 March 2003
http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/
Title: The biographical encyclop�dia of Ohio of the nineteenth century.
Publication date: 1876.
Thomas W Higgins
b. 18 June 1825
s/o John Higgins & Parnelle Ashley
Higgins,
Thomas W. Lawyer was born Jun
18, 1825. He is the second son of four children, the issue of John
Higgins and Parnelle Ashley. His father was a native of
Vermont an agriculturist and lawyer who settled in Knox county, Ohio in
1810. Here he accumulated considerable property was prominently identified
with public enterprises and died March 1, 1874. The mother of our
subject was born in New Hampshire and died in 1831 while Thomas was but
six years of age. Deprived so early in life of a mother's tender care.
it would not have been a surprising if he had grown up with a less
vigorous moral constitution. Happily the wise guidance of the father
gave bent and force to his good inclinations and fitted him for a useful
part in life. Until his seventeenth year he alternated between the farm
in the summer and the district school in the winter. He did not confine
himself to the restricted curriculum of the country school, but extended
his course of reading to works of a higher order. In 1845 he entered
Oberlin College where for several years he applied himself industriously
to the classic and general literature. During his collegiate course, he
taught school for one term. In 1850 he went to the law school at Balston
Spa, New York and was subsequently admitted to the bar at Albany
NY
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1880 Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Thomas W. HIGGINS Self M Male W 55 OH
Lawyer VT OH
Isabella HIGGINS Wife M Female W 43 ENG
Keeping House ENG ENG
Allis HIGGINS
Dau S Female W 22 OH
Music Teacher OH ENG
William HIGGINS Son S Male
W 19 OH
Laborer OH ENG
Belle HIGGINS
Dau S Female W 16 OH
At Home OH ENG
Frank HIGGINS
Dau S Female W 6 OH
OH ENG
Nellie HIGGINS
Dau S Female W 5 OH
OH ENG
Meniel HIGGINS Dau S Female W
2 OH
OH ENG
Source Information:
Census Place Pee-Pee, Pike, Ohio
Family History Library Film 1255058
NA Film Number T9-1058 Page Number 117B
