An Irish Drummer's Legacy
 

A Submission from Thomas & Rennie Higgins
Date: 01 August 2005
Area: Ireland, USA 

My husband, Thomas Alan Higgins and I are doing some ancestor searching. Tom's great grandfather was born in Chillicothe, Ohio and served in the Civil War in the 73rd regiment as a drummer boy. (His parents were from Ireland) We were wondering if any of the Higgins on your site might have had relatives from Chillicothe? Father was born in Minnesota and moved to South Dakota, later back to Minnesota and then to Park Ridge, Illinois.

Thanks so much,
Rennie and Tom Higgins tomrenhig@sbcglobal.net  

Here is my Higgins information:

James Hamilton (B. 1793) 
   married Margaret ? in Ireland, 
   They had a daughter, Mary Hamilton 
          (B. 1823 in Ireland, D. March 25, 1904)
          She married Daniel Higgins (B 1813 in Ireland)

Their Children:
   a - Mary Higgins 
          Born Dec 9, 1844 Ross County, Ohio
          Died May 30, 1901
   b - Fannie Higgins 
          Born Sept 22, 1846 Ross County, Ohio
   c - John C Higgins 
          Born Nov 26, 1849 Ross County, Ohio 
          Died Dec 28, 1945
   d - James Higgins 
          Born June 5, 1852: 
          Died June 8, 1892
   e - Thomas Higgins 
          Born Dec 15, 1855; 
          Died Mar 11, 1879
   f - Charles Higgins 
          Born Oct 11, 1858 
          Died Nov 10, 1860 Hennepin County, MN

John C Higgins  
   Born Nov 26, 1849 at Chillicothe, Ohio Ross County, Ohio 
   (Enlisted in Union Army regiment #73 Company "H" at the age of 12 
      - was a drummer boy throughout the entire war. 
      - said to have met Lincoln at Gettysburg which is where his regiment was
         at the battle of Gettysburg and after.)

                        

John C Higgins 
   married Emma A. Getchell May 3, 1883 at Afton, MN
              B. Dec 19, 1858 at Detroit, MI; died Jan 6, 1914 MN

Their children:
  a - Harry Getchell Higgins 
           Born Feb 16, 1884 at Lakeland, MN; 
         Died Sept 27, 1962 at Evanston, IL
  b - Fannie Higgins 
         Born Jul 23, 1885 at Lakeland, MN;
         Died Sept 16, 1923
  c - William E Higgins 
         Born Aug 26, 1893 at Lakeland, MN; died 1959
  d - Frank H Higgins 
         Born Jul 20, 1895 at Lakeland, MN; died 1947

Harry Getchell Higgins B Feb 16, 1884 Lakeland, MN. Married Alice Bell Bacon B Jan 21, 1887 at Minneapolis, MN; Died Jan 12, 1955 at Evanston, IL
(Lived in Ryder, North Dakota after their marriage with a man named Judge Dickinson, but soon moved to Baldwin, ND to open the Baldwin State Bank. When the war came in 1912, and a recession occurred and the bank failed. Harry and his family had to move to another ND town and eventually they settled in Minneapolis where they remained for most of their lives.) 

  Their children:
     a - John Allen Higgins 
            Born Aug 2, 1913 at Baldwin, ND; 
            Died Oct 18, 1965 at Evanston, IL
     b - Harry Getchell Higgins, Jr. 
            Born Jan 18, 1915 at Baldwin, ND
     c - Evelyn Elva Higgins 
           Born Sept 28, 1917 at Baldwin, ND

Harry Getchell Higgins, Jr. B Jan 18, 1915, 
  Harry attended the University of Minnesota, then joined the Navy and served during World War II. He then moved his family to Dayton, Ohio and was the administrator of the Miami Valley Hospital. He then moved to Illinois and became the administrator of the University of Illinois Research Hospital in Chicago.) married on Nov 25, 1939 at Minneaplois, MN to Margaret Estelle Radermacher Born Dec 13, 1917 at Gilbert, MN; Died Aug 13, 1987 at Park Ridge, IL.

 Their children:
     a - Thomas Alan Higgins (Living) 
            Born in Minneapolis, MN
     b - Margaret Ann Higgins (Living)
            in Dayton, OH

 
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