The following short sketch of his life is written by himself:
"When between five and
six years old,
I removed with my parents
to Clermont County, Ohio.
I married Keziah String, February
11,1819.
Soon after I moved to Cincinnati.
About the first of May,1832,
my father and mother,
Isaac and Sophia Higbee, John
H. Higbee and wife,
John T. Kerr and Margaret,
his wife
(who was my wife's sister),
myself and wife Keziah,
and a few months later Elias
Higbee and wife, were all baptized into the
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints.
About April 1st we all
emigrated to Jackson County, Missouri.
When I arrived there I sent
Elias Higbee to the land office to enter eighty acres of land on the Big
Blue,
in what was Lyman Wight's
settlement.
The Bishop traded the land,
twenty acres to my father,
thirty to Elias, and thirty
to me.
When we were driven out
of Jackson County,
Joseph Smith (the Prophet)
was in need of money to pay
his lawyers, etc.
I gave the Bishop leave of
my land to help
Joseph to settle his debts
which I presume he did.
I was driven from my home
in Jacksonn County,
and crossed the Missouri river
into Clay County,
November 9, 1833.
The day was very rainy.
That night my son was born."
Reference: LDS Biographical
Encyclopedia. Jenson, Andrew 1951. Volume: 1 Page: 480-481.