Seventh Generation

177. Ada M. MAYBERRY⁵² was born in 1857 in Missouri.⁵² She died in 1896 at the age of 39 in Logan County, Arkansas.

One of the census enumerators made an error. In 1860, the child age three was a female named Ada M. In 1870, there was a thirteen year old male named Edward. When the article about sister Minnie was written for Goodspeed, it appears that Minnie's siblings could be listed males first and then the females. One of those in with other sisters is "Aid". It's my best guess this child born in 1857 WAS a female and was named Ada - the census enumerator may have heard "Ade" and thought he heard "Ed" and made two and two come out five.

Database online gave a marriage for Ada to William Simpson Biggs about 1876; he is said to have been b. 1855 in Chattanooga, d. 1906 in Paris, Logan Co AR.

1880 Census. Short Mountain Twp, Logan Co AR, Hh 328
W. M. S. Biggs, age 25, b. TN as were his parents
Ada age 23, wife, b. MO, parents b. NC
C. P., son, age 3.

Ada is said to have died 1896 and be buried Paint Rock Cemetery, Paris, Logan Co AR. The census of 1900 would seem to indicate that perhaps Biggs married again prior to that census except for the fact that it indicates he has been married to the present wife for 24 years - she has had 7 children, six living, and six are listed. This man is listed as "Sim" Biggs and he is the correct age to be William Simpson Biggs but not born in Tennessee. The children except for the youngest have been assigned by other researchers as Ada's. There is definitely a problem with this census - perhaps it lay with the census enumerator. Here is the data:
1900 Census. Short Mountain Twp, Logan Co AR, Hh 372
Sim Biggs, b. Jan 1856, age 44, married 24 years, b. AR, parent b. TN
Lucy A., wife, b. May 1861, age 39, married 24 years, 7 children, 6 living, b. AR, parents b. Alabama
Viola N., daughter, b. Feb 1881, age 19. Charlie M., son, b. Jan 1883, age 17. Dee N., son [database shows her as a daughter, Decurah Virginia], b. Mar 1885. Bismarc, son, b. Feb 1887, age 13. John H., son, b. May 1890, age 10.
and Carl. W., son, b. Apr 1900, age 2 months.

Biggs is said to have married Lucy A. Ogg, 13 Nov 1898 in Logan Co. Their children were Carl Estes Biggs, b. Apr 1900 and Arlis Biggs, born 21 Sep 1903.

In 1910, Short Mountain Twp, I found Lucy A. Biggs, age 47, widowed. She had had 4 children, all living. She was born in Ohio, as were her parents. Living with her was Carl, son, age 10 and Arlis, son, age 6 [their father b. TN]. [Since she stated she had 4 children, I suspect two of the older children listed in 1900 were her children by a former marriage and were not Biggs children at all. FindAGrave does how she was first married to Franklin Sedwick by whom she had sons Charles William & Frank Sedwick - however, they don't seem to be with her in 1900. Frank Sedwick is reported to have married his stepsister, Decurah Virginia Biggs.]

FindAGrave has the first wife of William Simpson Biggs listed as Ada M. Driggs - a Post'Em note on WorldConnect suggests this may because of an article stating Biggs wife's father had founded the community of Paint Rock and that person was known to have been a Driggs. There's no doubt Ada's father Charles Mayberry was an early settler in the area as well.
Buried Paint Rock Cemetery:
William Simpson Biggs, b. 30 Jan 1855, Hamilton Co, TN, d. 17 Mar 1906, Paris, Logan Co AR. Parents were Preston Biggs and Priscilla Catherine Betts, also buried at Paint Rock.
His second wife was Lucille "Lucy" A. Ogg, b. 1864, d. 1927 in Stigler, Haskell Co, OK and is buried Antioch Cemetery there.

Ada M. MAYBERRY and William Simpson "Sims" BIGGS were married circa 1876 in Logan County, Arkansas. William Simpson "Sims" BIGGS died on 17 March 1806 in Paris, Logan County, Arkansas. He was born on 30 January 1855 in Hamilton County, Tennessee.

FamilySearch.org.
W.S.M. Biggs and Mrs. L. A. Sedwick, certificate of marriage 13 Nov 1898. Rec. Book E, p. 289, Logan Co, AR. He was 43; she was 36

Ada M. MAYBERRY and William Simpson "Sims" BIGGS had the following children:

268	i.	C. P. BIGGS was born in 1877 in Logan County, Arkansas. There is a Logan Co Marriage, C. P. Biggs, born 1877, to Lillie Jackson, Marriage license dated 26 Jul 1895 - they were both age 18. J. H. Myers, married them 28 Jul 1895.
269	ii.	Viola N. BIGGS was born in February 1881 in Logan County, Arkansas.
270	iii.	Charlie M. BIGGS was born in January 1883 in Logan County, Arkansas.
+271	iv.	Decurah Virginia BIGGS was born in March 1885 in Logan County, Arkansas. 3 Mar 1902. C. W. Sedwick, age 19, took out license to marry Miss D. V. Biggs, age 17, both of Paris, Logan Co. B. R. Lovit, Minister of the Gospel married them on the same day. They were stepsiblings, married just about four years after their parents married.
272	v.	Bismark BIGGS was born in February 1887 in Logan County, Arkansas.
273	vi.	John B. BIGGS was born in May 1890 in Logan County, Arkansas. There is a Marriage license issued to John B. Biggs, 29 Apr 1910, to marry Miss Cordie L. Philips. He gave his age as 18, her as 15. There were married by J. W. Gillham, on May 1st.