The State of Kentucky, USA

06 May 2012

Source: N.A.R.D. notes, Volume 22, Issue 8 - By National Association of Retail Druggists (U.S.)- Published 1916
J. T. Higgins died May 8th, at his residence, 716 West Fourth street, Owensboro, Ky. Mr. Higgins was born at Knottsville, August 31. 1840. He was commissioned assistant surgeon of his regiment during the Civil War. After the war he conducted the Planters House Drug Store at Owensboro, for a number of years. He is survived by his wife and three children.

Source: History of Daviess County, Kentucky, together with sketches of its cities, villages, and townships, educational religious, civil military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, biographies of representative citizens, and an outline history of Kentucky (1883)

J. T. Higgins, born in Knottsville Precinct, Daviess Co., Ky., Aug. 31, 1840, is a son of John B. and Eliza (Higdon) Higgins, His father was born at Greenbrier, Va., in 1812 and died in November, 1882. His mother was born in Nelson County, Ky., and is now living with her son in Owensboro aged sixty-one years.
There were two children — J. T. and Henry, both residents of Owensboro. Mr. Higgins came to this city with his parents when small and was educated here and at St. Joseph's College, Bardstown, Ky. In 1855 he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. J. W. Compton, now of Evansville, Ind. The next year he went into the drug store of S. J. Howard, to learn the trade of a druggist. He was there a year and then went to St. Joseph's College and remained a part of two years. He then returned to Owensboro and resumed the study of medicine with Drs. J. W. Compton and J. F. Kimbley, with the intention of becoming a physician. He remained with them a year and a half when the war broke out, and he went with Dr. Kimbley, as a medical cadet, in the Eleventh Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. In the spring of 1862 he was commissioned Assistant Surgeon of the regiment and served until October, 1864, when he was discharged at Bowling Green, Ky. After his return to Owensboro he was appointed Deputy Sheriff, under J. G. Harrison, and held that office a year. In 1866 he went into the sewing-machine business, having four counties under his supervision. In 1874 he formed a partnership with V. P. Wells in the drug business, under the firm name of Wells & Higgins. At the end of the year Mr. Wells retired, J. W. Carter taking his place and changing the name to Carter & Higgins. Feb. 1, 1876 they sold the business to J. C. Schrader. In August, 1876, Mr. Higgins opened a store in Knottsville, but only remained there till October, 1877. Jan. 3, 1878, he opened a store in Owensboro on Third street, where he remained two years and then removed to his present location, known as the Planters' House drug store. Dec. 20, 1865, He married Kate N., daughter of Richard S. and Mira (Riley) Windsor. She was born in Daviess County, and educated at Louisville, Ky., and St. Francis Academy, Owensboro. They have three children — Eloise, John K. and Robert P. Two children, Ida M. and Joseph, died in infancy. Mr. Higgins has been connected with the Catholic church from his infancy. Mrs. Higgins's father died in 1818 and her mother in 1858.

HIGGINS-J-T-M-W-KY-KY-DAVIESS-3-WD-OWENSBORO-1910 Image 1 & 2
1910; Census Place: Owensboro Ward 3, Daviess, Kentucky; Roll: T624_472; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0033; Image: 987
Name Age
J T Higgins 69
Kate N Higgins 63

HIGGINS-JAMES-T-59-M-W-KY-KY-DAVIESS-3-WD-OWENSBORO-1900
1900; Census Place: Owensboro Ward 3, Daviess, Kentucky; Roll: 517; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 27
Name Age
James T Higgins 59
Kathren N Higgins 50
Eloise Higgins 33
John K Higgins 35
V Eliza Higgins 86

HIGGINS-JOHN-47-M-W-IN-KY-DAVIESS-OWENSBORO-P_O-1860
1860; Census Place: District 1, Daviess, Kentucky; Roll: M653_364; Page: 666; Image: 166
Name Age
John Higgins 47
Eliza Higgins 36
James T Higgins 20
Henry Higgins 17 

HIGGINS-JOHN-36-M-W-IN-KY-DAVIESS-OWENSBORO-P_O-1850

1850; Census Place: Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky; Roll: M432_198; Page: 349B; Image: 13
Name Age
John B Higgins 36
Eliza Higgins 27
Jas T Higgins 10
Henry Higgins 7

MUSTER ROLL OF THE ELEVENTH KENTUCKY VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT
Higgins, James T., Private, D Co, 20 yrs, 14 Sep 61 at Rochester, KY. Appointed Hospital Steward 9 Dec 61 at Calhoun, KY. May-Jun 62 AWOL. Commissioned as 2nd Assistant Surgeon (vice L. L. Pinkerton, resigned) on 25 Jan 63. Promoted to 1st Assistant Surgeon (vice Samuel P. Simpson, resigned) on 31 Jan 64. Jul-Aug 64 sick at Marietta, GA. Discharged 17 Dec 64 at Bowling Green, KY.
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Civil War pension records show James T. Higgins received
an invalid's pension (Application # 1049817 & Certificate # 925641) on
August 25,1891 for his service as Assistant Surgeon of 11th Regiment of Kentucky Infantry. He died May 8, 1916. His wife Kate N. Higgins received a widows pension May 22,1916. (Application # 1066592 & Certificate # 811146)

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01 Jan 2012

http://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/flint/obituary.aspx?n=william-higgins&pid=154712290&fhid=4728

HIGGINS, William S. - age 85, of Flint, died Monday, November 21, 2011 at his residence. Services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at Sharp Funeral Homes, Miller Road Chapel, 8138 Miller Rd., Swartz Creek. Those desiring may make memorial contributions to McLaren Hospice or Flint Area Unity Council of Alcoholics Anonymous. Mr. Higgins was born December 5, 1925 in Salyersville, KY, the son of Virgil McKnight and Emma Lisa (Adams) Higgins. He was a veteran of the U.S. 13th Army Air Corps serving during World War II. Mr. Higgins married Ruth Darlene Brevard on March 6, 1948 in Angola, IN and she preceded him in death on July 30, 2009. He was a truck driver with Anchor Motor Freight for many years and a member of Teamsters Local 580. Bill had over 49 years of sobriety and was an active member of Alcoholics Anonymous. He was able to attend the 2010 World AA Conference in San Antonio. Bill loved gardening and fishing and shared that passion with his children and grandchildren. He also was active in the Boy Scouts for many years. Surviving are: four children, Cathy Stewart of Flint, Gary (Carol) Higgins of Corunna, Bruce (Debbie) Higgins of Linden, Greg Higgins of Swartz Creek; nine grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and one great great-grandchild; sister, Edna Briggs; special friend, Diane Owen; special fishing partner, Ralph and many others; his AA taxi, Jim S. The family extends a special thank you to the staff of Woodhaven, McLaren Visiting Nurses and McLaren Hospice. Thanks for sharing your love with us and all your friends, Dad, you will be greatly missed by many. Friends may share an online tribute on the obituaries page of sharpfuneralhomes.com

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=74039&GRid=35449694&;
Cornelia Howard Higgins
Birth: 1861 Kentucky, USA
Death: Jan. 26, 1956 Magoffin County Kentucky, USA
Burial: Gardner Cemetery Salyersville Magoffin County Kentucky, USA

Social Security Death Index
Name: Virgil Higgins
Last Residence:41465 Salyersville, Magoffin, Kentucky, USA
Born:25 Aug 1885 Died: Oct 1969
State (Year) SSN issued: Kentucky (Before 1951)

Kentucky Death Index
Name: Branch W Higgins
Death Date:6 Jun 1941 Death Place: Magfn
Age:89 Residence: Magoffin
Volume: 32 Certificate:15723

Kentucky Death Records
Name: Branch Wishop Higgins
Death Date: 6 Jun 1941 Death Location: Magoffin
Age:89 Gender: Male Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: 3 Feb 1852
Birth Location: Salyersville, Kentucky
Spouse's Name: Nelis Higgins Father's Name: John Higgins
Father's Birth Location: Kentucky
Mother's name: Phoebe Howard Mother's Birth Location: Kentucky

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Branch W. Higgins
Birth: Feb. 6, 1852 Kentucky, USA
Death: Jun. 6, 1941 Magoffin County, Kentucky, USA
Burial: Gardner Cemetery Salyersville Magoffin County Kentucky, USA

1930; Census Place: Salyersville, Magoffin, Kentucky; Roll: 767; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 206
Name Age (No Image Available)
Virgil Higgins 44
Lissie Higgins 43
Paul Higgins 19
Harald Higgins 18
Anna Higgins 11
Edna Higgins 7
Billie Higgins 4

1930; Census Place: Salyersville, Magoffin, Kentucky; Roll: 767; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 209
Name Age (No Image available)
Branch Higgins 78
Corelia Higgins 70
Eugene B Higgins 40
Rosa Higgins 25
Wise Higgins 23
Candace Higgins 22

HIGGINS BRANCH 67 M W KY KY MAGOFFIN SALYERSVILLE 1920

His son Virgil is listed on the bottom of above census with his wife & children on page 2

1920;Census Place: Salyersville, Magoffin, Kentucky; Roll: T625_589; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 68; Image: 824
Name Age
Virgil Higgins 34
Lessie Higgins 32
Paul Higgins 11
Harold B Higgins 7
Anna Mae Higgins 1

Kentucky Death Records
Name: John Higgins Death Date: 17 Jan 1911
Death Location: Magoffin Age:88
Gender: Male Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: 21 Nov 1822 Birth Location: Breathitt, Kentucky
Father's Name: Thomas Higgins
Father's Birth Location: North Carolina
Mother's name: Rebecca Walter
Mother's Birth Location: Breathitt, Kentucky

HIGGINS BRANCH W 59 M W KY KY MAGOFFIN SALYERSVILLE 1910

1910; Census Place: Salyersville, Magoffin, Kentucky; Roll: T624_494; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0101; Image: 298
Name Age
Virgil Higgins 24
Malisse Higgins 22

HIGGINS BRANCH 48 M W KY KY MAGOFFIN MEADOWS 1900

1900; Census Place: Meadows, Magoffin, Kentucky; Roll: T623_541; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 56
Name Age
Branch Higgins 48
Cornelia Higgins 39
Daisy Higgins 17
Virgil Higgins 14
Phoebe Higgins 12
Mollie Higgins 10
Eugen Higgins 8
Wise Higgins 6
July Higgins 1

HIGGINS-BRANCH-W-28-W-KY-KY-MAGOFFIN-MEADOWS-1880

1880; Census Place: Meadows, Magoffin, Kentucky; Roll: 431; Page: 604D; Enumeration District: 125; Image: 0522
Name Age
Branch W. Higgins 28
Cornelia Higgins 19
Rebecca Higgins 1

HAGANS-JOHN-45-M-W-KY-KY-MAGOFFIN-SALYERSVILLE_P_O-1870

1870; Census Place: Precinct 4, Magoffin, Kentucky; roll: M593_484; Page: 375B; Image: 758
Name Age
John Hagans 45
Pheby Hagans 35
Branch Hagans 18
Rebecca Hagans 15
Nancy Hagans 8
Joseph G Hagans 4
John T Hagans 6/12

HAGINS-JOHN-36-M-W-KY-KY-MAGOFFIN-LICKING_STATION_P_O-1860

1860; Census Place: , Magoffin, Kentucky; Roll: M653_385; Page: 472; Image: 48
Name Age
John Hagins 36
Pheba Hagins 23
Branch Hagins 8
Amanda J Hagins 6
Rebecca Hagins 4
B Howard Hagins 2

Kentucky Birth Records
Name: Branch Hagins Birth Date: Feb 1852
Ethnicity: White Gender: Male
Father's Name: John Hagins
Mother's name: Phebe Howard

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30 Apr 2011

Source: Kentucky Pioneer And Court Records: Abstracts of Early Wills, Deeds and Marriages from Court Houses - By Mrs. Harry Kennett McAdams

This Bible record was found in a family file at the Kentucky Historical Society. It is the Higgins/Moore Bible from Fayette County Kentucky that was in the possession of Mary Elizabeth Coons and donated by Anna Gertrude Carter.

William Higgins and Lydia Smith marriage January 7, 1808
Thomas L. Moore and Mary Ann Amanda Higgins marriage January 27, 1829
Aaron D. Higgins and Elizabeth Shy marriage July 11, 1841

William Higgins was born May 29, 1786
Lydia Smith was born May 28, 1790
Aaron Durrette Higgins was born October 17, 1808
Mary Ann Amanda Higgins was born January 5, 1811
Frances Smith Higgins was born May 31, 1813
Malinda Catherine Higgins was born June 8, 1815
William Franklin Higgins was born July 17, 1817
Eliza Jane Higgins was born December 26, 1819
Drucilla Winn Higgins was born December 22, 1822
Charles Thomas Higgins was born February 27, 1832
Franklin Blackwell Moore was born February 1, 1830
Eliza Jane Moore was born April of 1839
Thomas Winn Moore was born May 6, 1841
Lydia Minerva Moore was born March 38, 1843
Amelia Barthenia Winn Higgins was born April 29, 1846
Simeon Shy Higgins was born February 10, 1850
William F. Higgins died June 24, 1824
Eliza Jane Higgins died March 6, 1839
Lydia Higgins died March 13, 1841
Frances S. Higgins died October 25, 1841
Mary Ann Moore died February 26, 1835
William H. Moore died September 12, 1836
Malinda C. Moore died April 29, 1843
Drucilla W. Moore died March 17, 1846
William Higgins Sr. died October 26, 1847
Sarah Ann Elizabeth Higgins June 18, 1852
Aaron D. Higgins died March 20, 1853
Charles Thomas Higgins died January 21, 1856

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30 Apr 2009

Source: History of Kentucky By William Elsey Connelley, Ellis Merton Coulter - Published by The American Historical Society, 1922

Higgins Family.
Mary F. Higgins Rodes, widow of the late Dr. William Rodes of Lexington, is a member of the historic Higgins family of Kentucky and in the maternal line represents the Webbs of old Virginia and Kentucky. The successive generations of these families leading down to her own are traced briefly in the following paragraphs.

I. William Higgins had land surveyed for himself in King William County, Virginia, in 1720. He had seven sons and one daughter, William, Moses, Aaron, Captain James, John, Joel and Jesse. All were probably soldiers in the Revolutionary war. Aaron was the first to come to Kentucky, and claimed a settlement and preemption of land for himself and his brother, Captain James, on the South Fork of Licking River, in the year 1776. (Fayette Preemptions, Book I, page 227-8.) After this he went back to Virginia, but returned to Kentucky in 1783, with all his brothers, their wives, children and household goods. Embarking at Pittsburg on flatboats, they came down the Ohio River into the Licking River, landed and built a fort called the Higgins Blockhouse, about 1 1/2 miles from Cynthiana. This fort consisted of seven or eight log houses built on precipitous rocks thirty feet high, with a strong picket fence on the exposed sides. In this fort the Higgins brothers
lived until their preempted land was surveyed for them.

II. Joel Higgins (1748-1807) was an ensign in the Revolutionary war in Virginia, and after the surrender of Cornwallis migrated with his brother to Kentucky and died in Lexington. His family consisted of his wife, Drucilla, two sons, Richard and William, a daughter Mildred, who married John Chinn, and a daughter Mary, who married a Mr. Richardson.

III. Richard Higgins (1770-1843) was born in Caroline County, Virginia, and migrated to Fayette County in 1788. He died in Lexington and was prominent in all the affairs of early Lexington, serving as a justice of the peace, county surveyor and sheriff of the county, in all of which offices he exercised a skill, fidelity and discretion which gave universal satisfaction, and he was personally esteemed by all with whom he came in contact. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, being one of those at the decisive battle of the Thames. His wife was Sally Allen, daughter of Richard and Ann (Wisdom) Allen, who migrated from Spottsylvania County, Virginia, in 1786, to Fayette County and settled in the South Elkhorn neighborhood.

IV. Joel Higgins, who was the grandfather of Mrs. William Rodes, was born in 1802 and died in 1859. He was a native of Fayette County, and was educated in Transylvania College. He was one of those benevolent, public spirited citizens who always had the good of the community at heart. His old home is still standing on High Street, where he and his wife dispensed true Southern hospitality and where their five boys grew to manhood. He sleeps in the beautiful Lexington Cemetery, of which he was one of the incorporators in 1849, and in the spot he selected for himself and family.

His wife was Ann Louisa Gibson (1804-1881), daughter of Rev. Randal Gibson (1766-1836), and his wife, Harriet McKinley (1771-1837), daughter of John McKinley and his wife, Mary Connelly, who were married, 1763, in Cork, Ireland, and immigrated to Mount Royal Forge, Maryland, where most of their children were born. The McKinley family can be traced to the original MacDuff of Shakespeare's Macbeth, and belonged to a clan to which James II and many of the kings of Scotland and the earls of Fife belonged. John McKinley was a captain in the Revolutionary war, and afterwards joined Colonel Crawford's ill-fated expedition against the Indians, was captured and killed.

Rev. Randal Gibson was the son of Gideon Gibson, who married Mary O'Connell in Virginia, removed to South Carolina, but, not being pleased, remained there hut a short time. He determined with others to join the rest of the family, who had already settled in Sumner County, Tennessee. They went to the Holstein country, built flatboats, and several hundred started up the Cumberland River, but they were pursued by such a murderous fire from the Indians that they were compelled to drift out into midstream and go down the river into the Ohio, finally getting into the Mississippi, and landed, quite unintentionally, at Natchez. The Gibsons were quite prominent in introducing Methodism into Mississippi, and Randal Gibson was the first man to endow a college in the vast Mississippi territory. He gave the land on "which Jefferson College is built in Washington, Adams County.

V. In the fifth generation of this family is John Allen Higgins, father of Mrs. Rodes. He was born in Lexington in 1831 and died in 1880. He was educated in Transylvania College and divided his time between his southern plantation in Arkansas on the Mississippi River and his farm in Fayette County on the Paris Pike. He married at the age of twenty-one Bertie Chinn Webb, of Scott County, Kentucky, and they were the parents of eight children, five daughters and three sons.

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http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kyfayett/dunn/higgins_joel.htm
JOEL HIGGINS' MANSION -Lexington Avenue, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky - Built 1826

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kyfayett/dunn/higgins_mcclelland.htm
MRS. HIGGINS - MCCLELLAND HOME - #315 N. Broadway, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky -Built 1838

http://www.kentuckydar.org/captjmck_patriots.htm
Patriot Ancestor List For Captain John McKinley Chapter
KSDAR - Lexington, Kentucky

Kentucky Death Records
Name: Miss Annie Gibson Higgins Death Date: 3 Oct 1931
Death Location: Fayette Residence Location: Fayette
Gender: Female Ethnicity: White
Father's Name: Joel Higgins Father's Birth Location: Kentucky
Mother's Name: Ellen Curran Mother's Birth Location: Kentucky

Name: Margaret Alice Higgins Death Date: 30 Sep 1940
Death Location: Fayette Residence Location: Fayette
Age: 69 Gender: Female Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: 18 May 1871 Birth Location: Warren, Mississippi
Father's Name: Major Joel Higgins Father's Birth Location: Lexington, Ky
Mother's Name: Ellen Curran Mother's Birth Location: Mobile Alabama

1850; Census Place: District 2, Fayette, Kentucky; Roll: M432_199; Page: 215; Image: 204
Name Age
Ann L Higgins 45
Joel Higgins 47
Joel Higgins 16
John H Higgins 18
Randall S Higgins 20
William Higgins 14

HIGGINS JNO A 38 M W MS KY FAYETTE 4-WD LEXINGTON 1870
Name Age
Jno A Higgins 38
Bettie C Higgins 37
Sue Higgins 16
Joel Higgins 15
Son Higgins 13
Mary Higgins 10
Alice Higgins 8
Sallie Higgins 4
Webb Higgins 2

Household:1880
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
J. Allen HIGGINS Self M Male W 50 KY Farmer KY MS
Bettie HIGGINS Wife M Female W 48 KY KY MS
Sue HIGGINS Dau S Female W 26 KY --- ---
Joel HIGGINS Son S Male W 21 KY --- ---
Lou HIGGINS Dau S Female W 22 AR --- ---
Mary HIGGINS Dau S Female W 20 KY --- ---
Alene HIGGINS Dau S Female W 18 AR --- ---
Sallie HIGGINS Dau S Female W 14 KY --- ---
Webb HIGGINS Son S Male W 10 KY --- ---
Robert HIGGINS Son S Male W 9 KY --- ---
Source Information:
Census Place Dog Fennel, Fayette, Kentucky
Family History Library Film 1254412
NA Film Number T9-0412
Page Number 164B

a bio of a related line

http://www.harrisoncountyky.us/biographies/surnames-s-t-u.htm
Higgins C. Smith, M.D.

Source: Perrin, William Henry, Ed., History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882, p. 723 (Leesburg Precinct).

HIGGINS C. SMITH, M.D.; P.O. Leesburg; son of F.C. and Agnes (Chinn) Smith, born in 1847. His father, Frances C., was born in 1814, and he and wife are still living. She being the daughter of John Chinn and Mildred (Higgins) Chinn; the former was born August 2, 1766, and died March 8, 1839, and the latter was born July 24, 1776, and died July 20, 1819. His grandfather, John Smith, was one of the most prominent citizens of Harrison County in his day; filling at one time the office of Justice of the Peace and for several years Sheriff of Harrison County. Dr. H.C. Smith was a student at the colleges of Georgetown and Harrodsburg in this State, and graduated in medicine in the class of 1869, at Bellevue Hospital, New York. In 1870 he began the practice of his profession at Georgetown, Kentucky, remained there one year, then located at Leesburg, where he has since been in active practice and is regarded by his neighbors as a physician of ability.
His father resides eight miles from Cynthiana on the Lexington and Cynthiana Pike, and is engaged in farming, being the breeder of short horn cattle and Cotswold sheep. Dr. Smith has four living brothers. Samuel L. is a broker at No. 40, Wall Street, New York. Francis B. is a farmer of Harrison and is interested in fine stock. Marcus A. is a practicing attorney at Tombstone, Arizona Territory, and James J. is in Colorado. Mother and all of her sons are members of the Christian Church at Leesburg.

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21 Jan 2009

Source: History of Kentucky ;Judge Charles Kerr -Editor, by WILLIAM ELSEY CONNELLEY and E. M. COULTER, Ph. D. ,THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY , CHICAGO AND NEW YORK,1922

Rev. John Martin Higgins. Although the Rev. John Martin Higgins, pastor of St. Peter's Catholic Church at Stanley, has been known to the people of this city for only a comparatively short period, he has already impressed the community with his zealous and disinterested work in the cause he serves and has given evidence of the possession of qualities which must assuredly call forth general admiration and commendation, even from those who differ most sharply with him theologically and politically.
Father Higgins was born at Grayson Springs, Grayson County, Kentucky, October 19, 1889, a son of Thomas Henry and Mary (Tully) Higgins, the former the youngest of seven children of Thomas and Catherine (Monaghan) Higgins. The grandparents of Father Higgins were born in Ireland, as were all of their children except Thomas Henry, whose birth took place at Bowling Green, Kentucky. The mother of Father Higgins was born at Louisville, Kentucky, the third eldest of eleven children born to Mike and Anna (Lyons) Tully, who were also natives of Ireland and early emigrants to Kentucky.
Father Higgins was reared on his father's farm in Grayson County, where he secured his early education in the public schools. His later literary training was received at St. Charles' College, Ellicott City, near Baltimore, Maryland, where he completed a six year course and was graduated June 13, 1913, and his theological and philosophical studies were prosecuted at St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, where he was given the degree of Master of Arts in 1918. In the latter year he was ordained a priest of the Catholic Church at Louisville by Bishop O'Donoghue, and his first charge was at Owensboro, where he was assistant pastor of St. Stephen's Church from June 19, 1918. to June 15, 1919. On the latter date he became pastor of St. Peter's Church at Stanley, a very important parish, the congregation comprising about 1,000 souls and a splendid parochial school taught by six Sisters and having an attendance of 225 pupils enrolled in 1920. This school was
established in 1911, in which year the congregation ceased to worship in a church house two miles south of Stanley and began to attend their present church at Stanley. St. Peter's is one of the oldest Catholic churches in Daviess county. It was established as a mission and was first served by Rev. Fr. Fruhwurth. The resident pastors have beet: as follows: Rev. Peter Thomas Faunt, 1874 to 1880: Rev. F. J. Croghan, 1880 to 1890; Rev. J. J. Abell, 1889 to 1891; Rev. Joseph Ncesen, a few months in 1892; Rev. John H. Riley, 1892 to 1893; Rev. James J. Pike, 1893 to 1899; Rev. John F. McKearney, 1890 to 1909; Rev. Thomas F. McGuire, for a few months in 1910; Rev. Joseph Odendahl, 1910 to 1913; Rev. Richard Maloney, 1913 to 1919; and Rev. John Martin Higgins, 1919 to the present.
Rev. Fr. Higgins is a member of the Knights of Columbus and as a citizen is patriotic and public- spirited. His sincere piety, intense moral earnestness great industry, kindliness and spirit of tolerance have made him beloved by his flock, prosperous in the affairs of his parish and established in the confidence of the Church, and have likewise gained him the good-will and assistance of those of other creeds without which no priest considers that he has achieved the fullness of success.

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HIGGINS THOMAS 56 M W IREL KY GRAYSON GRAYSON SPRING P O 1870
Name Age
Thomas Higgins 56
Catharine Higgins 52
Thomas Higgins 12
Patrick Higgins 22
Vincent White 55

Household:1880
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Thomas HIGGINS Self M Male W 65 IRE. Farmer IRE. IRE.
Catharine HIGGINS Wife M Female W 63 IRE. Keeping House IRE. IRE.
Thomas H. HIGGINS Son S Male W 22 KY Farm Laborer IRE. IRE.
Jonnie PHILLIPS Cousin S Male W 11 KY IRE IRE
Source Information:
Census Place Leitchfield, Grayson, Kentucky
Family History Library Film 1254416
NA Film Number T9-0416
Page Number 453B

HIGGINS THOMAS H 32 M W KY KY GRAYSON E LEITCHFIELD PCT 1900
Name Age
Thomas H Higgins 41
Mary Higgins 32
John M Higgins 10
Willie F Higgins 8
Annie M Higgins 7
Twlley M Higgins 5
Charley F Higgins 1
Mark P Higgins 3/12
Jo Wibble 19

HIGGINS THOMAS H M W KY KY GRAYSON LEITCHFIELD 1910
Name Age
Thomas H Higgins 52
Mary M Higgins 42
John M Higgins 20
William T Higgins 18
Anna M Higgins 17
Michael T Higgins 15
Charles F Higgins 11
Mark P Higgins 10
Mary C Higgins 8
Joseph H Higgins 6
James P Higgins 4
Anthony B Higgins 6/12
Aloysius Higgins 6/12

HIGGINS T H 61 M W KY KY GRAYSON LITCHFIELD 1920
Name Age
T H Higgins 61
Mary M Higgins 51
Mike T Higgins 24
Chas F Higgins 21
Pat M Higgins 19
Mary C Higgins 18
Joe H Higgins 15
James P Higgins 13
Anthony B Higgins 10
Aloysius B Higgins 10

HIGGINS JOHN M 30 M W KY KY DAVIESS 3-DIST 1920
Reverend John M. Higgins in 1920 census

11 Jun 2008

http://www.interment.net/data/us/ky/jessamine/campnels/index_hii.htm

Camp Nelson National Cemetery
http://www.campnelson.org/history/cemetery.htm
Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky

Higgins, Charles, b. 03/04/1928, d. 03/12/1976, US
Army, PVT, Res: Lexington, KY, Plot: E 0 76-C, bur.
03/16/1976
Higgins, Emma C, b. 08/22/1924, d. 11/30/1986, US
Army, CPL, Res: Lexington, KY, Plot: I 0 558, bur.
12/05/1986
Higgins, Minnie, b. 06/08/1910, d. 06/01/1983, Res:
Lexington, KY, Plot: I 0 1033, bur. 06/06/1983
Higgins, Obediah, d. 02/04/1866, Plot: B 0 629, bur.
02/04/1866
Higgins, Roy A, b. 02/04/1924, d. 03/12/1986, US Army,
TEC5, Res: Lexington, KY, Plot: I 0 849, bur.
03/17/1986
Higgins, Varnell C, b. 12/10/1905, d. 07/22/1985, US
Army, PVT, Res: Lexington, KY, Plot: I 0 1033, bur.
07/26/1985
Higgins, Vernon, b. 11/26/1914, d. 12/17/1995, US
Army, PFC, Res: Lexington, KY, Plot: I 0 558, bur.
12/21/1995
Higgins, William, b. 08/13/1904, d. 12/31/1988, US
Army, PVT, Res: Lexington, KY, Plot: J 0 746, bur.
01/04/1989

-Webmaster's Findings-

Name: Charles Higgins Service Info.:PVT US ARMY KOREA

Birth Date: 4 Mar 1928 Death Date: 12 Mar 1976
Service Start Date: 15 Dec 1950
Interment Date: 16 Mar 1976
Cemetery: Camp Nelson National Cemetery 
Cemetery Address: Rr#3 6980 Danville Road
Nicholasville, KY 40356 Buried At:Section E Site 76-C

Name:Emma Roberta Higgins Death Date: 31 Oct 2001
Interment Date: 5 Nov 2001(Wife of Higgins,Arthur Jr)

Service Info.: S1C US NAVY Birth Date: 31 May 1923
Relation: Wife of Higgins, Arthur Jr
Cemetery: Camp Nelson National Cemetery 
Cemetery Address: Rr#3 6980 Danville Road
Nicholasville, KY 40356 Buried At: Section Y Site 7 

Name: Minnie Higgins (Wife of Higgins,Varnell)
Service Info.: PVT US ARMY  Birth Date: 8 Jun 1910
Death Date: 1 Jun 1983 Relation: Wife of Higgins,
Varnell  Interment Date: 6 Jun 1983
Cemetery: Camp Nelson National Cemetery 
Cemetery Address: Rr#3 6980 Danville Road
Nicholasville, KY 40356 Buried At:Section I Site 1033

Name: Obediah Higgins
Service Info.: CIVIL WAR  Death Date: 4 Feb 1866
Cemetery: Camp Nelson National Cemetery 
Cemetery Address: Rr#3 6980 Danville Road
Nicholasville, KY 40356 Buried At: Section B Site 629
(see notes on this soldier below)

Name: Vernon Higgins
Service Info.: PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II 
Birth Date: 26 Nov 1914 Death Date: 17 Dec 1995
Service Start Date:1 Jan 1943 Interment Date:21 Dec
1995
Cemetery: Camp Nelson National Cemetery 
Cemetery Address: Rr#3 6980 Danville Road
Nicholasville, KY 40356 Buried At: Section I Site 558

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records
Name: Varnell C Higgins Birth Year: 1908 
Race: Negro, citizen (Black) 
Nativity State or Country: Kentucky 
State: Kentucky  County or City: Fayette     
Enlistment Date: 17 Apr 1944
Enlistment State: Indiana 
Enlistment City: Fort Benjamin Harrison 
Grade: Private  Grade Code: Private 
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the
War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to
the discretion of the President or otherwise according
to law  Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men) 
Source: Civil Life  Education: Grammar school 
Civil Occupation: Jackhammer Operator 
Marital Status: Married  Height: 66  Weight: 900 

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records
Name: Vernon Higgins Birth Year: 1914 
Race: Negro, citizen (Black) 
Nativity State or Country: Kentucky 
State: Kentucky  County or City: Fayette     
Enlistment Date: 1 Jan 1943
Enlistment State: Ohio  Enlistment City: Cincinnati 
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA 
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private  Grade Code: Private 
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the
War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to
the discretion of the President or otherwise according
to law  Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men) 
Source: Civil Life  Education: Grammar school 
Civil Occupation: Jackhammer Operator 
Marital Status: Single, with dependents 
Height: 64  Weight: 143 

Other Higgins' buried at Camp Nelson but not listed on Interment.Net site

Name: Arthur Jr Higgins
Service Info.: S1C US NAVY WORLD WAR II 
Birth Date: 28 Feb 1919 Death Date: 7 Aug 2004
Cemetery: Camp Nelson National Cemetery 
Cemetery Address: Rr#3 6980 Danville Road
Nicholasville, KY 40356 Buried At: Section Y Site 7
(His wife is mentioned above - Emma Roberta Higgins)

Name: R H Higgins Service Info.: CIVIL WAR 
Cemetery: Camp Nelson National Cemetery 
Cemetery Address: Rr#3 6980 Danville Road
Nicholasville, KY 40356 Buried At:Section F Site 2405


Name: William Higgins
Service Info.: PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR II 
Birth Date: 13 Aug 1904 Death Date: 31 Dec 1988
Service Start Date: 13 Nov 1942
Interment Date: 4 Jan 1989
Cemetery: Camp Nelson National Cemetery 
Cemetery Address: Rr#3 6980 Danville Road
Nicholasville, KY 40356 Buried At:Section J Site 746 

Best connection given available information

(see On Site)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mjhiggins/n-cwac.htm
45-Higgins,Obed - Union - Infantry- 119th Rgmt, USCI

Civil War Service Records
Name: Obediah Higgins Enlistment Date: 14 Mar 1865
Enlistment Place: Lexington, Kentucky 
Service Record: Died Company D, 119th Infantry
Regiment U.S. Colored Troops.
Enlisted as a Private on 14 March 1865 in Company D, 119th Infantry Regiment U.S. Colored Troops.

Civil War pension index notes that an un-named widow received a pension for Obediah Higgins on April 16,1869 for his service as a Private in Company "D", 119th United States Colored Troops
(Certificate # 134770, if any one wants to research further on this soldier)

21 Mar 2008
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008802280397
-Former Jefferson Circuit Judge Laurence Higgins dies-
-He was 1984's Judge of the Year-
By Chris Quay Courier-Journal • February 28, 2008 Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky


Laurence E. Higgins, a former Jefferson Circuit Court
judge for 14 years and a Jefferson County
commonwealth's attorney, has died at age 90.

Higgins died Tuesday at the Episcopal Church Home.

Higgins served as a circuit court judge from 1978 to
91, presiding over cases that sometimes came under
public scrutiny because of their sensitive subject
matter. Some of the most notable cases tried in
Higgins' court involved sexual abuse or rape.

One of his last major cases, in 1990, involved
prominent Elizabethtown physician and civic leader Dr.
Fred Rainey. Rainey pleaded guilty to sexual abuse
charges involving seven youths that happened between
1959 and 1988.

Higgins said Rainey's good reputation and a large
amount of support from colleagues and some of his
victims who asked the court to be lenient made his
decision to sentence Rainey to 10 years in prison one
of the hardest he faced.

Seven months into Rainey's prison term, Higgins
granted him shock probation. He cited several reasons,
including requests from two of Rainey's victims that
his sentence be probated.

Higgins wrote in his decision that "considering the
severe punishment" Rainey had endured and "his total
damnation by a shocked community, the court feels that
the time has come to remember that justice must be
tempered with mercy."

Higgins' decision prompted several Hardin County
residents to protest Rainey living in the county.

Shortly after, Higgins withdrew his bid for
re-election to a third term and told his fellow judges
that he was retiring. At 73, he said he had grown
weary of the workload.

Before Higgins became a circuit court judge in 1978,
he practiced law for more than a decade.

Asked about shifting from trial lawyer to judge, he
once told a reporter: "I did what I wanted to do and
made a good income. But I just felt like if I could
get on the bench, I could help the judicial system."

The Louisville Bar Association named Higgins "Judge of
the Year" in 1984.

He also was Jefferson County's commonwealth's attorney
in the early 1960s.

He served until 1964 and vowed to get rid of illegal
gambling after a number of bookmaking operations were
discovered in Louisville.

Higgins, a graduate of Male High School and the
University of Louisville, was a World War II veteran
and served in the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps.

04 Mar 2008

Ireland to America: NY, KY, TN.

My father is James Hagan Higgins b.10/6/1931 in Tennessee, d. 8/3/1999 in Middletown RI, his father was Walter Martin Higgins born 11/25/1888 in Louisville, KY, d. 1/27/1957 in Mobile, Al, and Mary Becker Hagan.
Walter’s father was William Michael Higgins b. 9/2/1852 in Syracuse NY. William Higgins was the founder and first editor of The Kentucky Irish American Newspaper in 1898, died in 6/9/1925 in Louisville, KY and I think son of Hugh J. Higgins (???)

My Great grandfather William Michael Higgins b. 9/2/1852 m. Mary (Harriet?) Hyde and had 8 children:
William E. Higgins b. ~1878
Hugh Higgins b. 4/1880
Mary Elizabeth Higgins 6/1882
Hattie Higgins 7/1884
Walter Martin Higgins 11/25/1888
Joseph Norton Higgins 1/6/1893
Francis Higgins 11/1893
Margaret Higgins 2/1896

Laurie Anne Higgins  laurie.higgins AT verizon.net

Name: James H. Higgins
Last Residence: 02842 Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States of America
Born: 6 Oct 1931 Died: 3 Aug 1999
State (Year) SSN issued: Tennessee (Before 1951

1930; Census Place: Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee; Roll: 2252; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 58; Image: 561 (No Image Available)
Name Age
Walter M Higgins 41 B. Ky. Both parents b. N.Y.
Occupation Manager in Textile Mill
Mary H Higgins 37 b. Alabama both parents same
Walter M Higgins 15
John D Higgins 13
Elizabeth M Higgins 11
Patricia A Higgins 8

HIGGINS WALTER 31 M W KY TN HAMILTON N CHATTANOOGA 3-DIST 1920
Name Age
Walter Higgins 31
Mary Higgins 28
Walter Higgins 5
John Higgins 3 2/12
Mary Higgins 1 3/12

HIGGINS WILLIAM M M W GERM* KY JEFFERSON 11-WD LOUISVILLE 1910
      (*Indexed as Germany, image shows N.Y.)
Name Age
William M Higgins 56
Mary H Higgins 51
Hattie L Higgins 25
Magaret Higgins 14
Joseph N Higgins 19

HIGGINS WILLIAM M 48* M W NY KY JEFFERSON 11-WD LOUISVILLE 1900
             (*indexed as 48, images shows 47)
Name Age
William Higgins 47
Mary Higgins 42
Hugh Higgins 20
Mary Higgins 18
Hattie Higgins 15
Walter Higgins 11
Joseph Higgins 9
Frank Higgins 7
Margaret Higgins 4

Household:1880
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
 
Wm. HIGGINS Self M Male W 28 NY Printer IRE IRE
Mary H. HIGGINS Other M Female W 22 NY NY NY
Wm. L. HIGGINS Other S Male W 2 KY NY NY
H. J. M. HIGGINS Other S Male W 2M KY NY NY

This family is boarding with other families
Source Information:
Census Place 8th Ward, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky
Family History Library Film 1254423
NA Film Number T9-0423 Page Number 544A

HIGGINS HUGH 40 M W IREL NY ONONDAGA 8-WD SYRACUSE 1870

World War I Draft Registration
Name: Walter M Higgins
City: Mobile County: Mobile State: Alabama
Birthplace: Kentucky; United States of America
Birth Date: 25 Nov 1888 Race: Caucasian
Address:205 S. Jackson,Mobile,Al.
Build: Medium Height: Medium
Eyes: Blue Hair: Light
Registration Date: June 5, 1917

World War I Draft Registration
Name: Joseph Norton Higgins
City: Louisville County: Jefferson
State: Kentucky
Birthplace: Kentucky; United States of America
Birth Date: 6 Jan 1891 Race: Caucasian
Address: 732 S.24th, Louisville Ky.
Occupation: Printer
Height: Medium Build: Slender
Eyes: Blue Hair: Dark Brown
Registration Date: June 5, 1917

Kentucky Death Records
Name: Joseph Norton Higgins
Death Date: 23 May 1953 Death Location: Jefferson
Residence Location: Jefferson
Age: 62 Gender: Male Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: 6 Jan 1891
Birth Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Father's Name: William Higgins
Mother's Name: Mary Hyde

Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 4701 Brownsboro Road Louisville, KY
40207
Name: Joseph Norton Higgins
Service Info.: PVT US MARINE CORPS WORLD WAR I
Birth Date: 6 Jan 1891 Death Date: 23 May 1953
Service Start Date: 22 Jul 1917
Interment Date: 27 May 1953
Buried At: Section D Site 1502
and wife
Higgins, Mary B,
Birth Date: 28 Aug 1889 Death Date: 22 Jan 1977
Relation: Wife of Higgins, Joseph Norton
Interment Date: 26 Jan 1977
Buried At: Section D Site 1503

http://special.library.louisville.edu/display-collection.asp?ID=601
The Kentucky Irish American newspaper was established and edited by William M. Higgins in 1898. It was a four-page weekly intended as a vehicle of communication among the Irish-American population of Louisville

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 12 Jan 2008

http://www.thenewsenterprise.com/articles/2008/01/07/obituaries/obits150.txt

Austin Higgins
Austin Higgins, 84, of Hodgenville, died Tuesday, Jan.1, 2008, at Hardin Memorial Hospital.

He was retired with 43 years of service with L&N Railroad’s accounting department. He was a member of the B.R. Young Lodge No. 132 F&AM, the Scottish Rite, Kosair Shriners and was a lifelong University of Kentucky fan.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Juanita Higgins; his parents, Clifford and Allie Littrell Higgins; a grandson, Todd Lewis; and a sister, Geneva Stelly.

Survivors include a son, Craig and Lisa Higgins of Hodgenville; a stepson, Ed and Linda Lewis of Hodgenville; six grandchildren, Rhett and Allie Higgins, Cristy Waddell, Travis Lewis, Troy Lewis and Donna Snyder; eight great-grandchildren; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Paul and Ruth Roark; and special caregivers, Patty Evans and Rose Meredith.

The funeral is at 2 p.m. Thursday at Billy Howell Funeral Chapel in Hodgenville. Burial will follow in Buffalo Cemetery.

Visitation is from 2 to 8 p.m. today and after 9 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Copyright © 2008 The News-Enterprise 

1930; Census Place: Corbin, Knox, Kentucky; Roll: 763; Page: 4B;
          Enumeration District: 11; Image: 343
          (No Image Available)
Name       Age
Clifford J Higgins 27
Allie J Higgins 25
Austin J Higgins 6
Geneva Higgins 4 5/12

HIGGINS VIRGIL 41 M W KY KY KNOX GRAY 1920
Name     Age
Virgil Higgins 41
Nellie Higgins 43
Audrey Higgins 20
Clifford Higgins 17
Herbert Higgins 15

1910; Census Place: Gray, Knox, Kentucky; Roll: T624_489; Page: 7A;
           Enumeration District: 112; Image: 930
       (No Image Available)
Name     Age
Virgie Higgins 32
Nellie Higgins 34
Audra Higgins 10
Clifford Higgins 8
Conrid Higgins 6
Herbert Higgins 5

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03 Dec 2007