J. Higgins

HIGGINS, DAVIS, MIDDLETON

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 8/20/2010 at 11:47:55

HIGGINS, J., farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 31, Felix Tp., Grundy Co.; P.O. Liscomb; born in Henry Co., Ind., in 1833; he lived in Washington, and Mahaska counties this State, previous to his removal to Hardin Co., where his father was the first settler; he owns 551 acres of land, mostly in Marshall and Grundy Counties. He married Elizabeth J. Davis in 1857; she was born in Tennessee, and died on Dec. 6, 1871; he afterward married Ella Middleton June 21, 1875; she was born in Owen Co., Ind.; have nine children--Mary M., William A., Samuel M., Joseph L., Sarah A., Thomas F., James D., Jesse E. and Charles F.; lost two.

Source:
The History of Marshall County, Iowa
1878