Generation 1
JOHN JAMES HIGGINBOTHAM was born on 27 Aug 1823 in Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA. He died on 22 Mar 1883 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. He married Lucy Ann Taylor, daughter of John Taylor and Nancy Cooper in 1845. She was born on 27 Feb 1827 in Taylor, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA. She died on 29 Nov 1907 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA.
John James Higginbotham and Lucy Ann Taylor had the following children:
SARAH KATHLEEN (SALLY) HIGGINBOTHAM was born on 18 Dec 1846 in Lafayette Springs, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA. She died on 20 Apr 1895 in Cottonwood Creek, Erath, Texas, USA. She married (1) JOHN HALE on 18 Nov 1860. He was born in 1824. He died about 1864. She married (2) WALTER COLQUITT (TOBE) WILLIAMS on 01 May 1866 in Lafayette, Mississippi, USA. He was born on 21 Jan 1844 in Lafayette, Mississippi, USA. He died on 11 Apr 1901 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA.
BOLIVAR TAYLOR HIGGINBOTHAM was born on 06 Jan 1848 in Taylor, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA. He died on 25 Jan 1930 in DeLeon, Commanche, Texas, USA. He married (1) MARY ADA WHITESIDE on 27 Dec 1899 in Eastland, Texas, USA. She was born on 25 Mar 1872 in Stephenville, Erath, Texas, USA. She died on 03 Mar 1964 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA. He married (2) MARGARET OTHELIA TOWERS on 18 Jun 1869 in Eastland, Eastland, Texas, USA. She was born on 20 Feb 1852 in Attala, Mississippi, USA. She died on 15 Dec 1898 in Comanche, Texas, USA.
MARTHA VIRGINIA (JENNIE) HIGGINBOTHAM was born on 28 Jun 1849 in Taylor, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA. She died on 06 Apr 1889 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. She married Franklin Columbus Oldham on 13 Sep 1866 in Lafayette, Mississippi, USA. He was born on 26 Feb 1834 in Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA. He died on 13 Oct 1913 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA.
JOHN WILLIS (JOHNNIE) HIGGINBOTHAM was born on 12 Nov 1850 in Taylor’s Depot, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA. He died on 05 Dec 1924 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. He married (1) SUSAN COLLINS on 24 Dec 1873 in Lafayette, Mississippi, USA. She was born on 29 Dec 1855 in Lafayette, Mississippi, USA. She died on 08 Jan 1877 in Lafayette, Mississippi, USA. He married (2) MARY WILLIE DURHAM on 12 Dec 1882 in Lafayette, Mississippi, USA. She was born on 12 Oct 1865 in Kosciusko, Attala, Mississippi, USA. She died on 06 Apr 1026 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA.
MARY JANE EUDORA (DORA) HIGGINBOTHAM was born on 16 Apr 1852 in Lafayette, Mississippi, USA. She died on 19 Aug 1936 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. She married John F. Jackson on 07 Mar 1870 in Lafayette, Mississippi, USA. He was born on 02 Oct 1832 in Gibson, Tennessee, USA. He died on 25 Feb 1899 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA.
BENJAMIN SHADRACK (BENNIE) HIGGINBOTHAM was born on 18 Mar 1854 in Taylor’s Depot, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA. He died on 20 Mar 1948 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. He married (1) LEONA PALESTINE (PALLIE) KEITH on 15 Sep 1881 in Erath, Texas, USA. She was born on 07 Oct 1867 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. She died on 31 Oct 1927 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA.
SUSAN REBECCA (SUE) HIGGINBOTHAM was born on 16 Apr 1856 in Taylor’s Depot, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA. She died on 22 Dec 1948 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. She married Daniel Thomas (Dan) Frye on 26 Oct 1876 in Yalabusha, Mississippi, USA. He was born on 22 Jul 1857 in Orange Lake, Marion, Florida, USA. He died on 01 Dec 1931 in Santa Cruz, Arizona, USA.
NANCY LOUALLY (LOU) HIGGINBOTHAM was born on 16 Apr 1856 in Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA. She died on 06 Jan 1944 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. She married (1) WILLIAM LEWIS BARTLETT on 26 Oct 1876. He was born in 1852. He died in 1878. She married (2) GEORGE WILLIAM SMITH in 1893 in Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA. He was born on 28 Apr 1838 in Marrion, Missouri, USA. He died on 29 Dec 1914 in Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA.
RUFUS WILSON HIGGINBOTHAM SR. was born on 18 Sep 1858 in Taylor’s Depot, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA. He died on 26 Mar 1931 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. He married Hattie Louise Smith, daughter of Horace Aurelius Smith and Alice Jane Hewey on 19 Jul 1883 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. She was born on 08 Mar 1866 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA. She died on 08 Aug 1930 in New York City (All Boroughs), New York, USA.
JOSEPH MARTIN (JOE) HIGGINBOTHAM SR. was born on 11 Jul 1861 in Taylor’s Depot, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA. He died on 19 Jul 1950 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. He married (1) LAURA B. (WEAVER?) MOORE on 25 May 1886 in Erath, Texas, USA. She was born on 25 Jan 1861 in Mississippi, USA. She died on 14 Dec 1897 in Texas, USA. He married (2) ETHEL MCLAURINE LATTIMORE, daughter of John Lee Lattimore and Sarah Catherine Shivers on 07 Feb 1889 in Erath, Texas, USA. She was born on 24 Oct 1876 in Blue Ridge, Collin, Texas, USA. She died on 08 Nov 1956 in Plainview, Hale, Texas, USA.
LUCY ROBERTA LEE HIGGINBOTHAM was born on 08 Jun 1863 in Taylor, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA. She died on 22 Mar 1941 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA. She married William James Clay in 1886 in Erath, Texas, USA. He was born on 01 Aug 1861 in West Virginia, USA. He died on 28 Dec 1918 in Erath, Texas, USA.
EULA BLANCH HIGGINBOTHAM was born on 24 Mar 1871 in Taylor, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA. She died on 30 Jul 1922 in Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA. She married John Robert (Bob) St. Clair on 06 Jun 1889 in Erath, Texas, USA. He was born on 14 Mar 1859 in Texas, USA. He died on 11 Sep 1937 in Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA.
Generation 2
RUFUS WILSON HIGGINBOTHAM SR. was born on 18 Sep 1858 in Taylor’s Depot, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA. He died on 26 Mar 1931 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. He married Hattie Louise Smith, daughter of Horace Aurelius Smith and Alice Jane Hewey on 19 Jul 1883 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. She was born on 08 Mar 1866 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA. She died on 08 Aug 1930 in New York City (All Boroughs), New York, USA.
Rufus Wilson Higginbotham Sr. and Hattie Louise Smith had the following children:
LOUISE HARRIS HIGGINBOTHAM was born on 10 Jun 1885 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. She died on 24 Mar 1962 in Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA. She married Elihu Reuel Nash Jr., son of Elihu Reuel Nash Sr. and Frances Barziza (Fannie) Mitchell on 28 Nov 1906 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. He was born on 15 May 1883 in Brazos, Texas, USA. He died on 19 May 1959 in Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA.
NINA BELLE HIGGINBOTHAM was born on 04 Apr 1887 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. She died on 01 Jan 1963 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. She married Offa Shivers Boggess, son of Albert Boggess and Nannie Elizabeth Shivers on 12 Apr 1909 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. He was born on 20 Mar 1884 in Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA. He died on 08 Oct 1952 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.
LUCY ALICE HIGGINBOTHAM was born on 16 Dec 1889 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. She died on 23 Jun 1961 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. She married William Joseph Lang, son of Otto Heinrich Lang and Felice Friedenberg on 09 Oct 1912 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. He was born on 11 Feb 1889 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. He died on 06 Dec 1956 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. Notes for Lucy Alice Higginbotham:
Info from John Stoneham’s genealogy notebook.
JULIA HIGGINBOTHAM was born on 25 Dec 1891 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. She died on 24 Oct 1892 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA.
JAMES HORACE (HOLLY) HIGGINBOTHAM was born on 15 Sep 1893 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. He died on 23 Feb 1918 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA.
RUFUS WILSON HIGGINBOTHAM JR. was born on 21 Aug 1896 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. He died on 15 Jan 1988 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. He married (1) HARMO GLADDEN TAYLOR, daughter of Gustave Floyd Taylor and Helen Butler Minge on 28 May 1927 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. She was born on 31 Dec 1901 in Tyler, Smith, Texas, USA. She died on 23 Jan 1965 in Naples, Collier, Florida, USA. He married (2) FRANCES BALDWIN EMERY, daughter of George I. Baldwin and Sammie Moss on 03 Aug 1961 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. She was born on 08 Dec 1899 in Monroe, Ouachita, Louisiana, USA. She died on 02 Dec 1976 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.
JOHN TAYLOR HIGGINBOTHAM was born on 05 Jan 1900 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. He died on 20 Nov 1966 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. He married (1) VERDA NELLE CAROTHERS, daughter of Reuben B. Carothers and Rose Thomas on 22 Sep 1920 in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins, Texas, USA. She was born on 19 Aug 1899 in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins, Texas, USA. She died on 15 Sep 1948 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. He married (2) NORMA WOLFE, daughter of Robert Wolfe and Mamie Nash on 13 Aug 1956 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. She was born on 02 Oct 1902 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. She died on 31 Jul 1989 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.
HATTIE SMITH HIGGINBOTHAM was born on 06 Feb 1902 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. She died on 25 Nov 1982 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. She married (1) HENRY DICKINSON LINDSLEY JR., son of Henry Dickinson Lindsley and Ruth Bower on 19 Dec 1922 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. He was born on 30 Jun 1895 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. He died on 14 Feb 1973 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. She married (2) ROBERT HENRY STEWART JR., son of Robert Henry Stewart and Ada Rauch on 14 Jan 1946 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. He was born on 08 Apr 1896 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. He died on 18 Dec 1984 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.
FRANCES ELIZABETH HIGGINBOTHAM was born on 03 Mar 1904 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. She died on 30 Jun 1973 in Austin, Travis, Texas, USA. She married (1) ADDISON BAKER DUNCAN, son of Alexander Perry Duncan and Jeanette Baker on 27 Nov 1926 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. He was born on 28 Sep 1891 in Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA. He died on 22 Jul 1952 in Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA. She married (2) GEORGE SAMPSON NALLE, son of Earnest Nalle and Georgia Sampson on 18 Jun 1960 in Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA. He was born on 20 Sep 1897 in Austin, Travis, Texas, USA. He died on 10 Sep 1989 in Austin, Travis, Texas, USA.
THOMAS HIGGINBOTHAM was born on 28 Mar 1908 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. He died on 28 Mar 1908 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA.
JOSEPH LATTIMORE HIGGINBOTHAM was born on 28 Mar 1908 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. He died on 26 Oct 1965 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. He married Elizabeth Ewing Bell, daughter of Frank Breckinridge Bell and Mary Stranahan on 30 Sep 1937 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. She was born on 31 Oct 1910 in Chicago Heights, Cook, Illinois, USA. She died on 21 Aug 1992 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.
JOSEPH MARTIN (JOE) HIGGINBOTHAM SR. (John James1) was born on 11 Jul 1861 in Taylor’s Depot, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA. He died on 19 Jul 1950 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. He married (1) LAURA BELLE MOORE on 25 May 1886 in Erath, Texas, USA. She was born on 25 Jan 1861 in Mississippi, USA. She died on 14 Dec 1897 in Texas, USA. He married (2) ETHEL MCLAURINE LATTIMORE, daughter of John Lee Lattimore and Sarah Catherine Shivers on 07 Feb 1889 in Erath, Texas, USA. She was born on 24 Oct 1876 in Blue Ridge, Collin, Texas, USA. She died on 08 Nov 1956 in Plainview, Hale, Texas, USA.
Joseph Martin (Joe) Higginbotham Sr. and Laura Belle Moore had the following children:
JOSEPH MARTIN (JOE) HIGGINBOTHAM JR. was born on 29 May 1887 in DeLeon, Texas, USA. He died on 22 Mar 1958 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. He married Mable Josephine Flint, daughter of Joseph Loving Flint Jr and Wade Hampton on 26 Oct 1908 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA. She was born on 13 Jun 1891 in Texas, USA. She died on 20 Oct 1980 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.
JOHN LANHAM HIGGINBOTHAM SR. was born on 17 May 1890 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. He died on 15 Dec 1968 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. He married Glenn Ethelyn Platt on 13 Dec 1913. She was born on 10 Apr 1893 in Wyaconda, Clark, Missouri, USA. She died on 04 Jul 1978 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Joseph Martin (Joe) Higginbotham Sr. and Ethel McLaurine Lattimore had the following children:
WALTER LATTIMORE HIGGINBOTHAM was born on 30 May 1900 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. He died on 05 Apr 1914 in Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA.
LAURA LEE HIGGINBOTHAM was born on 30 May 1901 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. She died on 03 Feb 1971 in Plainview, Hale, Texas, USA. She married Edward Mays Osborne on 10 Dec 1925 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. He was born on 24 Apr 1896 in Pine Hill, Texas, USA. He died on 23 Jun 2002 in Plainview, Hale, Texas, USA.
CECIL MCLAURINE HIGGINBOTHAM was born on 06 Aug 1902 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. He died on 16 Apr 1991 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. He married Martha Lane Stratton on 01 Mar 1927. She was born on 08 Apr 1905 in Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA. She died on 26 Dec 1993 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.
RUFUS TAYLOR HIGGINBOTHAM SR. was born on 26 Sep 1904 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA. He died on 10 Jul 1991 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. He married Sybil Elizabeth Johnson on 10 Mar 1927. She was born on 15 Sep 1903. She died on 05 Oct 1990 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.
LUCY ROBERTA LEE HIGGINBOTHAM was born on 08 Jun 1863 in Taylor, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA. She died on 22 Mar 1941 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA. She married William James Clay in 1886 in Erath, Texas, USA. He was born on 01 Aug 1861 in West Virginia, USA. He died on 28 Dec 1918 in Erath, Texas, USA.
Lucy Roberta Lee Higginbotham and William James Clay had the following children:
WILLIAM JAMES (WILL) CLAY JR. was born on 04 Aug 1888. He died on 15 Mar 1974.
ALBERT LEE CLAY was born on 23 Oct 1890. He died on 26 Jul 1955.
EULA IONE CLAY was born on 03 Jun 1892. She died on 14 Dec 1981.
MARGUERITE CLAY was born on 30 Aug 1895. She died on 27 Feb 1900 in Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA.
FRANCES LUCILE CLAY was born on 19 Oct 1893. She died on 30 Aug 1984.
LUCY ANN CLAY was born on 01 Mar 1897. She died on 19 Nov 1897.
RUFUS GORDON CLAY was born on 30 Nov 1898. He died on 27 Jun 1951.
ROBERTA LOUISE CLAY was born on 30 Dec 1900. She died on 16 Feb 1974.