Newspaper Clippings


1891 – Albert Boggess Obituary

Waco News-Tribune, Waco, Texas, December 14, 1891: Albert Boggess and Nannie Elizabeth Shivers Boggess were the father in law and mother in law of Nina Higginbotham. Albert moved to Texas after the Civil War and was a long time mathematics professor at Baylor.

1947 – Otto Lang Obituary

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, October 20, 1947 Otto was the father of William J. Lang, Sr. who married Alice Higginbotham (daughter of Rufus and Hattie Higginbotham).

1927 – Addison Baker Duncan Selected as Mayor of Waco

Waco Times Herald, Waco, Texas, April 20, 1927: Baker Duncan became mayor through the standard appointment or election process under Waco’s commission form of government at the time (which transitioned to a city manager system around 1924). Baker Duncan took office in 1927, following H.F. Connally (who served briefly in 1926 after a prior mayor’s…

1945 – Nannie Shivers Boggess Obituary

Waco News-Tribune, Waco, Texas, December 2, 1945: Nannie Elizabeth Shivers Boggess, wife of Albert Boggess. Their son Offa Shivers Boggess married Nina Belle Higginbotham.

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