Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1878, JAN 653 THE HIGGINS FAMILY. 4. B. F. Higgins, b. Feb. 4, 1844; married Oct. 25, 1865, Ellen Brink, b. June 7, 1848, daughter of Ab. H. Brink. Children: [a] Abbie Higgins, b. Sept. 30, 1866 [b] Lura Higgins, b. in 1868, married Nov. 1, 1896, Jas. Dearing [c] Stella Higgins, married Oct. 18, 1895, C. L. Brandenburg [d] B. Floyd Higgins, b. in June, 1892 5. William W. Higgins, married Anna Thorp, daughter of Joseph Thorp 6. Jacob Higgins VIII. JACOB HIGGINS IX. PEGGY HIGGINS, married a Ford. X. JOHN HIGGINS, d. Dec. 2, 1877; married Malinda Witt, daughter of Littleberry, and sister of his brother Philemon's wife. Children: 1. Harmon G. Higgins (iii) 2. Elizabeth Higgins, married Obed C. Noland (see) 3. Barbara Higgins, dead; married Oct. 13, 1870, David A. Sample, son of Isaac Sample and brother of Velora. David A. married second, Feb. 3, 1876, Margaret Alexander. 4. Littleberry Higgins (iii), married America Noland, daughter of Obed Noland (see). 5. John T. Higgins 6. Lucy Higgins, married Jan. 1, 1869, John A. Shield, d. Oct. 13, 1883. Children: [a] Lucy Shield [b] Elvira Shield [c] William W. Shield [d] Elizabeth Shield Mrs. Lucy Shields married second, Armstrong Shield, who died, and she married third, George Jones; children by eaChildren: 7. Wright W. Higgins, married Oct. 21, 1875, Martha Morris 8. Ara Ella Higgins, married June 3, 1883, W. Holcombe 9. Eliza Higgins, married Chas. G. Johnson Children: [a] Ralph Johnson [b] Emmet Johnson Jan. 12 - Meeting at Barry to promote the building of a turnpike to Kansas City. Jan. 14 - Elder A. F. Smith opened the lecture course on "Our Country's Future" Jan. 20 - Revival at Parkville, and 20 added to the Presbyterian Church. Jan. 21 - T. W. Park made his famous lecture on "Babies". W. J. Fulton buys an interest in the Parkville Bank An unfortunate controversy is progressing in the Landmark between W. A. Fox and Rev. D. F. Bone. Jan. 28 - William Foreman lectures on the "Experiences of a Young Lawyer" CATHERINE J. WEBB Catherine J. Webb having died, Hill & Stillwagon administer. Bond, $800. Her maiden name was Webb, and she married March 9, 1841, William J. Webb. They lived two miles below Parkville, in the Missouri bottom. Children: I. NANCY J. WEBB, b. in 1848; d. July 14, 1892; married Jan. 3, 1871, Josiah Stillwagon, son of Andrew, b. in Belmont Co., Ohio, Nov. 19, 1847. Children: