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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Effie Maria Higgins: Birth: 5 JAN 1862. Death: 21 JUL 1882

  2. Eddie M. Higgins: Birth: 5 SEP 1863 in Elmwood, Peoria, IL. Death: 6 SEP 1865 in Elmwood, Peoria, IL

  3. Nellie May Higgins: Birth: SEP 1864 in Elmwood, Peoria, IL. Death: 1 NOV 1865 in Elmwood, Peoria, IL

  4. William Sherman Higgins: Birth: 16 JUL 1865. Death: 1922 in Elmwood, Peoria, IL

  5. Albert Grant Higgins: Birth: 30 AUG 1869 in Elmwood, Peoria, IL.

  6. Carrie Maude Higgins: Birth: 6 MAR 1872 in Elmwood, Peoria, IL. Death: 26 MAR 1920 in Peoria, Peoria, IL

  7. Frank Leonard Higgins: Birth: 2 FEB 1874 in Elmwood, Peoria, IL.

  8. Amy Mabel Higgins: Birth: 6 FEB 1876 in Elmwood, Peoria, IL. Death: 29 JAN 1966 in Peoria, Peoria, IL

  9. Anna Atwood Higgins: Birth: 15 APR 1878 in Elmwood, Peoria, IL. Death: 23 FEB 1894 in Elmwood, Peoria, IL

  10. Nathan Prentice Higgins: Birth: 11 DEC 1880 in Elmwood, Peoria, IL. Death: 4 APR 1882 in Elmwood, Peoria, IL

  11. Mary Abbie Higgins: Birth: 14 JAN 1883.

  12. Allen Leet Higgins: Birth: 1885 in Elmwood, Peoria, IL. Death: 1951 in Elmwood, Peoria, IL


Sources
1. Title:   WFT
Page:   Vol 1, #768
2. Source:   WFT

Notes
a. Note:   According to his obituary (I don't have a copy) Barney:
  --attended the Academy in Westfield, MA
 --moved to Elmwood from Westfield, MA 1858
 --Married on the day of Abraham Lincoln's inaugaration 3/4/1861
 --Enlisted in IL infantry, 57th Regiment, Co. C, 12/20/1861
 --Farmer & school teacher
 --Voted as Republican in first Republican election
 --Religion was Congregational
 --Farm was 4 miles SE of Elmwood, across from Lehigh Cemetary
 --Very sad upon death of brother Moses as prisoner of war
 --Had 25 grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren
 --Buried in Lehigh Cemetery, Elmwood, IL


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