Sometimes "Dossie" is a nickname used for "Dawson". It is unclear at this time if "Dossie" is meant to be "Dorsey" or "Dawson".
User ID
User ID: 06EED951DDA1D711AEDB000102D08666CCEF
Data Changed
Data Changed:
Date: 28 MAR 2014
Prior to import, this record was last changed 28 MAR 2014.
Notes
Note N1191
Family links:
Spouse:
Elizabeth Hines Higdon (1851 - 1918)*
Children:
Mary Elizabeth Higdon Boutwell (1878 - 1945)*
Emma Zola Higdon Woodson (1885 - 1976)*
Martha Janie Higdon Melton (1887 - 1966)*
Pink Charles Higdon (1888 - 1953)*
Ruth Cleveland Higdon McDonald (1894 - 1957)*
Effie Mae Higdon (1898 - 1980)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Wallace Church Cemetery
Escambia County
Alabama, USA
Sources
Census Data
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHPY-BVS : 12 April 2016), Thomas Higdon in household of James L Higdon, Conecuh county, Conecuh, Alabama, United States; citing family 135, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"Alabama County Marriages, 1818-1936," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQQN-9JW : 4 November 2017), Thomas D. Higdon and Elizabeth L. Hines, 15 Jul 1869; citing , Conecuh, Alabama, United States, various county Judges of Probate, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,631,605.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHKM-7JZ : 12 April 2016), Thomas D Higdon, Alabama, United States; citing p. 4, family 27, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,509.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4JZ-NXX : 12 August 2017), Phoebe Higdon in household of Thomas D Higdon, Belleville, Conecuh, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 48, sheet 58A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0009; FHL microfilm 1,254,009.
"United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDRY-N8S : 13 March 2018), Thomas Higdon, 1892; citing Pension, Alabama, NARA microfilm publication T318 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 821,614.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M984-BF9 : accessed 16 September 2018), Thomas D Higdon, Precinct 13 Repton town, Conecuh, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 56, sheet 6B, family 112, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,010.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 September 2018), memorial page for Thomas Dossie Higdon (28 Mar 1849–5 Mar 1918), Find A Grave Memorial no. 57864778, citing Wallace Church Cemetery, Escambia County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Carol Roberts Greenhaw (contributor 47602231) .[1]
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