Rebecca Jane Higdon (1851 - 1891)

Born 1 Oct 1851 in Benton County, Tennessee near Camden

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Jefferson Rollins — married 24 Aug 1885 in Cleburne, Arkansas, United States

Died Dec 1891 at age 40 in Lower Barnes, Cleburne County, Arkansas

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Rebecca Jane /Higdon/^[2][3]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 01 OCT 1851

Place: Benton County, Tennessee near Camden^[4]

Birth:

Date: 1859

Place: Tennessee

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 01 OCT 1851

Death

Death:

Date: DEC 1891

Place: Lower Barnes, Cleburne County, Arkansas^[5]

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1880

Place: Giles, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States

Note

Note: #N702

Marriage

Husband: Thomas Geoffry Higdon

Wife: Dolly Thompson

Child: Jasper Higdon

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: David Newton Higdon

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Thomas Jefferson Higdon

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Sidney Etta Higdon

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Simeon Higdon

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Susan B Higdon

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Martha E Higdon

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Rebecca Jane Higdon

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: William T Higdon

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Mary Caroline Higdon

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 14 MAR 1839

Place: Benton Co., Tennessee^[6]

Rebecca was born about 1859. She is the daughter of T. Higdon and Jane Unknown.

Sources

1. ↑ Higdon-355 was created by Thomas Mclehaney through the import of McLehaney 2014-06-27.ged on Jun 27, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S65 Page: Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Giles, Van Buren, Arkansas; Roll: 58; Family History Film: 1254058; Page: 396C; Enumeration District: 199; Image: 0294. Data: Text: Record for T. C. Higdon Object: @M853@
3. ↑ Source: #S53 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Rebecca Jane Higdon
4. ↑ Source: #S53 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Rebecca Jane Higdon
5. ↑ Source: #S53 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Rebecca Jane Higdon
6. ↑ Source: #S91 Page: Marriage of Thomas Higdon to Dolly Thompson

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• Source: S65 Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Title: 1880 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited; Repository: #R17

Notes

Note N702Information from Mary Turney Miller

From the Cleburne County Historical Journal-Spring 1987

All of Thomas Higdon's children were born in Benton County, Tennessee, near Camden, Tennessee. Most of them died in Arkansas. His daughter, sarah Matilda, came to Higden at the age of six. The wagon train bringing the Higdon family came to the area about 1874.

• Census Data

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWR-CV4 : 26 August 2017), David N Higdon in household of T C Higdon, Giles, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 199, sheet 396C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0058; FHL microfilm 1,254,058.