Aaron Lewis Higginbotham (1826 - 1906)

Born 31 Dec 1826 in Amherst, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Josephine Temperance (Burks) Higginbotham — married 16 Nov 1885 in Amherst, Virginia, United States

Died 9 Feb 1906 at age 79 in Amherst, Virginia, United States

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Private Aaron Higginbotham served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Apr 29, 1861
Mustered out: Aug 29, 1864 (wounded)
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Co. I, 19th Regiment, Virginia Infantry

Biography

Aaron Lewis Higginbotham was born on 31 Dec 1826 in Amherst County, Virginia, son of Absalom Higginbotham Sr. (1781 - 1866) and Mary C. (Sandidge) Higginbotham (1789 - 1871).

Aaron Higginbotham married Sally Ann Sandidge on 18 December 1856 in Amherst, Virginia, United States.^[1] They had two known children.

1. Ida Loving Higginbotham b. 1858 - d. 1945, m. William Bascom Brack Rucker
2. Thomas Nathaniel Higginbotham b. 1860 VA - d. 1925 IL, m. Lorena Mirian Corser

Sarah passed away a month after giving birth to Thomas. Aaron married a 2nd time, on 16 Nov 1885, in Amherst, to Josephine Temperance Burks (1860 - 1924). They had 4 known children.

1. Grover Jay Higginbotham b. 1888 - d. 1945, m. Christine E Mays
2. Rufus Aaron Higginbotham b. 1890 - d. 1947, m. Katherine Nicholas White
3. Mary Pearl Higginbotham b. 1893 - d. 1977, m. Wallen Massie Hamilton
4. William Myers Higginbotham b. 1895 - d. 1953, m. Annie Mays

Aaron served in Company I, 19th Virginia Infantry of the CSA during the Civil War. He was wounded at Seven Pines in June 1862. He was wounded a second time from a "gunshot wound to the cheek" in May 1864. In the Richmond, Virginia Chimborazo Hospital Surgical Record for May 1864^[2][3], the name of Aaron L Higginbotham is listed. His age is given as 37, and his rank is that of private in the 19th Regiment, Company I. His occupation is listed as a farmer. The nature of his wound is described as "V.S. face, fract mala & submaxillary right side." (Frank S. Johns and Anne Page Johns, "Chimborazo Hospital and JB McCaw, Surgeon-in-chief," THE VIRGINIA MAGAZINE of History and Biography, Vol 62, No 2, April 1954, figure 4, opposite page 195. Source-findagrave

Aaron died on 9 Feb 1906 in Amherst, Virginia, United States aged 79.

Buried in Higginbotham Family Cemetery, Amherst, Virginia

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage of son Aaron Higginbotham: "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
   citing FHL microfilm: 30311; Record number: 61;
   FamilySearch Record: XR7Q-THK (accessed 1 October 2022)
2. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/10485865
3. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/10485873

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• https://www.fold3.com/image/307491702
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• "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4B1-7Y6 : Fri Oct 06 09:28:05 UTC 2023), Entry for Aaron L Higginbotham and Sarah A Higginbotham, 1860.
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• "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVYG-FK4Q : 16 August 2019), Aaron Higginbotham in entry for William Myers Higginbotham, 27 May 1953; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Newport News, , Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
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• "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVYP-8712 : 16 August 2019), Aaron Lewis Higginbotham in entry for Mary Pearl Higginbotham Hamilton, 09 Jun 1977; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Lynchburg, , Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.