Troy was a farmer in Morgan and Magoffin Counties. He married Bonnie Lindon around 1916. The couple lived near Saylorsville in Magoffin County, Kentucky, until 1944, when they moved to Berea, Kentucky. Their children were Lindon, Seldon, Byron, James, Fanny, Melvin, Joseph, Hubert Raphel, Glenn, Julian, Bertha, Thelma, Dorothy, John Dave, and Chandler. Troy died in 1960 and is buried in the Berea Cemetery.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9HC-BKT : accessed 7 November 2021), Troy Arnett in household of Sarah Arnett, Magisterial District 3, Johnson Fork, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 55, sheet 20A, family 360, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,541.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M268-ZSH : accessed 7 November 2021), Troy Arnette in household of Joseph Higgins, Salyersville, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 101, sheet 2A, family 29, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 494; FHL microfilm 1,374,507.
"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Q6-7M65 : 9 March 2021), Troy Higgins and Bonnie Lindon, 15 Jan 1914; citing Marriage, , Morgan, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 839,919.
"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2D4-LJSB : 22 July 2021), Troy Higgins and Bonnie Lindon, 15 Jan 1914; citing Marriage, Morgan, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 1,904,645.
"United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XMFS-F3M : accessed 1 February 2015), Troy Higgins, Gifford and Middlefork, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States.
"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DC-X9X9 : 22 July 2021), Tray Higgins in entry for Lindin Higgins and Edith Howard, 23 Jul 1938; citing Marriage, Salyersville, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 2,116,526.
"United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K7YW-CMW : accessed 1 February 2015), Troy Higgins, Magisterial District 1, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States.
"Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSG3-8VW : 2 March 2021), Troy Higgins in entry for J. D. Higgins, 1940; citing Death, Gullett, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,913,375.
"United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKC4-5YN4 : 10 March 2021), Troy T Higgins, 27 Apr 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-D5VJ : 2 March 2021), Troy Higgins in entry for Lindon Higgins, 24 Feb 1959; citing Death, Salyersville, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,973,387.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8343221/troy-t-higgins : accessed 07 November 2021), memorial page for Troy T. Higgins (4 Oct 1890–5 Jul 1960), Find A Grave: Memorial #8343221, citing Berea Cemetery, Berea, Madison County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Paul McCracken (contributor 46596518) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Troy by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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