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Mary Emaline (O'Bryan) Higdon (1847 - 1933)

Mary Emaline (Emma) Higdon formerly O'Bryan
Born in Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky, USAmap
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 85 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USAmap
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Profile last modified | Created 30 May 2015
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Biography on Find a Grave[1]

Father, Theodore F O'Bryan Mother, Mary H Drury

Teresa is said to have been baptized at St Joseph Catholic Church at Bardstown Nelson Co, KY with several of her siblings adn while I have found several children of Theodore and Mary Drury O'Bryan baptised there, I have not found Teresa.

Married William Burnett Higdon on April 14, 1874 in Nelson Co, KY.

Marion Co, KY death abstracts, Volume II page 43 by Mary Ella Akers states "Emma O'Bryan Higdon dod 3/15/1933 w/o William Higdon d/o Richard Greenwell burial in St Charles While this notice says she is the daughter of Richard Greenwell, that is not the father I show for her.

On the 1930 census, Emma Higdon was living with her daugher Gabriella Higdon Ice in Louisville.


Censuses

1910[2]

Head/Father [3]

Name: William B Higdon
Age in 1910: 67
Birth Year: abt 1843
Birthplace: Kentucky
Home in 1910: District 7, Marion, Kentucky
Street: Cissell River Pike
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Emma Higdon
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Farmer
Employer, Employee or Other: Employer
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Farm or House: Farm
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 36


HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplace
William B Higdon Head M 67 Kentucky
Emma Higdon Wife F 63 Kentucky
Mary L Higdon Daughter F 25 Kentucky
William B Higdon Son M 23 Kentucky
Francis Higdon Son M 21 Kentucky


  • Emma has had 9 children, 8 still living
  • Emma's mother was born in Maryland, everyone else in Kentucky
  • William B and Francis are working as laborers on the farm



Sources

  1. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26701098
  2. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2DF-PBS : accessed 10 April 2018), Francis Higdon in household of William B Higdon, District 7, Marion, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 93, sheet 10A, family 157, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 481; FHL microfilm 1,374,494.
  3. https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=try&h=8642714
  • Census Data




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