Mary Alice (Stokes) Higdon (1866 - 1920)

Born 2 Nov 1866 in Othawassth, Al

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Died 6 Apr 1920 at age 53 in Bermuda, Al

Biography

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Birth

Birth:

Date: 2 NOV 1866

Place: Othawassth, Al^[2]

Death

Death:

Date: 6 APR 1920

Place: Bermuda, Al^[3]

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Notes

Note N26

She moved from Owass to Lowree when married then to Bermuda per Paul H.

Mary Alice's parents are buried in Owass. The home in Bermuda was purchased from a black person. James Henry Kirksey loaned James (Jimmy) Jackson Higdon the money to complete the purchase. James Henry home was only a few hundred yards and across the street from the house James (Jimmy) Jackson Higdon bought. The blacksmith shop that was located the this Higdon house once was the property of James Henry and upon the death of Craford. A. (Pud) McMillian, Marietta Higdon's second husband, it was moved to the Higdon house. 

Paul Higdon thinks that her brothers served for the CSA in the Civil War. My records indicate that it was her father who served and not her brother Sylvanis Lafayette who was not born until 3 Oct 1858 thus he would have been young to serve in the CSA ( 3 years at the start and 8 by war end). Sylvanis was Mary Alice only brother. 

Mary Alice had a sister, Aunt Dora, that contracted TB working at a hospital caring for patients with that desease. At this point the sister moved into the Higdon home where she was cared for until she died. The Higdons built a room on the front porch for her.  All of her dishes were boiled after each of her meals and a program established to minimize the risk of any other family member contracting the desease.  When my Grandmother was a child she remebers that a religious worship service was conducted at the Higdon home and that it was at this service that Aunt Dora died. My Grandmother and Aunt Rosa as very young children, were seated on a large tool box during the service. At the end of the service (???) walked in the direction of the back door and began to hemorage through the nose and collapsed.  She was carried to her bed but never recovered.  At her death all of her positions were burned in a big fire in front of the Higdon house.  My grandmother remebers that Aunt Dora had many books and beautiful clothing that were in this fire.  This program was a success in as much as no other family member was affected by the desease.  After her death the room on the porch was also destroyed. She was engaged to a Judge when she was diagnosed. Mother stated that it was Angus Burt, the person who carrired Aunt Dora to her bed after cpoupsing.

Mary Alice had a brother Sylvanis Lafayette Stoke who married her husband's sister Martha E. (Betty) Higdon. It is reported that the Sylvanis Lafayette Stokes and Martha E. (Betty) Higdon family did not practice good hygiene with their 11 children. We know that they would visit the Higdon household in Bermuda on a regular bases and that Ella Higdon would draw a tub and give all the children a bathe as soon as she saw them coming. 

Mary Alice Stokes was very religous. One day, during a storm, a chicken broke a window while they were praying. Each time the weather would turn bad Mary Alice would gather all her children around her a pray until the conditions improved. 

Again Mary Alice was a very religious person and her husband had a habit of using profanity. Mary Alice had a strong loud voice and would follow James (Jimmy) Jackson around as he performed his work task. Each time that he slipped up and used profanity; she would start a prayer for him at her loudest voice.