Mary Jane (Smith) Higginbotham (1864 - 1951)

Born 1864 in Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Hence Higginbotham — married 30 Aug 1883 in Cherokee county, Alabama, USA

Descendants

Died 20 May 1951 at about age 87 in Etowah, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Mary was born in 1864. She passed away in 1951.

Sources

• Info courtesy Bruce Brock (bbrock at tds.net). Alabama death index. 1900 Cherokee co. AL census.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4J7-585 : 12 August 2017), Mary J Smith in entry for J E Smith, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 18, sheet 271A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0006; FHL microfilm 1,254,006.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M98M-1B9 : accessed 20 April 2019), Mary Higginbotham in household of William H Higginbotham, Precincts 11, 19 Brindley, Stafford, Cherokee, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 126, sheet 11B, family 199, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,007.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:32SJ-22M : accessed 24 June 2018), Mary J Higginbotham in household of William H Higginbotham, Brocks, Etowah, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 19, sheet 1B, line 75, family 17, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 16; FHL microfilm 2,339,751.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1GH-KKD : accessed 24 June 2018), Mary J Higginbotham in household of W A Broyles, Election Precinct 7, Etowah, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 28-31, sheet 4B, line 51, family 65, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 31.

• "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J63T-6G4 : 15 February 2018), Mary Higginbotham, 20 May 1951; citing reference cn 11970, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,860.

• "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQFJ-3XQ : 9 February 2018), W. H. Higgensbotham and M. J. Smith, 30 Aug 1883; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1035258 IT 3.

DNA

Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Jessica Key and her fourth cousin, T. Bobo. Their most-recent common ancestors are their 3rd-great-grandparents, James Easterland Smith and Narcissa Caroline Stafford. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd–4th Cousin, sharing 92 cM across 5 segments.