Martha E Higdon (1849 - 1928)

Born May 1849 in Benton Co., Tennessee

Ancestors

Wife of John L Short — married 5 Apr 1877 in Benton, Tennessee, United States

Died 19 Aug 1928 at age 79 in Higden, Cleburne, AR

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Martha E /Higdon/^[2][3][4][5]

Birth

Birth:

Date: MAY 1849

Place: Benton Co., Tennessee^[6][7][8]

Birth:

Date: MAY 1844

Place: Benton Co., TN^[9]

Birth:

Date: ABT 1852

Place: Tennessee^[10]

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using MAY 1849

Death

Death:

Date: 19 AUG 1928

Place: Higden, Cleburne, AR^[11]

Residence

Residence: Age: 62; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

Date: 1910

Place: Saline, Cleburne, Arkansas, USA^[12]

Residence:

Date: 1900

Place: Davis, Van Buren, Arkansas, USA^[13]

Residence: Age: 28; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

Date: 1880

Place: Red River, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States^[14]

Note

Note: #N247

Marriage

Husband: John L Short

Wife: Martha E Higdon

Marriage:

Date: 05 APR 1877

Place: Benton, Tennessee, United States^[15]

Husband: Thomas Geoffry Higdon

Wife: Dolly Thompson

Child: Jasper Higdon

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: David Newton Higdon

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Thomas Jefferson Higdon

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Sidney Etta Higdon

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Simeon Higdon

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Susan B Higdon

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Martha E Higdon

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Rebecca Jane Higdon

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: William T Higdon

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Mary Caroline Higdon

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 14 MAR 1839

Place: Benton Co., Tennessee^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ Higdon-351 was created by Thomas Mclehaney through the import of McLehaney 2014-06-27.ged on Jun 27, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S73 Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Saline, Cleburne, Arkansas; Roll: T624_46; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0010; FHL microfilm: 1374059 Data: Text: Record for Martha E Shore Object: @M1056@
3. ↑ Source: #S65 Page: Year: 1880; Census Place: Red River, Van Buren, Arkansas; Roll: 58; Family History Film: 1254058; Page: 395A; Enumeration District: 199; Image: 0292 Data: Text: Record for Martha E. Short Object: @M1057@
4. ↑ Source: #S53 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Martha E. Higdon
5. ↑ Source: #S75 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Davis, Van Buren, Arkansas; Roll: T623_31077_4119773; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0136; FHL microfilm: 1240078. Data: Text: Birth date: May 1849 Birth place: Tennessee Marriage date: 1867 Marriage place: Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Davis, Van Buren, Arkansas, USA Object: @M1058@
6. ↑ Source: #S73 Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Saline, Cleburne, Arkansas; Roll: T624_46; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0010; FHL microfilm: 1374059 Data: Text: Record for Martha E Shore Object: @M1056@
7. ↑ Source: #S65 Page: Year: 1880; Census Place: Red River, Van Buren, Arkansas; Roll: 58; Family History Film: 1254058; Page: 395A; Enumeration District: 199; Image: 0292 Data: Text: Record for Martha E. Short Object: @M1057@
8. ↑ Source: #S75 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Davis, Van Buren, Arkansas; Roll: T623_31077_4119773; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0136; FHL microfilm: 1240078. Data: Text: Birth date: May 1849 Birth place: Tennessee Marriage date: 1867 Marriage place: Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Davis, Van Buren, Arkansas, USA Object: @M1058@
9. ↑ Source: #S53 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Martha E. Higdon
10. ↑ Source: #S65 Page: Year: 1880; Census Place: Red River, Van Buren, Arkansas; Roll: 58; Family History Film: 1254058; Page: 395A; Enumeration District: 199; Image: 0292 Data: Text: Record for Martha E. Short Object: @M1057@
11. ↑ Source: #S53 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Martha E. Higdon
12. ↑ Source: #S73 Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Saline, Cleburne, Arkansas; Roll: T624_46; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0010; FHL microfilm: 1374059 Data: Text: Record for Martha E Shore Object: @M1056@
13. ↑ Source: #S75 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Davis, Van Buren, Arkansas; Roll: T623_31077_4119773; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0136; FHL microfilm: 1240078. Data: Text: Birth date: May 1849 Birth place: Tennessee Marriage date: 1867 Marriage place: Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Davis, Van Buren, Arkansas, USA Object: @M1058@
14. ↑ Source: #S65 Page: Year: 1880; Census Place: Red River, Van Buren, Arkansas; Roll: 58; Family History Film: 1254058; Page: 395A; Enumeration District: 199; Image: 0292 Data: Text: Record for Martha E. Short Object: @M1057@
15. ↑ Source: #S91 Page: Benton County, Page 2 of 10 Data: Text: J L Short to Martha E Higdon
16. ↑ Source: #S91 Page: Marriage of Thomas Higdon to Dolly Thompson

• Source: S53 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R17 NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
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• Source: S65 Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Title: 1880 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited; Repository: #R17
• Source: S73 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1910 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Was; Repository: #R17
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Notes

Note N247Information from Mary Turney Miller

From the Cleburne County Historical Journal-Spring 1987

All of Thomas Higdon's children were born in Benton County, Tennessee, near Camden, Tennessee. Most of them died in Arkansas. His daughter, sarah Matilda, came to Higden at the age of six. The wagon train bringing the Higdon family came to the area about 1874.