Aaron Higginbotham III (1789 - 1852)

Born 23 Feb 1789 in Amherst, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Steward (Sandidge) Higginbotham — married 22 May 1817 in Amherst County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 8 Mar 1852 at age 63 in Amherst, Virginia, United States

Biography

Aaron Higginbotham was born on 23 Feb 1789 in Amherst County, Virginia, son of Aaron Higginbotham II and Nancy Croxton.

Aaron Higginbotham married Elizabeth Sandidge on 22 May 1817 in Amherst County. * Marriage: "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
citing FHL microfilm: 30273; Record number: 408;
FamilySearch Record: XRQ2-TCM (accessed 1 October 2022)

They settled in Amherst and had 14 known children.

1. Alexander Brown Higginbotham b. 1818 - d. 1880, m. Eliza Frances Plunkett
2. John James Higginbotham b. 1820 VA - d. 1880 OH, m. Susan A. Magann
3. Nancy Croxton Higginbotham b. 1821 - d. 1901, m. William Aaron Higginbotham (they share a share "grandparent", John Joseph Higginbotham Sr is William's grandfather and Nancy's gg-grandfather)
4. Robert Henry Higginbotham b. 1823 - d. 1862
5. Thomas Higginbotham b. abt. 1824 - d. UNK (no source records for him)
6. Eliza Jane Higgenbotham b. 1825 VA - d. 1892 TN, m. John Gains Lamb
7. Sarah Elizabeth Higginbotham b. Aug 1826 - d. Jan 1830, age 3
8. Aaron Higginbotham IV b. 1828 VA - d. 1871 KY, m1. Martha J. Gladish, m2. Celia A Jewell
9. Benjamin Willis Higginbotham b. 1831 VA - d. aft. 1906 OK
10. Leannah Jane Higginbotham b. 1833 - d. 1878, m. Charles Lewis McDaniel
11. Elizabeth Ann Higginbotham b. 1834 - d. 1904, m. William Cunningham Bibb
12. Cyrus William Higginbotham b. 1836 VA - d. 1922 KS, m1/wid. Henrietta Button, m2. Mary Howard
13. Editha Higginbotham b. 1838 - d. 1847, age 8
14. Arthur Absalom Higginbotham b. 23 Mar 1840 - d. 20 Sep 1840, age 5 1/2 months

Elizabeth died in January 1850. Afterwards he was living with his younger children. Living in Amherst throughout his life, it is here he passed away on 8 Mar 1852. It is unknown where he was buried.

Research Notes

His brother Absalom married his wife's sister Mary.

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91804102/aaron-higginbotham
• "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JZQ-683K : Thu Oct 26 08:02:12 UTC 2023), Entry for Aaron Higgenbotham and Elizabeth Sandidge, 20 May 1817.
• "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JZQ-2YND : Thu Oct 26 06:32:52 UTC 2023), Entry for William A. Higginbotham and Nancy Higginbotham, 27 Sep 1845.
• "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M88G-33T : Tue Oct 03 18:53:53 UTC 2023), Entry for Aaron Higginbotham and Leanna B Higginbotham, 1850.
• "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JBP-42DB : Tue Nov 07 16:31:31 UTC 2023), Entry for Chas L McDaniel and Wm McDaniel, 5 Dec 1858.
• "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z3X-RGMS : Sat Oct 21 16:37:42 UTC 2023), Entry for Wm C Bibb and Ro C Bibb, 24 Dec 1862.
• "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z58-KD3Z : Sun Oct 29 01:10:15 UTC 2023), Entry for L I McDaniel and Betsy Higginbotham, 6 Aug 1878.
• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRDQ-826 : 29 January 2020), Aaron L. Higginbotham in entry for William B. Rucker, 1879.