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     Israel Higgins was born on 26 Apr 1706 at Eastham, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Samuel Higgins and Hannah Cole.¹ Israel Higgins married (1) Ruth Brown, daughter of James Brown Jr. and Ruth Snow, on 2 Nov 1727 at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.³ Israel Higgins married (2) widow Ruth Smith 9 Mar 17?? At Chatham, Connecticut.⁴ Israel Higgins died on 7 Feb 1788 at Middle Haddam, Connecticut. This gives his calculated age as 81 years, 9 months and 12 days.⁵
     Part of the family of Israel and Ruth (Brown) Higgins is recorded consecutively at Eastham:

     Israel Higgins was born on 22 Feb 1761 at Middletown, Connecticut.¹ He was the son of Israel Higgins and Elizabeth Aiken.¹

     Jadiah Higgins was born on 5 Mar 1656/57.^1,3 He was the son of Richard Higgins and Mary Yates.^1,2

     James Chaplin Higgins was born on 25 Dec 1918.⁴ He was the son of James Higgins.³ James Chaplin Higgins married Verlyn Ruberta Michael, daughter of Olin Robert Michael and Ruby M. Richards, on 18 Nov 1938.⁵ James Chaplin Higgins died on 12 Feb 2002 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, Illinois, at age 83.^6,7 He was buried at Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney, Richland County, Illinois.³
     His obituary states:
     "James C. Higgins, 83, of Clinton, died at 6 p.m. Tuesday, February 12, 2002, at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana.
"Visitation will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday at Calvert Funeral Home in Clinton. Funeral services will be at 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home with Ernie Harvey, Jr. officiating.
"Burial will be in Haven Hill Cemetery in Olney.
"Mr. Higgins was born on Decemter 25, 1918, in Olney, the son of James I. and Bertha (Chaplin) Higgins. He married Verlyn Michael on November 18, 1938, in St. Louis, Mo. She survives.
"He was employed in management for GTE Corp. and was a member of Eastview Christian Church in Bloomington.
"Mr. Higgins is survived by his wife, Verlyn Higgins, of Clinton; two daughters, Susan Higgins, of Johnson City, Tenn., and Deborah Wasson, of Bryan, Ohio; and two grandchildren, Rebecca Wasson, Ypsilanti, Mich., and Jessica Wasson, of Bryan, Ohio.
"He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and two sisters.
"Memorials may be made to Little Galilee."⁷

     Jennie Irene Higgins was born on 18 Apr 1908.² She was the daughter of Asa Higgins Jr. and Sarah Nancy Ridgely.¹ Jennie Irene Higgins married Edgar Ray Slunaker on 31 Dec 1926.² Jennie Irene Higgins and Edgar were divorced on 13 Dec 1966.² Jennie Irene Higgins married Ervie Inyart on 4 Jun 1967.² Jennie Irene Higgins appears in the Social Security Death Index as having died Mar 1981 with the last place of residence listed as Claremont, Richland County, Illinois. Jennie Irene's SSN was issued in Illinois. Also, her birth date is given as 18 Apr 1908.³ She died on 1 Mar 1981 at age 72.^4,5 She was buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Richland County, Illinois.^6,7
     Jennie Inyart was the proprietor of a store in Berryville.⁸
     Her obituary states:
     "Jennie Inyart, 72
"Jennie Irene Inyart, 72, Claremont, was dead on arrival at 11 a.m. Sunday in Richland Memorial Hospital.
"Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Sivert Funeral Home in Sumner.
"She was born in Wabash County April 18, 1908 to Asa and Sarah (Ridgley [sic]) Higgins. She married Ervie Inyart, and he survives. She was the retired owner and operated [sic] of the Berryville Store.
"Other survivors include four sons, Ray, Harold, and Roy Slunaker, all of Calhoun, and Bill Slunaker, Parkersburg; two daughters, Mildred Goldman, Calhoun, and Mary Elen Kaericher, Stager; two step-sons, Ralph Inyart, Olney, and Earl Inyart, Sumner; a step-daughter, Cloetta Ogelsby, Otterville, Mo; a brother, William Higgins, Olney; a sister Edith Fiscus, Bridgeport; 14 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.⁹
     Another obituary says:
     "Jennie Inyart, 72, Claremont, was dead on arrival at 11 a.m. Sunday in Richland Memorial Hospital.
"Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Sivert Funeral Home in Sumner with Rev. Harold Jackman presiding. Burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Richland County.
"She was born in Wabash County April 18, 1908 to Asa and Sarah (Ridgley [sic]) Higgins. She married Ervie Inyart, and he survives. She was the retired owner and operator of the Berryville Store.
"Other survivors include four sons, Ray, Harold, and Roy Slunaker, all of Calhoun, and Bill Slunaker, Parkersburg; two daughters, Mildred Goldman, Calhoun, and Mary Ellen Kaericher, Stager; two step-sons, Ralph Inyart, Sumner; a ste[p]-daughter, Cloetta Ogelsby, Otterville, Mo; a brother, William Higgins, Olney; a sister Edith Fiscus, Bridgeport; 14 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren."¹⁰

     Jesse Higgins was born on 26 Jun 1731 at Eastham, Massachusetts.^2,3 He was the son of Israel Higgins and Ruth Brown.¹

     John Higgins was born on 20 Nov 1666 at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Benjamin Higgins and Lydia Bangs.^2,1 John Higgins died on 13 Jun 1689 at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, at age 22.²

     Jonathan Higgins was born in Jul 1637 at Plymouth, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Richard Higgins and Lydia Chandler.^1,2

     Joshua Higgins was born on 1 Oct 1668 at Eastham, Massachusetts.^1,2 He was the son of Benjamin Higgins and Lydia Bangs.¹

     Lidea Higgins was born on 9 Oct 1737 at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.² She was the daughter of Israel Higgins and Ruth Brown.¹

     Lila Mae "June" Higgins was born on 1 Jun 1924 at Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois.^3,4 She was the daughter of George Glen Higgins and Sylvia Miller.¹ Lila Mae "June" Higgins married Ohley C. Kessel c 1940.⁴ Lila Mae "June" Higgins died on 21 Aug 2009 at home, Maysville, West Virginia, at age 85.⁴ She was buried at Lahmansville Cemetery, Lamahnsville, West Virginia.⁴
     As of 1974, Lila Mae "June" Kessel lived at Maysville, West Virginia.⁵
     Her obituary states: "August 24, 2009
"Lila M. June Kessel [Maysville, W.Va.]
"MAYSVILLE, W.Va. – Lila M. June Kessel, 85, of Maysville, W.Va., died Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, at her home.
"She was born June 1, 1924, in Champaign, Ill., and was the daughter of the late Glen Higgins and Sylvia (Miller) Higgins Horn. She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Ohley C. Kessel, who died on Nov. 25, 2006.
"Lila was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and a wonderful homemaker. She found joy in spending time with her granddaughters and loved nature and flowers. She enjoyed her weekly bus trips with her special friends. She was a member of the Christian Church of Fisher, Ill. and was active with youth and church camp.
"Surviving is one son, David L. Kessel and wife Donna, of Burlington, W.Va; one daughter, Patricia Ann Kessel, of Maysville, W.Va; two granddaughters, Devan Lee Kessel Folts and husband Justin, of Huntington, Mass. and Denae Ann Kessel, of Easthampton, Mass; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews and great-nieces and nephews.
"The family will receive friends Sunday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Schaeffer Funeral Home, Petersburg, W.Va.
"Funeral services will follow on Sunday at 7 p.m. in the Schaeffer Funeral Home, with Pastor Preston J. Miller officiating.
"Burial will be private in the Lahmansville Cemetery, Lahmansville, W.Va.
"Memorials may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice."⁴

     Lydia Higgins was born on 31 May 1670 at Eastham, Massachusetts.^1,2 She was the daughter of Benjamin Higgins and Lydia Bangs.¹

     Lydia Higgins was born in Jul 1664 at Eastham, Massachusetts.² She was the daughter of Richard Higgins and Mary Yates.¹

     Lydia Higgins was born on 18 Apr 1763 at Middletown, Connecticut.¹ She was the daughter of Israel Higgins and Elizabeth Aiken.¹

     Mary Higgins was born on 27 Sep 1652.¹ She was the daughter of Richard Higgins and Mary Yates.^1,2

     Mary Lou Higgins was born on 23 Jul 1929 at West Salem, Edwards County, Illinois.^1,2 She was the daughter of George Glen Higgins and Mae Montgomery.¹ Mary Lou Higgins married Grant Beauchamp Jr. on 2 Sep 1947 at Mt. Carmel, Wabash County, Illinois.^1,3 Mary Lou Higgins died in Jan 1970 at Evansville, Indiana, at age 40.^4,3 She was buried at Highland Memorial Cemetery, Mt. Carmel, Wabash County, Illinois.⁵
     Mary Lou Beauchamp and Grant Beauchamp Jr. lived at Mt. Carmel, Wabash County, Illinois. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a pipe fitter. She was a homemaker. They attended the Christian Church.⁵ She died of a brain aneurism.⁵
     Her obituary states:
     "The community was again saddened by the untimely death of Mrs. Mary Lou (Higgins) Beauchant [sic] of Mt. Carmel. She leaves her husband, Grant, and a five year old son and two married daughters. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Higgins. Her father preceded her in death. Mrs. Charles (Faye) Yonaka near Berryville is a sister. Several folks from Berryville attended her funeral in Mt. Carmel Sunday afternoon."⁶

     Nancy Higgins was born on 19 Nov 1797 at Connecticut.¹ She was the daughter of George Higgins and Patience Mapes. Nancy Higgins married John Harrison, son of John Harrison and Irene Wardell. Nancy Higgins married (2) George B Knight. Nancy Higgins died on 25 Mar 1875 at age 77² and was buried at Harrison Cemetery, Lancaster, Wabash County, Illinois.²
     When George B. Knight died about 1851, he left some children by his first wife and also left a widow, Nancy. She also had children by a first marriage but none with Mr. Knight. Some information on the process of settling the estate is provided by the Knight family letters.
"George H. has moved Mother the stable and crib in the garden. The praisement of Gather's [Father's] estate amounted to $218. and the Widow's dowry to $287. Or there about.
"The claims against the estate are warned to come in at the ensuing March term. They can't get a decree to sell the farm untill next June; the advertisement will prolong the time to some time in July.
"I asked Mother sometime ago if she would take $100. For her dowry in the farm. She said no. That she allways intended to have the income of her part of the two places for subsistance.
"After that some has advised me not to give $100. For her dowry saying that it would not loose (?) Anything and would have to be kept in repare to yeald her anything and she told the same one that she would take $100. And repair her place and would go to her children which the same person (Uncle Knight) said that there behavior towards Father was not deserving such good usage.
"I want commishioners appointed next Circuit Court to set off her dowery and if possible to make there return the same term so it will be known where her dowery is as soon as possible.
"I have not made myself acquainted with the particulars of the praisement or anything about it only what I state above. I told J. Hays (or Hig's?) To hurry the sail of the land."
Mrs. Knight's editorial note with this letter says: "The Mother listed is Mrs. Nancy (Reid [sic]) Harrison, 2nd wife of George B. Knight, Sr. They had married in December of 1849, the first wife, Orenda Simmons having died in 1835. George B., Sr., died in sometime in 1851. I have never found his burial place, but presume it to be Old Lancaster Cemetery, Wabash County, Ill. The brother Andrew and some of his family are buried there. H. who moved his mother is unknown to me."³
     John Higgins, Nancy's brother, was, at first, the administrator of the estate of George B. Knight and guardian of some of the heirs. However, he soon died. The Knight letters present a little more of the story.
"Mr. John Higgins, Seignior, died last Wednesday.
"He [The?] claims against the estate came in at the March term of Probate Court. There was about $65.00 brought against it then. I think they will not reach $75.00 in all besides the expenses which Mr. Bell says will be small. John Higgans had previously advertised for an order to sell the land which he obtained after the claims were brought in at the same term of Court and then advertised to sell the land of the first day of May, which he did and I intended to bid enough the first bid to pay all the cost and indebtedness of the estate whether anyone else bid or not. So I bid a hundred dollars and there were a few other bids and then it was nocked off to me for $120.00 on a credit of 6 and 12 months.
"Our county Judge thinks the Widow's claim of personal property has to be made up out of the real estate, but he has not issued an order to that effect yet. I told him that about the time the order was issued he would hear of an appeal to the Circuit Court, for I am fully resolved to do it. Although it is practised by the County Court the best Lawyers that I have asked says it is no law, such as C. H. Constable and V. B. Bell, they also say that the widow not possessing the place that is not living on it is not entitled to the place whatever untill her dower is set apart for her. I did not know that liveing on the place or claims against the estate that would require the place to be sold made any difference. So but what the widow would hold the whole place untill the dower was set off. She thought the law more favorable still so that the dower could not be set off untill she agreed to it, and of course, hold the whole place or rent of it.
"Judge Bell said it could be done by agreeing on commishioners and have them to do it without the cost of Court. So I went to see her 2 or 3 times to get her to agree to have it set off but could not succeed. Some times she would get quite out of humor but I would not let on. She said she never heard of a dower being set off so soon and she thought she could hold her place for a year anyow and from her idea above written could as long as she pleased.
"(When I quit here it was dark and I just wrote by guess). Candle light.
"I told her I should try to have it done at the April term of Court but when I found out she could not hold the place I stopped. It was supposed the Widow's claim lacked about $40. of being made up but the Court found a mistake in adding of it up; it lacks $140.00 the Praisers allowed her all the wheels, reel loom and $. Or 8. To make up her allowance for a loom and all the beds and bedding and about $20. For her allowance of bedding and all the house hold and kitchen furniture and about $2.00 to make up that part and praised her the 2 horses at $35. And she sold them or[sic] $66. And the wagons at $8. Each. She asks $15. For the big one, the small one she won't sell for any reasonable price All the thinks [sic] were praised about that way. The fanning mill $2.50.
"I did not care anything about the things. I supposed she would take them all and then would have to stop but it is bad for the property to be praised that way, if the ballance had to be made up out of the real estate. To sell the real estate of one man's heirs to make up the personal property of the heirs of another man, but as the saying is, they may thank there eys and shake their tails that they have got what they have got, for they will never get anymore. Dency and Cynthia was included in the family.
"I shall not set off the widow's dower till after harvest since she would not have it set off, nor she cannot force it untill next court. So she cannot get a bit of rent from em, if I can get ready to go out of the house when it (the dower) is set off. I shall have but very little corn on the place. I have rented ten acres of first rate corn ground on J. J. Seymours place. I think I will have a hand to commence work nest[sic] Tuesday for me, for you never see a feller farther behind hand than I am now for I have not sown oats nor planted corn.
"If I did not get the place I thought likely immediate possession would have to be given for some that I supposed would be bidders wanted a home right off but they did not come even to bid."⁴
     "Mother has not applied for a division this court, therefore she cannot force one untill next spring. The reason is I suppose from what I have heard, she thinks of getting rent from the whole place, therefore she won't want a division."⁵
     "George A. Harrison has been a dunning me for rent of this place for last year's crop. He say he thinks mother is entitled to the rent of the place for one year or untill her dower is set off or at least is entitled to the rent of one third of the place, and says she intends to commence Suit to the Circuit Court if not paid shortly.
"I think from what Lawyers told me last spring she has no claim right or title to any of it until she gains possession. And she never applied for dower to the Court. But before I raised my house last fall I sent up for James Thompson to come and survey out the widow's dower as I thought it ought to be. But Thompson thought we best have the widow's sanction to the survey and so did I if we could get it but I had talked to her so much and she was always so contrary that I supposed be onley talk if I went again. But I thought if I made a demand of her to appoint an arbitrator it would be so much the better plea before the Circuit Court if she ever commenced suit to alter the dower. But I went down and George A. Harrison said she better appoint one and she chose Mc..Millen and I chose Dr. Flanders. McMillen wanted to know where she wanted it struck off and in what way the lines to run. She wanted them to give her a strip through the middle, all in one body and take the old house and where I wanted to set the new one and give ma a strip off each end of the 80 acres. I wanted to give her what was right of improve land in the N. E. Corner around the house and a road on the east side to the timber up next to Wm. Ridgley, the best timber on the place. I showed them the law that the widow had the right to choose the house if she desire it and that was all the choice she had. But Mc contended if I wanted it to run the way I must allow her more improved land than their calculations allowed her, which was 15 A and so they give her 18 A the way I wanted it. But she has never made a demand of it yet.
"Mother and I signed an article of agreement to stand by the arbitration. They five [gave?] her a road and five a of Timber in the S. E. Corner. If you have an opportunity of questioning Bat Web whether the widow is entitled to rent from our lands before the dower is set off where the land has been sold for debt I would be glad to know as soon as possible. So much for law and the troubles but it does not trouble me much."⁶
     Bill Currie reproduces a handwritten funeral record of Nancy (Higgins) Harrison Knight found in the records of (I think) the church at West Salem.

"Nancy Knight (Higgins) an aged widowed mother in the church born Nov. 19, 1797 in the State of Connecticut. In her 18th year she was married to John Harrison sr. when she settled in Wabash Co., Ills. With this husband she had 12 children and thro. them became the ancestor of 69 grandchildren & 29 great grandchildren. After the death of her 1st husband she was again married to George Knight --- long since departed. She was a faithful & devoted follower of Christ after three weeks of extreme suffering ... she was greatly sustained by the grace of God she departed this life March 25 1875, her age being 77 yr 4 m 6ds. She was buried in the family cemetery near Lancaster the service taking place in Lancaster. Rev. J. Ham[___]."⁷

     Pauline Joan Higgins was born on 5 Jun 1932.¹ She was the daughter of George Glen Higgins and Mae Montgomery.¹ Pauline Joan Higgins married Jack Osmon on 6 Nov 1952 at Mt. Carmel, Wabash County, Illinois.³ Pauline Joan Higgins died of a rare blood disorder on 1 Jan 1973 at Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, at age 40.⁴ She was buried on 4 Jan 1973 at Highland Memorial Cemetery, Mt. Carmel, Wabash County, Illinois.³
     She and Allene Higgins were twins.⁵ She was a homemaker and a Baptist.³
     Her obituary states:
     "Mrs. Pauline Osmon, age 40, a former resident of Mt. Carmel, died January 1, in the West Texas Medical Center in Abilene, Texas. She was born June 5, 1932, the daughter of Glenn and Mae Montgomery Higgins.
"On 6 Nov 1952, she was married to Jack Osmon in Mt. Carmel. In addition to her husband, she is survived by her mother, Mrs. Mae Higgins of Mt. Carmel; two sons, Jackie Joe Osmon, US Armed Forces; Tommy Glenn Osmon, Mt. Carmel; daughter, Kathy Jo Osmon at home, one grandchild; two brothers Robert Earl Higgins and Ira Ray Higgins, both of Mt. Carmel; five sisters Mrs. Sarah Lee Thetford, Bowie, Texas, Mrs. Charlotte Sue Phares, Guam, Mrs. Allene Potts, and Mrs. Betty Goldman, both of Mt. Carmel, Mrs. Iris Faye Yon [sic] Calhoun, Illinois, and half sister, Mrs. Lila June Kessel, Maysville, Va.
"Preceding her in death were her father and sisters, Mary Lou Beauchamp and Dorothy May Higgins."
"Mrs. Osmon was a member of the Second Baptist Church of Abilene."
"Funeral services well be Thursday at 2:00 p. m. from the Roy D. Short Memorial Chapel with Rev. Tom Nipp and Rev. Mervin Burroughs officiating. Interment will be in Highland Memorial."⁶

     Rachel Higgins was born on 28 Jun 1743 at Middletown, Connecticut.¹ She was the daughter of Israel Higgins and Ruth Brown.¹

     Rebecca Higgins was born on 14 Jun 1674 at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.² She was the daughter of Benjamin Higgins and Lydia Bangs.¹ Rebecca Higgins died in Mar 1675 at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.³

     Richard Higgins married (1) Lydia Chandler, daughter of Edmund Chandler, on 11 Dec 1634.¹ Richard Higgins married (2) Mary Yates in Oct 1651 at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.² Richard Higgins died bt 20 Nov 1674 - 1 Jun 1675.³
     "John Yeates, the son of John Yeates, deceased, which said John Yeates, Junir, is son in law to the said Richard Higgens, was borne at Duxburrow the 15th of August 1650."⁴
     On 20 Nov 1672 Richard Higgins of New Pascataway, New Jersey, sold land in Eastham to Benjamin Higgins, weaver, of Eastham. Mary Higgins, his wife, signed her consent on 24 Nov 1672 and the deed was recorded at Eastham on 2 Sept 1679.⁵
     Mrs. Katherine Higgins places Richard's death "between November 20, 1674 and June 1, 1675.⁶ He left a will which has not been found. His widow Mary and his son Benjamin were executors.³

     Richard Higgins was born on 15 Oct 1664 at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Benjamin Higgins and Lydia Bangs.¹

     Robert Earl Higgins was born on 17 Apr 1935 at Lawrence County, Illinois.¹ He was the son of George Glen Higgins and Mae Montgomery.¹ Robert Earl Higgins married Betty Lou Sperry on 14 Jul 1953 at Wabash County, Illinois.^1,2 Robert Earl Higgins appears in the Social Security Death Index as having died Mar 1982 with the last place of residence listed as Mt. Carmel, Wabash County, Illinois. Robert Earl's SSN was issued in Illinois. Also, his birth date is given as 17 April 1935.³ He died of a perforated ulcer on 19 Mar 1982 at Wabash County, Illinois, at age 46.⁴ He was buried at Highland Memorial Cemetery, Wabash County, Illinois.⁵
     He was a laborer and had served in the U. S. Army.⁵

     Ruth Higgins was born on 5 Jun 1733 at Eastham, Massachusetts.² She was the daughter of Israel Higgins and Ruth Brown.¹

     Samuel Higgins was born on 7 Mar 1676 at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Benjamin Higgins and Lydia Bangs.¹ Samuel Higgins married Hannah Cole, daughter of Israel Cole and Mary Paine, on 4 Nov 1703 at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.³ Samuel Higgins died on 10 Dec 1761 at Eastham, Massachusetts. This gives his calculated age as 85 years, 9 months and 3 days.⁴
     The family of Samuel and Hannah Higgins is recorded on one page of the Eastham Town Records:

     Samuel Higgins was born on 19 Jul 1713 at Eastham, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Samuel Higgins and Hannah Cole.¹

     Sarah Lee Higgins was born on 24 Jul 1928 at Edwards County, Illinois.^1,2 She was the daughter of George Glen Higgins and Mae Montgomery.¹ Sarah Lee Higgins married Willie Lee "Bill" Thetford on 27 Sep 1963 at Texas.³ Sarah Lee Higgins died on 15 Apr 2010 at Ennis, Texas, at age 81.⁴ She was buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Bowie, Montague County, Texas.⁵
     In 1982 Sarah Lee Higgins lived at Bowie, Texas.³ She is a bartender and attends Christian and Baptist churches.⁶
     Her obituary states: "BOWIE — Sarah Lee Thetford, 81, died Thursday, April 15, 2010, in Ennis, Texas.
"Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in Elmwood Cemetery with Billy Waller officiating. Services are under the direction of the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.
"Mrs. Thetford and her husband, Bill, ran the catering service at the Bowie Country Club for several years.
"Survivors include two daughters, Marie McCalvin of Ferris, and Beverly Drigger of Palestine; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Faye Yonaka of West Salem, Ill., and Sue Phares of Tennessee.
"The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. today at the funeral home.
"© 2010 Times Record News."⁴

     Seth Higgins was born on 4 Feb 1750/51 at Middletown, Connecticut.¹ He was the son of Israel Higgins and Ruth Brown.¹

     Silvenis Higgins was born on 8 Jun 1735 at Eastham, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Israel Higgins and Ruth Brown.¹