Mary Frances HerndonAge: 81 years1839–1920
- Name
- Mary Frances Herndon
- Given names
- Mary Frances
- Surname
- Herndon
- Married name
- Mary Frances Higgerson
 Birth | April 20, 1839 36 37 |
 Birth of a brother | Thomas Jefferson Herndon November 11, 1839 (Age 6 months) |
| Death of a brother | Thomas Jefferson Herndon August 22, 1840 (Age 16 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Henry Green Herndon October 14, 1841 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Elizabeth Zachery 1847 (Age 7 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 6 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | September 18, 1850 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Fox Herndon October 28, 1851 (Age 12 years) |
 Religious marriage | Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson — View this family September 15, 1856 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Charles Edwin Higgerson August 9, 1857 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Martha Ellen Higgerson August 11, 1859 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 17 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Death of a son | Charles Edwin Higgerson February 21, 1860 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Martha Ellen Higgerson March 30, 1860 (Age 20 years) |
| Census | August 23, 1860 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Emmett Lee Higgerson June 9, 1861 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a brother | Henry Green Herndon September 16, 1861 (Age 22 years) Note: Henry was killed in 1861 while guarding the Lamine Bridge in Cooper County, Missouri waiting for General Sterling Price's men to cross the bridge. |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Ida Belle Higgerson August 1, 1863 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 21 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Effie May Higgerson December 18, 1865 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Mary Enola “Molly” Higgerson April 1867 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 27 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 27 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 29 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Susan Olive Higgerson March 1870 (Age 30 years) |
| Census | July 25, 1870 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | James Jackson Higgerson August 2, 1872 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a father | Benjamin Zachery Herndon August 7, 1873 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | George Henry Herndon Sr December 20, 1874 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a son #9 | Benjamin Herndon Higgerson October 18, 1875 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 38 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 10, 1880 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a brother | George Clark Herndon May 24, 1885 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a mother | Susan Fox December 21, 1885 (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Harry Pearson Turley — Mary Enola “Molly” Higgerson — View this family Type: Religious marriage October 3, 1888 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Jessie Enola “Nullie” Turley May 25, 1889 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Emmett Hall “Pete” Turley January 9, 1891 (Age 51 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Emmett Lee Higgerson — Ida May Lewis — View this family Type: Religious marriage February 17, 1892 (Age 52 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Eralus Dunn “Dump” Smith — Ida Belle Higgerson — View this family calculated 1892 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Mildred Higgerson January 1893 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | John Columbus Turley August 3, 1893 (Age 54 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Abraham Douglas Swegle — Effie May Higgerson — View this family Type: Religious marriage October 19, 1893 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Elmer L Swegle August 30, 1894 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Mary Higgerson December 1894 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Margaret Williams “Peg” Turley August 12, 1895 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | Earl D Swegle 1897 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | Mary Elizabeth “Bess” Turley March 23, 1898 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 58 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a granddaughter #10 | Martha Higgerson August 1899 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | Mary Venita Smith April 7, 1900 (Age 60 years) |
| Census | June 21, 1900 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #12 | Roxie Lee “Bobbie” Turley November 2, 1900 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #13 | Mary M Swegle 1901 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #14 | May B Higgerson 1903 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #15 | Ray Smith calculated 1903 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a husband | Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson February 11, 1903 (Age 63 years) Address: Near Boonville |
| Birth of a grandson #16 | William Pearson “Billy” Turley September 16, 1903 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Mary Enola “Molly” Higgerson 1904 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #17 | Mildred Frances Swegle 1905 (Age 65 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #18 | Eddie Lee Smith October 30, 1905 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a son | Benjamin Herndon Higgerson March 3, 1907 (Age 67 years) Cause: Suicide |
| Death of a daughter | Ida Belle Higgerson February 28, 1910 (Age 70 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #19 | Thomas Higgerson March 1910 (Age 70 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #20 | Jesse Columbus Higgerson April 14, 1910 (Age 70 years) |
| Census | April 16, 1910 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a sister | Martha Elizabeth Herndon March 5, 1911 (Age 71 years) |
| Burial of a sister | Martha Elizabeth Herndon March 7, 1911 (Age 71 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McMahan Cemetery |
| Death of a brother | William James Herndon January 3, 1912 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 76 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 77 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 78 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Death | May 15, 1920 (Age 81 years) |
 Burial | May 1920 (Age 81 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Herndon Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Benjamin Zachery Herndon Birth: April 30, 1802 23 24 — Virginia, United States Death: August 7, 1873 — Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Susan Fox Birth: 1802 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 21, 1885 — Lamine Township, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: October 1828 — Madison, Kentucky, United States |
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9 months elder brother |
William James Herndon Birth: July 16, 1829 27 27 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 3, 1912 — Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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19 months elder brother |
John Fox Herndon Birth: February 20, 1831 28 29 — Missouri, United States Death: October 28, 1851 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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23 months elder brother |
George Clark Herndon Birth: January 28, 1833 30 31 — Missouri, United States Death: May 24, 1885 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Martha Elizabeth Herndon Birth: March 12, 1835 32 33 — Missouri, United States Death: March 5, 1911 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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4 years herself |
Mary Frances Herndon Birth: April 20, 1839 36 37 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: May 15, 1920 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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7 months younger brother |
Thomas Jefferson Herndon Birth: November 11, 1839 37 37 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: August 22, 1840 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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23 months younger brother |
Henry Green Herndon Birth: October 14, 1841 39 39 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: September 16, 1861 |
| Family with Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson |
| husband |
Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson Birth: October 9, 1835 42 40 — Virginia, United States Death: February 11, 1903 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Mary Frances Herndon Birth: April 20, 1839 36 37 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: May 15, 1920 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: September 15, 1856 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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11 months son |
Charles Edwin Higgerson Birth: August 9, 1857 21 18 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: February 21, 1860 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Martha Ellen Higgerson Birth: August 11, 1859 23 20 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 30, 1860 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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22 months son |
Emmett Lee Higgerson Birth: June 9, 1861 25 22 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: July 29, 1921 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Effie May Higgerson Birth: December 18, 1865 30 26 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: November 10, 1951 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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-2 years daughter |
Ida Belle Higgerson Birth: August 1, 1863 27 24 — Missouri, United States Death: February 28, 1910 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Mary Enola “Molly” Higgerson Birth: April 1867 31 27 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: 1904 — Missouri, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Susan Olive Higgerson Birth: March 1870 34 30 — Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: 1956 |
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2 years son |
James Jackson Higgerson Birth: August 2, 1872 36 33 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: May 11, 1949 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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3 years son |
Benjamin Herndon Higgerson Birth: October 18, 1875 40 36 Death: March 3, 1907 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
Mary Frances Herndon has 24 first cousins recorded
Father's family (24)
Parents Julius G Herndon + Sophia Hockaday
Parents Rodney Herndon + Nancy C Fox
Parents James Herndon + Elizabeth McGarrah
Parents James A Davenport + Nancy Herndon
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Herndon - Household
Cooper, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson - Household
Cooper, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson - Household
Lamine, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson - Household
Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson - Household
Howard, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Eralus Dunn Smith - Household
Arrow Rock Road Lamine, Cooper, Missouri
Susie's age is off - CC's census has Not Named, maybe another daughter -b |