 Birth | August 1, 1863 27 24 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 sister | Effie May Higgerson December 18, 1865 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Enola “Molly” Higgerson April 1867 (Age 3 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 3 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 3 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Nancy I Zachary 1868 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 5 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 sister | Susan Olive Higgerson March 1870 (Age 6 years) |
 Census | July 25, 1870 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | James Jackson Higgerson August 2, 1872 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Benjamin Zachery Herndon August 7, 1873 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Benjamin Herndon Higgerson October 18, 1875 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 14 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 16 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Susan Fox December 21, 1885 (Age 22 years) |
 Marriage | Eralus Dunn “Dump” Smith — View this family calculated 1892 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 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 daughter #1 | Mary Venita Smith April 7, 1900 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Ray Smith calculated 1903 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a father | Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson February 11, 1903 (Age 39 years) Address: Near Boonville |
| Death of a sister | Mary Enola “Molly” Higgerson 1904 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Eddie Lee Smith October 30, 1905 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a brother | Benjamin Herndon Higgerson March 3, 1907 (Age 43 years) Cause: Suicide |
 Death | February 28, 1910 (Age 46 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Lamine Cemetery |