James Jackson HiggersonAge: 76 years1872–1949
- Name
- James Jackson Higgerson
- Given names
- James Jackson
- Surname
- Higgerson
 Birth | August 2, 1872 36 33 |
 Death of a maternal grandfather | Benjamin Zachery Herndon August 7, 1873 (Age 12 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Benjamin Herndon Higgerson October 18, 1875 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 5 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 7 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Susan Fox December 21, 1885 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 25 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 |
| Census | June 21, 1900 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a father | Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson February 11, 1903 (Age 30 years) Address: Near Boonville |
| Death of a sister | Mary Enola “Molly” Higgerson 1904 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a brother | Benjamin Herndon Higgerson March 3, 1907 (Age 34 years) Cause: Suicide |
| Death of a sister | Ida Belle Higgerson February 28, 1910 (Age 37 years) |
| Census | April 16, 1910 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 43 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 44 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 45 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 of a mother | Mary Frances Herndon May 15, 1920 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a brother | Emmett Lee Higgerson July 29, 1921 (Age 48 years) |
| Burial of a brother | Emmett Lee Higgerson July 31, 1921 (Age 48 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lamine Cemetery |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 57 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 69 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 73 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | May 11, 1949 (Age 76 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Lamine Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson Birth: October 9, 1835 42 40 — Virginia, United States Death: February 11, 1903 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
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 elder brother |
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 elder sister |
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 elder brother |
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 elder sister |
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 elder sister |
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 elder sister |
Mary Enola “Molly” Higgerson Birth: April 1867 31 27 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: 1904 — Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Susan Olive Higgerson Birth: March 1870 34 30 — Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: 1956 |
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2 years himself |
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 younger brother |
Benjamin Herndon Higgerson Birth: October 18, 1875 40 36 Death: March 3, 1907 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
James Jackson Higgerson has 46 first cousins recorded
Father's family (17)
Parents Henry Clay Turley + Jane Theresa Higgerson
Parents Samuel F Morton + Angeline Higgerson
Parents Nicholas W Smith + Lucy Frances Higgerson
Mother's family (29)
Parents William James Herndon + Mary E McMahan
Parents George Clark Herndon + Elizabeth Pope
Parents John A Fray + Martha Elizabeth Herndon
| 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 |