Eliza Jane “Babe” HigginsAge: 81 years1858–1940
- Name
- Eliza Jane “Babe” Higgins
- Given names
- Eliza Jane
- Surname
- Higgins
- Married name
- Eliza Jane Bagby
- Nickname
- Babe
 Birth | May 7, 1858 |
 Marriage | John Wesley Bagby — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 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 |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 8 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 8 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 10 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 son#1 | Thomas Gideon Bagby November 10, 1878 (Age 20 years) Note: Year is 1879 on tombstone |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 19 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 39 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 57 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 58 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 59 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 71 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 |
| Death of a husband | John Wesley Bagby May 17, 1931 (Age 73 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Thomas Gideon Bagby — Amy John Hall — View this family between 1937 and 1940 (Age 78 years) |
 Death | January 20, 1940 (Age 81 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery |
| Family with John Wesley Bagby |
| husband |
John Wesley Bagby Birth: July 22, 1854 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: May 17, 1931 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Eliza Jane “Babe” Higgins Birth: May 7, 1858 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 20, 1940 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
Thomas Gideon Bagby Birth: November 10, 1878 24 20 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 18, 1953 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |