Adam D. Higgins

Brief Life History of Adam D.

When Adam D. Higgins was born on 21 December 1825, in Crawford, Illinois, United States, his father, William Higgins, was 38 and his mother, Mary Ann Simons, was 35. He married Nancy Elizabeth Buntain on 4 November 1847, in Crawford, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Capps Creek Township, Barry, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died on 17 April 1906, in Monett Township, Barry, Missouri, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in New Site Cemetery, Monett Township, Barry, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Adam D. Higgins
1825–1906
Mary Jane Bunton
1833–1895
Marriage: 13 April 1851
Charles Alexander Higgins
1852–1920
Arthur James Higgins
1854–1859
Thomas Andrew Higgins
1855–1919
John Monroe Higgins
1859–1921
Francis Marion Higgins
1862–1937
Ellen Higgins
1866–

Sources (8)

  • Adam Higgins, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Adam Higgins, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Adam D Higgins, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1832 · Black Hawk War

"The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the ""British Band"", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis."

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Name Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hUiginn ‘descendant of Uiginn’, a byname meaning ‘viking, sea-rover’ (from Old Norse víkingr). Compare McGuigan .

English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): variant of Higgin, itself either a Lancashire variant of Huggin (from a pet form of Hugh ), or a variant of Hickin (from a pet form of Richard ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. See Hick and compare Higson .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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