Cynthia Meadows

Brief Life History of Cynthia

When Cynthia Meadows was born on 22 March 1851, in Whitley, Kentucky, United States, her father, Thomas Jefferson Meadors, was 21 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth “Polly” Snyder, was 33. She married Benjamin Franklin Higginbotham on 7 November 1867, in Whitley, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 29 May 1934, in Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Highland Cemetery, Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Franklin Higginbotham
1839–1899
Cynthia Meadows
1851–1934
Marriage: 7 November 1867
Mary Higginbotham
1869–1936
Green Higgenbotham
1870–1888
Elizabeth Higgenbotham
1874–1897
Thomas Jefferson Higgenbotham
1875–
Andrew Higgenbotham
1877–1955
Lucinda "Lula" Higginbotham
1879–1959
Laura Higgenbotham
1886–
Susan A Higgenbotham
1888–
Pearl M Higgenbotham
1894–1981

Sources (18)

  • Cinlyfe Higginbotham, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Cyntha Meadors, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Cynthia Higgenbotham, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1963"

World Events (8)

1861

Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Meadow , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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