Brief Life History of William James
When William James Higginbotham was born on 23 April 1838, in Blount, Alabama, United States, his father, Henry Henigan Higginbotham, was 25 and his mother, Betsy Ann Little, was 23. He married Martha Elizabeth Lee on 17 August 1858, in Blount, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Arkansas, United States in 1870. He died on 16 January 1898, in Maumelle, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Maumelle, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States.
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Sources (6)
- W Hickembotham, "United States Census, 1870"
- W J Higginbotham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- W. J. Higginbotham, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (7)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861
Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.
1862 · Battle of Pea Ridge
By the time the Battle of Pea Ridge happened the Union forces had pushed Confederates through Missouri and Arkansas. This battle was important in securing Missouri for the Union and opening Arkansas for the Union.
Name Meaning
English (Cheshire): habitational name from Oakenbottom in Bolton le Moors (Lancashire), probably originally called ǣcen-botme ‘oaken valley’. During the Middle Ages this name became successively Eakenbottom and Ickenbottom, with the first element becoming associated with the Lancashire and Cheshire dialect word hicken or higgen ‘mountain ash’ or the personal name Higgin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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