Brief Life History of Ephraim
When Ephraim Higgins was born on 12 April 1855, in Fulton, Illinois, United States, his father, Hiram Shannon Higgins, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth Baughman, was 26. He married Sarah Elmira Littlejohn on 21 October 1886, in Fulton, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Henry Township, Vernon, Missouri, United States in 1910 and Simla, Elbert, Colorado, United States for about 10 years. He died on 10 January 1949, in Holden, Johnson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Holden, Johnson, Missouri, United States.
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- Ephriam D Higgins, "United States Census, 1910"
- Ephriam B Higgins, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ephriam D Higgins, "United States Census, 1930"
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1857
Historical Boundaries: 1857: Johnson, Missouri, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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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