James Crawford Biggs

Brief Life History of James Crawford

When James Crawford Biggs was born on 29 August 1872, in Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, United States, his father, William Biggs, was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth Arrington Cooper, was 23. He married Marjie Campbell Jordan on 7 February 1906, in Durham, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Neuse, Wake, North Carolina, United States in 1930 and Neuse Township, Wake, North Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 30 January 1960, in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Crawford Biggs
1872–1960
Marjie Campbell Jordan
1882–1977
Marriage: 7 February 1906
Marjorie Jordan Biggs
1910–1985
James Southgate Biggs
1917–1917

Sources (51)

  • J Crawford Biggs, "United States Census, 1900"
  • J Crawford Biggs, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-2011 "
  • J. Crawford Biggs, "North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994"

World Events (8)

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.

1877 · Last Troops Leave

In 1877, the last of the troops that were occupying North Carolina left.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Bigg , with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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