Brief Life History of Heber Kimball
When Heber Kimball Higgins was born on 4 September 1839, in Hancock Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Nelson Higgins, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Blackman, was 33. He married Sarah Josephine Meacham on 1 January 1866, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He registered for military service in 1866. He died on 14 March 1873, in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Nephi City Cemetery, Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States.
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- Heber K Higgins in household of Nelson Higgins, "United States Census, 1860"
- Mormon Battalion Sick Detachments - 1847
- Heber Kimball Higgins, "BillionGraves Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
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1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1852: Juab, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Juab, Utah, United States
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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