Brief Life History of Carlos Smith
When Carlos Smith Higgins was born on 2 January 1842, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Nelson Higgins, was 35 and his mother, Sarah Blackman, was 35. He married Dorthea Christensen on 26 March 1862, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Kanosh, Millard, Utah, United States in 1880 and Portneuf, Bannock, Idaho, United States for about 10 years. He died on 21 November 1919, in Lava Hot Springs, Bannock, Idaho, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Lava Hot Springs Cemetery, Lava Hot Springs, Bannock, Idaho, United States.
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- Seas Higgins, "United States Census, 1900"
- Carlos Smith Higgins, "BillionGraves Index"
- Carlos Smith Higgins in entry for Welthy M Baxter, "Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007"
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1845 · Oh My Father
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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Carlos Higgins Bio Info
--born in 1842 in Nauvoo, Illinois --named after the brother of Joseph Smith, Jr. --son of Nelson Higgins, early LDS convert, who attended Zion's Camp and who commanded Company D in the Mormon Battal …
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