Statira Matilda Higbee

Brief Life History of Statira Matilda

When Statira Matilda Higbee was born on 10 November 1842, in Michigan City, Michigan Township, LaPorte, Indiana, United States, her father, Obadiah Higbee, was 32 and her mother, Julia Ann Perry, was 28. She married Sidney Viers on 11 September 1858, in Hartford, Warren, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Peterson Township, Clay, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Andover, Day, South Dakota, United States in 1910. She died on 12 May 1920, in Peterson, Clay, Iowa, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Waterman Township, O'Brien, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Sidney Viers
1836–1922
Statira Matilda Higbee
1842–1920
Marriage: 11 September 1858
Julia Ann Viers
1859–1935
Anna Elizabeth Viers
1862–1938
Mary Etta Viers
1867–1935
Eunice Amelia Viers
1869–1968
James Viers
1869–1880

Sources (26)

  • Viers M Statira, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Stahia H. Higbee, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Statira M Higby, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1846

Historical Boundaries: 1846: Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Polk, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Polk, Iowa, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English (London): perhaps a habitational name, but no place of this name is known in Britain. The proposed etymology from an Old English personal name, Higbert, is equally doubtful.

History: The name was brought to North America in the 1640s from Ivinghoe in Buckinghamshire, England.

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

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