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Higgerson Family History & Genealogy

278 biographies and 80 photos with the Higgerson last name. Discover the family history, nationality, origin and common names of Higgerson family members.

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Early Higgersons

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Sarah Ann (Haney) Higgerson was born in 1803. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sarah Ann (Haney) Higgerson .
Benjamin Higgerson was born in 1807. He married Permelia (Chewning) Higgerson on October 3, 1853 and they later separated on December 25, 1862. They had children John Edgar Higgerson, Jacquelina (Higgerson) Daley, William Buchanan Higgerson, Walter Buchanan Higgerson, and Andrew Jackson Higgerson Sr.. Benjamin's partner was Sarah Ann (Haney) Higgerson, and they had children Mary Eliza (Higgerson) Sutherland and James Thomas Higgerson. Benjamin Higgerson died at age 54 years old on December 25, 1862. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Benjamin Higgerson.
Permelia (Chewning) Higgerson
Permelia (Chewning) Higgerson was born on January 27, 1830, and died at age 67 years old on May 28, 1897. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Permelia (Chewning) Higgerson.
Mary Eliza (Higgerson) Sutherland was born on May 25, 1833 to Benjamin Higgerson and Sarah Ann (Haney) Higgerson, and has a brother James Thomas Higgerson. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Eliza (Higgerson) Sutherland.
James Thomas Higgerson was born on December 22, 1838, and died at age 24 years old on December 23, 1862 at Howard's Grove Civil War Hospital in Richmond, Virginia United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Thomas Higgerson.
John Edgar Higgerson
John Edgar Higgerson was born on April 10, 1853, and died at age 80 years old on March 14, 1934. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Edgar Higgerson.
Jacquelina (Higgerson) Daley
Jacquelina (Higgerson) Daley was born on December 28, 1854 to Benjamin Higgerson and Permelia (Chewning) Higgerson, and had siblings Andrew Jackson Higgerson Sr., John Edgar Higgerson, William Buchanan Higgerson, and Walter Buchanan Higgerson. Jacquelina Daley died at age 97 years old on April 4, 1952. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jacquelina (Higgerson) Daley.
William Buchanan Higgerson was born on January 10, 1857, and died at age 40 years old on December 7, 1897. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Buchanan Higgerson.
Walter Buchanan Higgerson was born on December 19, 1858, and died at age 33 years old on October 4, 1892. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Walter Buchanan Higgerson.
Andrew Jackson Higgerson Sr.
Andrew Jackson Higgerson Sr. was born on December 2, 1861 to Benjamin Higgerson and Permelia (Chewning) Higgerson, and had siblings John Edgar Higgerson, Jacquelina (Higgerson) Daley, William Buchanan Higgerson, and Walter Buchanan Higgerson. He was the father of Clara May (Higgerson) Williams and Walter Higgerson. Andrew Higgerson died at age 87 years old on October 1, 1949. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Andrew Jackson Higgerson Sr..
Katherine (Harris) Higgerson
She was married four times; however, I have never seen any divorce records. I thought her first husband had died, but then I found where he was running a saloon in East Prairie, MO, after she had married Walter B. Higgerson, so they separated and supposedly divorced. Then she married Walter B. Higgerson, who died. She subsequently married Ed Snider, and she ran him off, according to my grandfather, her son, Harry C. Higgerson, and her last husband was Will Coker, who was also run off.
Dora Lee (LaPlant) Higgerson
Dora Lee (LaPlant) Higgerson was born on May 8, 1863, and died at age 72 years old on October 4, 1935 in New Madrid County, Missouri United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Dora Lee (LaPlant) Higgerson.

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Dora Lee (LaPlant) Higgerson
Dora Lee (LaPlant) Higgerson was born on May 8, 1863, and died at age 72 years old on October 4, 1935 in New Madrid County, Missouri United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Dora Lee (LaPlant) Higgerson.
Shoat Higgerson
Arthur Louis Higgerson of East Prairie, Mississippi County, Missouri was born on April 16, 1894. He was married to Nina May (Johnson) Higgerson on February 5, 1920, and they were together until Arthur's death on July 27, 1966. He had children Mona Hildreth (Higgerson) Lucy, John Edward Higgerson Sr, Merline (Higgerson) Migneron, Bernice Louise Higgerson, June Lamar (Higgerson) Miller, Mary Jo (Higgerson) Julian, Weldon Arthur Higgerson, Norma Lee Higgerson, Robert Kendel Higgerson, Alice Faye (Higgerson) Powers, Amos Franklin Higgerson, and Tommy Doyle Higgerson. Arthur Higgerson was buried circa July 29, 1966 at Mounds Park Cemetery 310 US-61, in New Madrid, New Madrid County, M) United States.
John Edgar Higgerson
John Edgar Higgerson was born on April 10, 1853, and died at age 80 years old on March 14, 1934. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Edgar Higgerson.
Jacquelina (Higgerson) Daley
Jacquelina (Higgerson) Daley was born on December 28, 1854 to Benjamin Higgerson and Permelia (Chewning) Higgerson, and had siblings Andrew Jackson Higgerson Sr., John Edgar Higgerson, William Buchanan Higgerson, and Walter Buchanan Higgerson. Jacquelina Daley died at age 97 years old on April 4, 1952. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jacquelina (Higgerson) Daley.
Brody Leigh Higgerson
Brody Leigh Higgerson was born on January 5, 2023. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Brody Leigh Higgerson.
Don Higgerson of Carterville, Williamson County, IL was born on August 27, 1917, and died at age 80 years old on May 24, 1998.
Ralph W Higgerson of New Madrid, New Madrid County, Missouri was born on February 17, 1924, and died at age 87 years old on March 11, 2011.
Gordon W Higgerson of San Jose, Santa Clara County, California was born on February 13, 1921, and died at age 62 years old in July 1983.
Ruth Higgerson
Ruth Higgerson of Chesapeake, Chesapeake City County, Virginia was born on January 21, 1892. Ruth was baptized at Centerville Baptist Church 908 Centerville Turnpike S, in Chesapeake. Ruth Higgerson died at age 86 years old on December 15, 1978 at Sentara Leigh Hospital 830 Kempsville Rd, in Norfolk, and was buried circa December 18, 1978 at Chesapeake Memorial Gardens 524 Cedar Rd, in Chesapeake.
Harry Clifton Higgerson
Harry Clifton Higgerson of 541 Long Ave, in Chesapeake, Virginia United States was born on December 2, 1889 in New Madrid County, MO, and died at age 83 years old on August 21, 1973 at 541 Long Ave, in Chesapeake, VA. Harry Higgerson was buried in August 1973 at Chesapeake Memorial Gardens 524 Cedar Rd, in Chesapeake.
Watt Higgerson
Drowned in the Mississippi River in a boating accident.
Chad Mason Higgerson
Chad Mason Higgerson of Huntsville, Texas United States was born on April 28, 1997 in Baltimore, MD. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Chad Mason Higgerson.
Judith Lynn (Fencil) Higgerson
Judith Lynn (Fencil) Higgerson of Katy, Texas United States was born on June 16, 1965 in Harrisburg, PA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Judith Lynn (Fencil) Higgerson.
Heather Ashton Higgerson
Heather Ashton Higgerson of Austin, Texas United States was born on July 2, 1994 in Baltimore, MD. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Heather Ashton Higgerson.
Geneva H Mince
Geneva was an extrovert and enjoyed life. When she was young, Charlie Chaplin was all the rage, and she used to dress and walk like him putting on regular shows for her younger sisters, my mother, Evelyn, and Margie and their mother. Because Geneva was so much older than my mother, Evelyn didn't know who that girl was who came by the house, ate, and put on little skits. She didn't realize that Geneva was her sister until she matured some! Geneva was sent to her grandmother Lizzie (Weckenmann) Mertens and Leo Mertens, Sr.'s, home when Geneva was 10 years old to take care of them in their old age. They lived about a mile or two apart. Geneva cooked and cleaned and tried to go to school and have some social life, while she was there and stayed until the old folks passed on, after which Geneva became betrothed and married Ralph Irvin Mince.
Eunice Nora (Mince) Higgerson
Died at Oakwood Nursing Home on Indian River Rd.
Sarah Ann Higgerson was born on December 14, 1995 in Texas United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sarah Ann Higgerson.
Zoe Almeida Higgerson was born on December 24, 1997. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Zoe Almeida Higgerson.

Popular Higgerson Biographies

Geneva H Mince
Geneva was an extrovert and enjoyed life. When she was young, Charlie Chaplin was all the rage, and she used to dress and walk like him putting on regular shows for her younger sisters, my mother, Evelyn, and Margie and their mother. Because Geneva was so much older than my mother, Evelyn didn't know who that girl was who came by the house, ate, and put on little skits. She didn't realize that Geneva was her sister until she matured some! Geneva was sent to her grandmother Lizzie (Weckenmann) Mertens and Leo Mertens, Sr.'s, home when Geneva was 10 years old to take care of them in their old age. They lived about a mile or two apart. Geneva cooked and cleaned and tried to go to school and have some social life, while she was there and stayed until the old folks passed on, after which Geneva became betrothed and married Ralph Irvin Mince.
John Edward Higgerson Sr. was born in 1923 in New Madrid County, Missouri United States, and died at age 93 years old on December 12, 2016 in Niceville, Okaloosa County, FL. John Higgerson was buried on December 17, 2016 at Mounds Park Cemetery in New Madrid, New Madrid County, MO. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Edward Higgerson Sr.
Shoat Higgerson
Arthur Louis Higgerson of East Prairie, Mississippi County, Missouri was born on April 16, 1894. He was married to Nina May (Johnson) Higgerson on February 5, 1920, and they were together until Arthur's death on July 27, 1966. He had children Mona Hildreth (Higgerson) Lucy, John Edward Higgerson Sr, Merline (Higgerson) Migneron, Bernice Louise Higgerson, June Lamar (Higgerson) Miller, Mary Jo (Higgerson) Julian, Weldon Arthur Higgerson, Norma Lee Higgerson, Robert Kendel Higgerson, Alice Faye (Higgerson) Powers, Amos Franklin Higgerson, and Tommy Doyle Higgerson. Arthur Higgerson was buried circa July 29, 1966 at Mounds Park Cemetery 310 US-61, in New Madrid, New Madrid County, M) United States.
Cheryl Annette (Higgerson) Franks
Cheryl Annette (Higgerson) Franks was born on February 16, 1960 in Sikeston, Missouri United States to Elzie Mack Higgerson and Mary Alice (Henry) Higgerson, and has a sister Donna Kaye (Higgerson) Pipkin. She married Richard Keith Franks on June 22, 1976 in New Madrid County, and they were married until Richard's death on May 1, 1999. Cheryl Franks has children Aimee Elizabeth Franks, James Richard Franks, and Jacob Benjamin Franks. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Cheryl Annette (Higgerson) Franks.
Dora Lee (LaPlant) Higgerson
Dora Lee (LaPlant) Higgerson was born on May 8, 1863, and died at age 72 years old on October 4, 1935 in New Madrid County, Missouri United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Dora Lee (LaPlant) Higgerson.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Shannon Higgerson.
Mona Hildreth (Higgerson) Lucy of Newburgh, Warrick County, Indiana United States was born in 1921 to Shoat Higgerson and Nina May (Johnson) Higgerson. Mona Lucy had siblings Weldon Arthur Higgerson, John Edward Higgerson Sr, Merline (Higgerson) Migneron, Bernice Louise Higgerson, June Lamar (Higgerson) Miller, Mary Jo (Higgerson) Julian, Norma Lee Higgerson, Robert Kendel Higgerson, Alice Faye (Higgerson) Powers, Amos Franklin Higgerson, and Tommy Doyle Higgerson. She married Richard M. Lucy on September 30, 1939. They had children Richard Gary Lucy and Harriett (Lucy) Williams. She also married Harold Edgar File Sr., and they were married until Harold's death on March 3, 1984. Mona Lucy died at age 86 years old on November 26, 2008 at Golden LivingCenter - Woodlands in Newburgh, and was buried in November 2008 at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Max Higgerson
Max Higgerson of Lake County, Indiana United States was born circa 1914. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Max Higgerson.
Ruth Higgerson
Ruth Higgerson of Chesapeake, Chesapeake City County, Virginia was born on January 21, 1892. Ruth was baptized at Centerville Baptist Church 908 Centerville Turnpike S, in Chesapeake. Ruth Higgerson died at age 86 years old on December 15, 1978 at Sentara Leigh Hospital 830 Kempsville Rd, in Norfolk, and was buried circa December 18, 1978 at Chesapeake Memorial Gardens 524 Cedar Rd, in Chesapeake.
Barbara (Benson) Higgerson was born on November 11, 1955. She was married to John Edward Higgerson Sr, and they were together until John's death on December 12, 2016. Barbara Higgerson died at age 64 years old on February 11, 2020 at Ofallon Rd, in Saint Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Barbara (Benson) Higgerson.
John Edward Higgerson Jr. was born on March 19, 1952, and died at age 29 years old on May 3, 1981. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Edward Higgerson Jr..
Irene Ella (Kelley) Higgerson was born on October 15, 1922, and died at age 75 years old on March 2, 1998. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Irene Ella (Kelley) Higgerson.
Andrew Jackson Higgerson Sr.
Andrew Jackson Higgerson Sr. was born on December 2, 1861 to Benjamin Higgerson and Permelia (Chewning) Higgerson, and had siblings John Edgar Higgerson, Jacquelina (Higgerson) Daley, William Buchanan Higgerson, and Walter Buchanan Higgerson. He was the father of Clara May (Higgerson) Williams and Walter Higgerson. Andrew Higgerson died at age 87 years old on October 1, 1949. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Andrew Jackson Higgerson Sr..
Ruth  Mary (Mertens) Higgerson
She was bright, self-educated, industrious, energetic, clean, a fabulous cook and wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.
Jason Higgerson was born to John Edward Higgerson Sr and Irene Ella (Kelley) Higgerson, and has siblings Doris (Higgerson) Nice and John Edward Higgerson Jr.. He married Shannon Higgerson, and has children Jackson Higgerson and Brianna Higgerson. Jason Higgerson died at Ofallon Rd, in Saint Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jason Higgerson.
Brody Leigh Higgerson
Brody Leigh Higgerson was born on January 5, 2023. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Brody Leigh Higgerson.
Merline (Higgerson) Migneron was born on February 25, 1925 in New Madrid County, Missouri United States, and died at age 70 years old on December 13, 1995 in St. Louis. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Merline (Higgerson) Migneron.
Peggy (Asonomi) Higgerson was born on September 5, 1927 in Hofu, Yamaguchiken Japan. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Peggy (Asonomi) Higgerson.
Clara May (Higgerson) Williams
Clara May (Higgerson) Williams was born on November 15, 1888 in New Madrid County, Missouri United States to Andrew Jackson Higgerson Sr., and had a brother Walter Higgerson. She married Edward E. Williams on December 23, 1905 in New Madrid County, and they were married until Clara's death on November 14, 1918. Clara Williams had children Iva M. (Williams) Laird, Shapley Jeffrey Williams, and Colleen (Williams) Laird. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Clara May (Higgerson) Williams.
Doris (Higgerson) Nice was born to John Edward Higgerson Sr and Irene Ella (Kelley) Higgerson, and has siblings John Edward Higgerson Jr. and Jason Higgerson. Doris Nice married Jack Vincent Nice Jr., and has a child Ashley (Nice) Gauvin. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Doris (Higgerson) Nice .

Higgerson Death Records & Life Expectancy

The average age of a Higgerson family member is 71.0 years old according to our database of 215 people with the last name Higgerson that have a birth and death date listed.

Life Expectancy

71.0 years

Oldest Higgersons

These are the longest-lived members of the Higgerson family on AncientFaces.

Chester G Higgerson
Chester G Higgerson of Percy, Randolph County, IL was born on February 5, 1905, and died at age 100 years old on February 16, 2005.
100 years
Louis C Higgerson of Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, WA was born on June 1, 1890, and died at age 98 years old on April 5, 1989.
98 years
Jacquelina (Higgerson) Daley
Jacquelina (Higgerson) Daley was born on December 28, 1854 to Benjamin Higgerson and Permelia (Chewning) Higgerson, and had siblings Andrew Jackson Higgerson Sr., John Edgar Higgerson, William Buchanan Higgerson, and Walter Buchanan Higgerson. Jacquelina Daley died at age 97 years old on April 4, 1952. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jacquelina (Higgerson) Daley.
97 years
Lon H Higgerson
Lon Harold Higgerson of Chesapeake City County, VA was born on November 14, 1914, and died at age 96 years old on April 11, 2011. Lon Higgerson was buried at Chesapeake Memorial Gardens 524 Cedar Rd, in Chesapeake.
96 years
Eleanora M Higgerson
Eleanora M Higgerson of Columbia, Monroe County, IL was born on September 1, 1906, and died at age 96 years old on January 31, 2003.
96 years
Alice Higgerson of Cutler, Perry County, IL was born on January 12, 1892, and died at age 96 years old on December 30, 1988.
96 years
Vana L Higgerson of Murphysboro, Jackson County, IL was born on February 14, 1905, and died at age 94 years old on January 1, 2000.
94 years
Mary F Higgerson of West Frankfort, Franklin County, IL was born on August 21, 1917, and died at age 93 years old on March 1, 2011.
93 years
Joseph Higgerson of Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois was born on February 5, 1878, and died at age 93 years old in January 1972.
93 years
Freda Higgerson was born on April 14, 1896, and died at age 94 years old on September 25, 1990. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Freda Higgerson.
94 years
Anna Lee (Higgerson) Denkle
Anna Lee (Higgerson) Denkle was born on November 12, 1924 to Harry Clifton Higgerson and Ruth Mary (Mertens) Higgerson, and had siblings Geneva H Mince, Ivan Higgerson, Lon H Higgerson, Dolly Leaverne (Higgerson) Mason, and Marjorie Higgerson. She married Donald Steiblen Denkle on April 2, 1944, and they were married until Donald's death on February 8, 2017. Anna Denkle died at age 92 years old on June 19, 2017. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Anna Lee (Higgerson) Denkle.
92 years
Lena P Higgerson of Marion, Williamson County, IL was born on October 11, 1915, and died at age 93 years old on November 29, 2008.
93 years
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