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At that time a colony of thirteen families emigrated to Wabash County, and were among its first settlers. The only road across the country at that time was known as the ''trace" road, which led from Vincennes, Ind., to St. Louis, Mo.
William Higgins was born in Genesee County, N. Y., December 7, 1800, and his wife Jane {Jourden} was born 1797 in Hardin County, Kentucky.
William Higgins remained in Wabash County until 1828, when he came to what is now Richland County, but was then a part of Lawrence County. He entered land from the Government and began the development of a farm.
He was a great hunter, and in three days killed twenty-four deer. He also ran a flatboat from this place to New Orleans by way of the Bonpas, Wabash and Mississippi Rivers for about seven years.
He was Postmaster of Bonpas for a number of years, and was Justice of the Peace for a quarter of a century. Leading and influential in all public affairs, he took a very prominent part in the development and upbuilding of the county in an early day, and is numbered among its honored pioneers.
He died January 12, 1863, at the age of sixty-three years, and, like his parents and grandparents, was buried in Lancaster Cemetery.
His wife, who was born in Hard in County, Ky., in 1797, accompanied her parents to Wabash County in an early day. She died a few years later than her husband and sleeps by his side in Lancaster Cemetery.
William and Jane Higgins known Children;
1.George W., the eldest, died in Richland County in April, 1855;
2.John is the second in order of birth;
3.William J. went to California in 1855, and died soon afterward;
4.Louis W. died in California in 1853;
5.Anson H. died in this county April 30, 1874;
6.Sarah E., who was born in 1834, is the wife of I. M. Key, a farmer of Indian Territory;
7.Vermelia K., wife of James Sorkley, died in 1873
(Pemelia Catherine Higgins Tarpley (1838-1872)*
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[Portrait and Biographical Record of Effingham, Jasper and Richland Counties Illinois
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At that time a colony of thirteen families emigrated to Wabash County, and were among its first settlers. The only road across the country at that time was known as the ''trace" road, which led from Vincennes, Ind., to St. Louis, Mo.
William Higgins was born in Genesee County, N. Y., December 7, 1800, and his wife Jane {Jourden} was born 1797 in Hardin County, Kentucky.
William Higgins remained in Wabash County until 1828, when he came to what is now Richland County, but was then a part of Lawrence County. He entered land from the Government and began the development of a farm.
He was a great hunter, and in three days killed twenty-four deer. He also ran a flatboat from this place to New Orleans by way of the Bonpas, Wabash and Mississippi Rivers for about seven years.
He was Postmaster of Bonpas for a number of years, and was Justice of the Peace for a quarter of a century. Leading and influential in all public affairs, he took a very prominent part in the development and upbuilding of the county in an early day, and is numbered among its honored pioneers.
He died January 12, 1863, at the age of sixty-three years, and, like his parents and grandparents, was buried in Lancaster Cemetery.
His wife, who was born in Hard in County, Ky., in 1797, accompanied her parents to Wabash County in an early day. She died a few years later than her husband and sleeps by his side in Lancaster Cemetery.
William and Jane Higgins known Children;
1.George W., the eldest, died in Richland County in April, 1855;
2.John is the second in order of birth;
3.William J. went to California in 1855, and died soon afterward;
4.Louis W. died in California in 1853;
5.Anson H. died in this county April 30, 1874;
6.Sarah E., who was born in 1834, is the wife of I. M. Key, a farmer of Indian Territory;
7.Vermelia K., wife of James Sorkley, died in 1873
(Pemelia Catherine Higgins Tarpley (1838-1872)*
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[Portrait and Biographical Record of Effingham, Jasper and Richland Counties Illinois
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At that time a colony of thirteen families emigrated to Wabash County, and were among its first settlers. The only road across the country at that time was known as the ''trace" road, which led from Vincennes, Ind., to St. Louis, Mo.
William Higgins was born in Genesee County, N. Y., December 7, 1800, and his wife Jane {Jourden} was born 1797 in Hardin County, Kentucky.
William Higgins remained in Wabash County until 1828, when he came to what is now Richland County, but was then a part of Lawrence County. He entered land from the Government and began the development of a farm.
He was a great hunter, and in three days killed twenty-four deer. He also ran a flatboat from this place to New Orleans by way of the Bonpas, Wabash and Mississippi Rivers for about seven years.
He was Postmaster of Bonpas for a number of years, and was Justice of the Peace for a quarter of a century. Leading and influential in all public affairs, he took a very prominent part in the development and upbuilding of the county in an early day, and is numbered among its honored pioneers.
He died January 12, 1863, at the age of sixty-three years, and, like his parents and grandparents, was buried in Lancaster Cemetery.
His wife, who was born in Hard in County, Ky., in 1797, accompanied her parents to Wabash County in an early day. She died a few years later than her husband and sleeps by his side in Lancaster Cemetery.
William and Jane Higgins known Children;
1.George W., the eldest, died in Richland County in April, 1855;
2.John is the second in order of birth;
3.William J. went to California in 1855, and died soon afterward;
4.Louis W. died in California in 1853;
5.Anson H. died in this county April 30, 1874;
6.Sarah E., who was born in 1834, is the wife of I. M. Key, a farmer of Indian Territory;
7.Vermelia K., wife of James Sorkley, died in 1873
(Pemelia Catherine Higgins Tarpley (1838-1872)*
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[Portrait and Biographical Record of Effingham, Jasper and Richland Counties Illinois
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At that time a colony of thirteen families emigrated to Wabash County, and were among its first settlers. The only road across the country at that time was known as the ''trace" road, which led from Vincennes, Ind., to St. Louis, Mo.
William Higgins was born in Genesee County, N. Y., December 7, 1800, and his wife Jane {Jourden} was born 1797 in Hardin County, Kentucky.
William Higgins remained in Wabash County until 1828, when he came to what is now Richland County, but was then a part of Lawrence County. He entered land from the Government and began the development of a farm.
He was a great hunter, and in three days killed twenty-four deer. He also ran a flatboat from this place to New Orleans by way of the Bonpas, Wabash and Mississippi Rivers for about seven years.
He was Postmaster of Bonpas for a number of years, and was Justice of the Peace for a quarter of a century. Leading and influential in all public affairs, he took a very prominent part in the development and upbuilding of the county in an early day, and is numbered among its honored pioneers.
He died January 12, 1863, at the age of sixty-three years, and, like his parents and grandparents, was buried in Lancaster Cemetery.
His wife, who was born in Hard in County, Ky., in 1797, accompanied her parents to Wabash County in an early day. She died a few years later than her husband and sleeps by his side in Lancaster Cemetery.
William and Jane Higgins known Children;
1.George W., the eldest, died in Richland County in April, 1855;
2.John is the second in order of birth;
3.William J. went to California in 1855, and died soon afterward;
4.Louis W. died in California in 1853;
5.Anson H. died in this county April 30, 1874;
6.Sarah E., who was born in 1834, is the wife of I. M. Key, a farmer of Indian Territory;
7.Vermelia K., wife of James Sorkley, died in 1873
(Pemelia Catherine Higgins Tarpley (1838-1872)*
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[Portrait and Biographical Record of Effingham, Jasper and Richland Counties Illinois
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