Saul C. Higgins, married Fanny Blake of Gorham. He lived and died on the old homestead above West Gorham which was cleared by his father about 1794.
During the War of 1812 he was a sergeant in his brother Barnabas' company of militia, and went to Portland with the rest of the regiment to repel the threatened attack of the British in 1814. He was an earnest, faithful member of the Methodist church for forty-five years. He died Feb. 16, 1895, having reached the age of 100 years and 9 mos., and having enjoyed almost perfect possession of his faculties to the end. His wife Fanny died June 22, 1878, aged 85. Capt. Saul Higgins and his wife had no children, but left an adopted son, John Lowell Higgins,
During the War of 1812 he was a sergeant in his brother Barnabas' company of militia, and went to Portland with the rest of the regiment to repel the threatened attack of the British in 1814. He was an earnest, faithful member of the Methodist church for forty-five years. He died Feb. 16, 1895, having reached the age of 100 years and 9 mos., and having enjoyed almost perfect possession of his faculties to the end. His wife Fanny died June 22, 1878, aged 85. Capt. Saul Higgins and his wife had no children, but left an adopted son, John Lowell Higgins,
Saul C. Higgins, married Fanny Blake of Gorham. He lived and died on the old homestead above West Gorham which was cleared by his father about 1794.
During the War of 1812 he was a sergeant in his brother Barnabas' company of militia, and went to Portland with the rest of the regiment to repel the threatened attack of the British in 1814. He was an earnest, faithful member of the Methodist church for forty-five years. He died Feb. 16, 1895, having reached the age of 100 years and 9 mos., and having enjoyed almost perfect possession of his faculties to the end. His wife Fanny died June 22, 1878, aged 85. Capt. Saul Higgins and his wife had no children, but left an adopted son, John Lowell Higgins,
During the War of 1812 he was a sergeant in his brother Barnabas' company of militia, and went to Portland with the rest of the regiment to repel the threatened attack of the British in 1814. He was an earnest, faithful member of the Methodist church for forty-five years. He died Feb. 16, 1895, having reached the age of 100 years and 9 mos., and having enjoyed almost perfect possession of his faculties to the end. His wife Fanny died June 22, 1878, aged 85. Capt. Saul Higgins and his wife had no children, but left an adopted son, John Lowell Higgins,
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