Husband: Jacob Luther HIGGASON
Birthdate: May 1, 1862
Birthplace: Columbia County, AR.
Death date: October 27, 1934
Place of death: Hempstead County, AR.
Father: George Franklin HIGGASON, b.
November 13, 1837, GA
Mother: Martha L. HOUSE, b. 1841, GA

Marriage date: September 9, 1883
Marriage place: Nevada County, AR

Wife: Ella Owen BUTLER
Birthdate: November 15, 1869
Birthplace: Nevada County, AR
Death date: November 21, 1935
Place of death: Hempstead County, AR.
Father: Thomas Christopher BUTLER, b. 1810, SC
Mother: Margaret Ann LEWIS-CHANDLER b. March 24, 1829, AR.

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Hattie HIGGASON
Birthdate: April 2, 1884, Columbia County, AR
Spouses' names: None
Marriage date: N/A
Death date: April 2, 1884, Columbia Co., AR

Child No. 2: Luther Franklin HIGGASON
Birthdate: June 29, 1885, Waldo, Columbia Co., AR
Spouses' names: Florence JONES
marriage; April 14, 1910, Hempstead Co., AR
Death date: January 6, 1956, Hempstead Co., AR

Child No. 3: Harold Houston HIGGASON
Birthdate: December 16, 1886, Waldo, Columbia Co., AR
Spouses' names: Ollie RUSSELL
Marriage date: 1906, Hempstead Co., AR
Other Spouses: Della Elizabeth BARTON-ROBERTSON
Death date: June 24, 1966, Hempstead Co., AR

Child No. 4: Minnard Lewis HIGGASON
Birthdate: December 28, 1888, Waldo, Columbia Co., AR
Spouses' names:
Marriage date:
Other Spouses:
Death date: September 8, 1899, Nevada Co., AR

Child No. 5: Roy HIGGASON
Birthdate: February 13, 1890, Waldo, Columbia Co., AR
Spouses' names: Willie Mae STEGER,
Marriage date: 1911
Death date: September 3, 1933, Irving, TX

Child No. 6: Leonard Paris HIGGASON
Birthdate: April 19, 1892, Waldo Columbia Co.,AR
Spouses' names: Ernestine STUART
Marriage date: January 28, 1920, Hempstead Co., AR
Death date: March 9, 1949, Ozan, Hempstead Co., AR

Child No. 7: Nute Houser HIGGASON
Birthdate: December 24, 1893, Waldo, Columbia Co., AR
Spouses' names: None
Marriage date: None
Death date: December 17, 1916, Ft. Deming, NM

Child No. 8: Grady Bryan HIGGASON
Birthdate: October 22, 1896, Nevada Co., AR
Spouses' names: Mary Monroe “Mae” STUART
Marriage date: December 24, 1919, Hempstead Co., AR
Death date: January 7, 1948, Hempstead Co., AR.

Child No. 9: George Dewey HIGGASON
Birthdate: December 26, 1898, Nevada Co., AR.
Spouses' names: unknown
Marriage date:
Other Spouses:
Death date: Deceased, date unknown.

Child No. 10: Thomas Merritt HIGGASON
Birthdate: April 25, 1899, Hempstead Co., AR
Spouses' names: Thelma
Marriage date: 1923, Hempstead Co., AR
Death date: February 4, 1952, Hempstead Co., AR.

Child No. 11: Ruby HIGGASON
Birthdate: December 9, 1902, Hempstead Co., AR
Spouses' names: Charles Elston MESSER
Marriage date: August 30, 1922, Hempstead Co., AR
Death date: March 31, 1978, Horatio, AR.

Child No. 12: Infant HIGGASON
Birthdate: October 2, 1904, Hempstead Co., AR
Spouses' names:
Marriage date:
Other Spouses:
Death date: October 2, 1904, Hempstead Co., AR.

Child No. 13: Anna Marie HIGGASON
Birthdate: December 20, 1906, Hempstead Co., AR
Spouses' names: Norman Oval TAYLOR
Marriage date: December 3, 1927, Hempstead Co., AR.
Death date: September 27, 1975, Hope, Hempstead Co., AR.
 
 
Documentation:
1. Hempstead County AR Census
2. Nevada County AR Census
3. Hempstead County Marriage Records
4. Arkansas Historical Records
5. Arkansas Death Records
6. Letter Arkansas Governor, Charles H. Brough, to Jacob L. Higgason, dated February 5, 1917, re. Death of Nute Higgason.
7. Arkansas National Guard and U. S. Army Records.
8. Hempstead County, AR. Records, re Hempstead County Judge, Luther F. Higgason.
9. Hempstead County Cemetery Records
10. Hope Newspaper Death notices
11. Higgason Family Bible
12. Family Papers and Letters