Husband: Benjamin Franklin HUGGINS
Birthdate: 1 June 1826
Birthplace: Nashville, Davidson County, TN
Death date: 11 April 1895
Place of death: Olathe, Johnson County, KS
Father:
Mother:

Marriage date: 8 November 1849
Marriage place: Marshal Twp., Platte County, MO

Wife: Amanda HUNDLEY
Birthdate: 19 February 1830
Birthplace: Lawrence County, KY
Death date: 6 December 1891
Place of death: Olathe, Johnson County, KS
Father: HUNDLEY, Charles Pascal
Mother: HAZAELGROVE, Catherine Ann

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: HUGGINS, Henrietta
Sex: F
Birthdate: 11 September 1850
Birthplace: Platte County, MO
Death date: 16 November 1860
Place of death: Leavenworth County, KS
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 2: HUGGINS, Virginia
Sex: F
Birthdate: 28 May 1852
Birthplace: Platte County, MO
Death date: 3 March 1923
Place of death: Olathe, Johnson County, KS
Marriage date: 20 April 1873
Marriage place: Olathe, Johnson County, KS
Spouse's name: BAKER, Robert E.

Child No. 3: HUGGINS, George Franklin
Sex: M
Birthdate: 5 Feb 1854
Birthplace: New Madrid, Platte County, MO
Death date: 29 December 1929
Place of death: Belton, Cass County, MO
Marriage date: 13 March 1881
Marriage place: Belton, Cass County, MO
Spouse's name: BROWNING, Mary Ann

Child No. 4: HUGGINS, James Oscar
Sex: M
Birthdate: 8 August 1856
Birthplace: Kickapoo Twp, Leavenworth County, KS
Death date: 17 September 1947
Place of death: Sterling, Logan County, CO
Marriage date: 4 July 1880
Marriage place: Belton, Cass County, MO
Spouse's name: PHILLIPS, Ida May

Child No. 5: HUGGINS, Martha Francis
Sex: F
Birthdate: 17 February 1859
Birthplace: Kickapoo, Leavenworth County, KS
Death date: 1 May 1948
Place of death: Olathe, Johnson County, KS
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Never married

Child No. 6: HUGGINS, Prudence
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1860
Birthplace: Kickapoo, Leavenworth County, KS
Death date: 18 September 1940
Place of death: Olathe, Johnson County, KS
Marriage date: 28 May 1890
Marriage place: Olathe, Johnson County, KS
Spouse's name: FOLMER, George W.

Child No. 7: HUGGINS, William Sidney
Sex: M
Birthdate: 11 February 1863
Birthplace: Kickapoo Twp, Leavenworth County, KS
Death date: 27 January 1879
Place of death: Johnson County, KS
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Never married

Child No. 8: HUGGINS, Henry Sterling
Sex: M
Birthdate: 19 Feb 1865
Birthplace: Kickapoo, Leavenworth County, KS
Death date: 12 August 1937
Place of death: Olathe, Johnson County, KS
Marriage date: 6 November 1890
Marriage place: Aubry, Johnson County, KS
Spouse's name: SPENCER, Elizabeth Eleanor

Child No. 9: HUGGINS, Robert Gale
Sex: M
Birthdate: 14 July 1867
Birthplace: Kickapoo, Leavenworth County, KS
Death date: 15 August 1927
Place of death: Olathe, Johnson County, KS
Marriage date: 17 October 1888
Marriage place: Spring Hill, Johnson County, KS
Spouse's name: RUSSELL, Malinda
 

Documentation: Family stories and references of record are that Benjamin was born in Tennessee.
But had migrated west to Missouri from Pennsylvania. (with the majority of the
US population migrating west during this time period, it seems unusual for a
family/individual born in Tennessee to relocate as far northeast as
Pennsylvania. This raises questions as why Benjamin had moved from Tennessee to
Pennsylvania. Did something happen to parent(s) and he went to live with
relatives ?). In his son's James, fiftieth wedding anniversary announcement in
the Olathe newspaper, mentions his father Benjamin, migrating west from
Pennsylvania. (Question: did the newspaper reporter writing James O. and Ida May
Huggins, 50th Wedding Anniversary article, confuse Benjamin Huggins with David
Phillips, Pennsylvania relocation? It is a known fact that David Phillips came
to Kansas from Pennsylvania via Illinois)
Benjamin, had "reportedly" ran from home at age 14. (If this is true, is his
name really Huggins, or even spelled differently ?, since Benjamin could neither
read nor write)
Question: Did Benjamin migrate west with his future in-laws ?, if so, how long
had he been associated with the Hundley's ?
First written record that can be found, is of his marriage to Amanda Hundley, in
Marshall Township, Platte County, MO on 8 November 1849. Married by Levi
Brashear, Justice of the Peace of Marshall Township, Platte County, MO
The lack of inclusion in the 1849 Tax List and Benjamin's age would lend to
indicate he just arrived shortly before the 1850 census, for which the 'official
date' was June 1, 1850.
Extensive professional genealogy research of Northwestern Missouri has concluded
that Benjamin had no relation in the area prior to his marriage in 1849. With
Weston, Platte County, Missouri being the second large port on the Missouri
River at this time, second only to St. Louis, there exist a strong possibility
that Benjamin had traveled by steamboat up the Missouri River other than across
country to arrive in Platte County, MO.
The only indicator as to where in Tennessee, Benjamin had come from, is
Nashville, birth information submitted to the church of latter day saints in
1924, by a granddaughter - Amanda Etta (Baker) French, who was a member of the
LDS church. And noted from son, James Oscar Huggins, 50th Wedding Anniversary
newspaper article.
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1850 PLATTE COUNTY, MISSOURI PRODUCTIONS OF AGRICULTURE, Weston Township
Records, pages 236 - 237, list Benj'n F. Huggins as owner / operator of a farm
(family number 154) of 12 acres of improved land in Weston Township. Cash Value
= $360.00. Crop Value in plant = $25.00. Horses = 1. Milk Cows = 3. Swine = 3.
Value of live stock = $100.00. Indian Corn = 600 bushel. Irish Potatoes = 40.
Butter lbs = 447. Dew Rotted (Hemp) = 4. Value of Animals Slaughtered = $25.
1850 Census records show Benjamin (Higgins) Huggins, age 22 from TN and Amanda
(Hundley) Huggins, age 17 from KY. Neither could read or write.
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Following President Pierce, signing the Kansas - Nebraska Act, opening up the
Kansas Territory in May 1954, the Huggins and Hundley families immediately
crossed the Missouri river and claimed land and homesteaded in Leavenworth
County, in the vicinity of the Kickapoo district. (about five miles north of the
township, Leavenworth, KS)
Leavenworth County, KS 1850 & 1865 Census also indicates Benjamin F. (spelled as
"Higgins") Huggins residing in Kickapoo Township. In the 1860 Census the name is
spelled "Huggins" at the same residence.
("Kickapoo City" was renamed "Steuben" after 1864, but never ratified and
remains on many maps as Kickapoo)
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Report - The Special Committee appointed to Investigate the Troubles in Kansas.
Election - March 30, 1855. "List of Voters in the Sixteen District", by A.
Macauley. Pg 413. Benjamin Huggins voted Pro-Slavery.
(Due to the hostile political environment in Platte County, MO and Leavenworth,
KS during this period, Benjamin may have been persuaded to vote this way for the
purposes of survivability of his family and himself)
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Military record:
B.F. Huggins served during the Civil War, as a Private, Company G, 19th Regiment
of the Kansas State Militia Infantry for the Union Army, under Company
Commander: Captain Jesse Connell and Regiment Commander: Colonel A.C. Hogan.
Mustered in October 8, 1864, Leavenworth, Kansas. Benjamin's brother-in-law
Charles and his son Robert Hundley, initially served in this same unit. On
October 18th, Benjamin was transferred from Company G to form up Company N of
the 19th Regiment.
"Special Order No.__________ Head Quarters 1st Brigade, In the Field near
Shawnestown, October 18, 1864."
"The following persons belonging to Companies of the 19th Regiment, K.S.M. are
hereby detached from their respective companies to form Co. N, 19th Regt. K.S.M.
Captain James McCune"
Here he served with two of his brother-in-laws, Jackson and William Hundley,
under Regiment Commander: Colonel, A.C. Hogan and Company Commander: Captain
James McCune.
Having served 19 days between the two company's, Benjamin was mustered out on
October 26th. After action equipment loss reported on roster: Lost one gun and
equipment, one blanket and one haversack.
(Note: based upon remarks on the company roster of lost equipment and several
members of the company having been taken prisoner, it implies that the company
had made a rapid retreat on October 22, 1864.)
(LM 817, Kansas State Militia Muster Rolls, Price's Raid, October 1864, Volume
7, Page 39, 53 & 54.)
The Kansas State Militia was called up as a result of The Price Raid in Sept.
1864 (Gen. Sterling Price - Rebel Army). During this period the 19th Regiment
was involved in the Battle at Byram's Ford, Battle of the Big Blue on October
22, 1864 and the Battle of Westport, October 23rd.
(William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas;
http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/sthist/milrec-p16.html AND
http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/sthist/milrec-p17.html)
Battle of the Big Blue
Just as the troops commenced moving from our works on the Blue a detachment of
rebel cavalry made a furious dash upon the left center to my line, occupied by
the Nineteenth Regiment, K. S. M., under Colonel Hogan, who received the charge
with the greatest coolness and gallantry, completely routing the enemy, killing
twelve and capturing ten, without loss to our side.
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Following the Civil War, in about 1870 the Huggins family moved south to Johnson
County, KS on the Black Bob Reservation, as the Shawnee Indians were departing
opening up land to settlers. The Black Bob reservation is situated in the
southeastern part of the county, at the sources of the Blue and Tomahawk creeks,
lying in Oxford, Spring Hill, Aubry and Olathe townships.
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Kansas Patron newspaper, Olathe, KS, Thursday, April 11, 1895, page 1
Obituary:
Mr. Frank Huggins of this city died Wednesday morning, at 3 o'clock, of
consumption.