Mary Dicky Higgason

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SAMUEL J. HIGGASON was a farmer born in 1831 in Montgomery County, Indiana and died March 15, 1895 in Hedrick, Keokuk Co., Iowa. On July 8, 1854 in Montgomery County he married Mary Dicky Campbell, born Nov. 5, 1837 in Indiana, parents born in Kentucky, and she died Nov. 14, 1905 in New Sharon, Mahaska County, Iowa. Both are buried at Cedar Twp Cemetery, Fremont, Mahaska Co. IA. The 1880 census shows they lived in Cedar, Mahaska County, and one of the five children in their home was Wallace B. Higgason, age 21. The 1870 census shows them living in Henderson County, Illinois, where they had lived throughout the 1860s and where most of their children were born.

Mary’s father, John D. Campbell, born in 1811 in Kentucky, died Aug. 5, 1855 in Perry County, Illinois, is the grandson of a Revolutionary War veteran, making the descendants of Mary and husband Samuel Higgason (including Avonelle Higgason Rash) sons and daughters of the American Revolution. John D. Campbell’s mother was Mary M. Polly Holeman, born Nov. 21, 1790 in North Carolina, died Oct. 20, 1848 in Caldwell, Kentucky, wife of William Campbell. Mary’s father was Isaac Holeman (or possibly Holman), Sr., veteran of the Revolution, born in 1725 in Quicksburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia, died May 3, 1808 in Rowan County, North Carolina. Isaac is buried in the Holman Family Cemetery, Mocksville, Davie County, NC.

Children of SAMUEL HIGGASON and MARY CAMPBELL are:
i. JOHN HIGGASON, b. abt 1855 Indiana.
ii. AUGUSTUS ALLEN HIGGASON , b. Jan. 1857 Henderson Co., Ill., d. Oct. 5, 1932, m. Belle Stafford.
iii. WALLACE BRUCE HIGGASON , b. Feb. 10, 1859 Henderson Co., Ill., d. April 15, 1915 Marietta, Minn.
iv. SARAH ELIZA HIGGASON , b. Feb. 28 1861 Henderson Co., Illinois, d. April 30, 1924 Los Angeles County, Calif.; m. William Filmore Garner; several children. Both are buried in Forest Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa.
v. EMMA HIGGASON , b. abt 1863 in Henderson Co., Illinois, d. July 19 1895; on Dec. 18 1889 in Iowa m. John Bryan Rowe, 1856-1940. Children: Roy Samuel Rowe, 1891–1987, Lottie Emma Rowe Stafford, 1895–1954.
vi. ELIZABETH ELLEN HIGGASON , b. Sept. 6 1865 in Henderson Co., Illinois, d. Sept. 6, 1927 Macon County, Mo., on May 14 1884 at Cedar, Mahaska County, Iowa m. Oliver H. Howard, 1860-1921. They are buried in Liberty Cemetery, Macon, Mo. Children: Harry Herman Howard (1886-1964), Lilly Howard, Fern Howard (Oct 6, 1889 - Sept. 13, 1891) and Everett J. Howard (1893-1944). Everett m. Theo (1895-1993).
vii. Addie L. Higgason 1873-1877 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146960383

1870 census - Higgasons:
State: Illinois Series: M593 Family: 52
Date: 1870 Frame: 00173 Line: 40
Sheet: 7 Image: 173
Henderson County July 1870
Relation to head of household was not recorded in this census. However, MyHeritage has developed technology to imply the relations based on surname, gender, age and position in the household. Though not perfect, the implied relations are often correct.
Relation to head, Name, Age
Head (implied), Samuel J Higgason, 36
Wife (implied), Mary Higgason, 35
Son (implied), John Higgason, 15
Son (implied), Augustus Higgason, 13
Son (implied), Wallace Higgason, 11
Daughter (implied), Sarah Higgason, 9
Daughter (implied), Emma Higgason, 7
Daughter (implied), Elizabeth Higgason, 5

1870 census
Name, Role, Sex, Age, Birthplace:
Samuel J Higgason M 36 Indiana
Mary Higgason F 35 Indiana
John Higgason M 15 Indiana
Augustus Higgason M 13 Illinois
Wallace Higgason M 11 Illinois
Sarah Higgason F 9 Illinois
Emma Higgason F 7 Illinois
Elizabeth Higgason F 5 Illinois
Event Place Illinois, United States
United States Census, 1870
Household ID 52
Line Number 3
Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number M593
GS Film number 000545727
Digital Folder Number 004263315
Image Number 00174
Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M643-TB4 : 12 April 2016), Emma Higgason in household of Samuel J Higgason, Illinois, United States; citing p. 8, family 52, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,727.