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James Moses Higginbotham 1817–1863 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 December 1817

Birth Location: Elk Springs, Wayne, KY, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 4 December 1863

Death Location: Sangamon County, Illinois, USA

Father: Andrew Higginbotham

Mother: Nancy Moss

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James Moses Higginbotham was born in 1817 in Elk Springs, Wayne, KY, Kentucky, USA, the child of Andrew H Higginbotham And Nancy Malinda Ann Moss. James Moses Higginbotham passed away in 1863 in Sangamon County, Illinois, USA.

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Biography

  • James Moses Higginbotham was born in 1817 in Elk Springs, Wayne, KY, Kentucky, USA, the child of Andrew H Higginbotham And Nancy Malinda Ann Moss.
  • James Moses Higginbotham passed away in 1863 in Sangamon County, Illinois, USA.

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James Higginbotham's Ancestors

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James Higginbotham
1817–1863
Birth Place: Elk Springs, Wayne, KY, Kentucky, USA
Parents
Andrew H Higginbotham
1780–1858
Second Creek, Greenbrier (now Monroe) County, (West), Virginia, USA
Nancy (Malinda Ann) Moss
1782–1816
Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Moses Higginbotham
1730–1804
Second Creek, Monroe Co, VA, Virginia, USA
Mary Black
1741–1816
Monroe, Amherst, Virginia, USA
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Higginbotham's Timeline

2 Records

1817
10 December 1817
Birth of James Moses Higginbotham in Elk Springs, Wayne, KY, Kentucky, USA
Elk Springs, Wayne, KY, Kentucky, USA
1863
4 December 1863
Age 46
Death of James Moses Higginbotham in Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Sangamon County, Illinois, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 December 1817
    Event Place: Elk Springs, Wayne, KY, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 December 1863
    Event Place: Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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