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Josephine Meecham Higgins 1850–1917 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 Feb 1850

Birth Location: Hancock, Hancock, Illinois, USA

Death Date: 11 Jan 1917

Death Location: Safford, Graham, Arizona, USA

Father: Samuel Mecham

Mother: Sarah Call

Spouse(s): Moses Curtis, Heber Higgins

Children(s): Sarah Curtis, Iris Curtis, Effie Curtis, Myron Curtis, Willie Curtis, Wallace Curtis, Augusta Higgins, Byron Higgins, Samuel Higgins, Heber Higgins

In 1850, Josephine Meecham Higgins entered the world in Hancock, Hancock, Illinois, USA, born to Samuel Mecham And Sarah Call. Josephine Meecham Higgins married Heber Kimball Higgins, Moses Monroe Curtis, and had children including Augusta May Higgins, Byron Higgins, Effie C Curtis, Heber Higgins, Iris Gertrude Curtis, Myron M Curtis, Samuel Nelson Higgins, Sarah Violet Curtis, Wallace Leroy Curtis, Willie Ray Curtis. Josephine Meecham Higgins passed away in 1917 in Safford, Graham, Arizona, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1850, Josephine Meecham Higgins entered the world in Hancock, Hancock, Illinois, USA, born to Samuel Mecham And Sarah Call.
  • Josephine Meecham Higgins married Heber Kimball Higgins, Moses Monroe Curtis, and had children including Augusta May Higgins, Byron Higgins, Effie C Curtis, Heber Higgins, Iris Gertrude Curtis, Myron M Curtis, Samuel Nelson Higgins, Sarah Violet Curtis, Wallace Leroy Curtis, Willie Ray Curtis.
  • Josephine Meecham Higgins passed away in 1917 in Safford, Graham, Arizona, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Samuel Mecham
1821–1851
Birth Location: Erie Co., Pennsylvannia
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Sarah Call
1828–1886
Birth Location: Madison, Geauga County, Ohio, USA
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Spouses(s)

Moses Curtis
1840–1929
Birth Location: Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, United States of America
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Heber Higgins
1839–1873
Birth Location: Greenplain, Hancock, Illinois, USA
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Children(s)

Sarah Curtis
1882–1966
Birth Location: Eden, Graham County, Arizona, United States of America
SC
Iris Curtis
1890–1951
Birth Location: Arizona, United States of America
IC
Effie Curtis
1877–1961
Birth Location: Salem, Utah County, Utah, United States of America
EC
Myron Curtis
1878–1934
Birth Location: Apache County, Arizona, United States of America
MC
Willie Curtis
1887–1933
Birth Location: Eden, Graham County, Arizona, United States of America
WC
Wallace Curtis
1892–1963
Birth Location: Arizona, United States of America
WC
Augusta Higgins
1872–1951
Birth Location: Nephi, Juab County, Utah, USA
AH
Byron Higgins
1871–1871
Birth Location: Nephi, Juab County, Utah, USA
BH
Samuel Higgins
1869–1935
Birth Location: Salem, Utah County, Utah, USA
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Heber Higgins
1867–1948
Birth Location: Richfield, Sevier County, Utah, USA
HH

Josephine Higgins's Ancestors

Self
Josephine Higgins
1850–1917
Birth Place: Hancock, Hancock, Illinois, USA
Parents
Samuel Mecham
1821–1851
Erie Co., Pennsylvannia
Sarah Call
1828–1886
Madison, Geauga County, Ohio, USA
Grandparents
Elam Mecham
1776–1854
Canaan, Grafton, New, Hampshire, New England Crossroads, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA
Sarah ("Sally") Cheney
1783–1873
Turnbridge, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Great-Grandparents
Samuel Mecham
1739–1811
Phoebe Main
1747–1843
Mary Ela
1754–1841
Eliphalet Cheney
1756–1822
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Samuel Mecham
1712–1754
Bethia Pease
1709–1778

Josephine Higgins's Descendants

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Josephine (Meecham) Higgins (7 Feb 1850–11 Jan 1917) m. Moses (Monroe) Curtis (28 October 1840–13 March 1929) m. Heber (Kimball) Higgins (4 September 1839–14 March 1873)
  1. 1. Sarah (Violet) Curtis 1882–1966 m. Josiah Martin 1882–1947
    1. 1. Abner (Monroe) Martin 1905–1908
    2. 2. Augusta (May) Martin 1918–1999
    3. 3. Clyde (Levon) Martin 1916–1944
    4. 4. Duval Martin 1906–1908
    5. 5. Frances (Iona) Martin 1913–1913
    6. 6. James (Lamar) Martin 1922–2005
    7. 7. Josiah (Curtis) Martin 1914–1995
    8. 8. Joy (Lynn) Martin 1908–1964
    9. 9. Lawrence (Leroy) Martin 1909–1942
    10. 10. Opal (Irene) Martin 1919–2003
    11. 11. Sarah (Violet) Martin 1912–1990
  2. 2. Iris (Gertrude) Curtis 1890–1951
  3. 3. Effie (C) Curtis 1877–1961
  4. 4. Myron (M) Curtis 1878–1934
  5. 5. Willie (Ray) Curtis 1887–1933
  6. 6. Wallace (Leroy) Curtis 1892–1963
  7. 7. Augusta (May) Higgins 1872–1951
  8. 8. Byron Higgins 1871–1871
  9. 9. Samuel (Nelson) Higgins 1869–1935
  10. 10. Heber Higgins 1867–1948 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Sims 1872–1945
    1. 1. Amanda (Elizabeth) Higgins 1889–1939 m. Niels (Monford) Allred 1883–1970
      1. 1. Dessie (Clorene) Allred 1907–1988 m. Joseph (Franklin) Moffett 1900–1993
        1. 1. Joana Moffett 1938–2022
      2. 2. Nelsy (Larue) Allred 1909–1980 m. Gladys (Ellen Permelia) Haggard 1913–1990
        1. 1. Pauline Allred 1930–1939
        2. 2. Montie (Larue) Allred 1933–2009 m. Ada (Lovetta) Maples 1930–2004
        3. 3. David (Norman) Allred 1935–2009 m. Sandra (Jean) Butler 1937–2015
        4. 4. Donna (Mae) Allred 1937–2022
        5. 5. Harold (Lavar) Allred 1941–2021
      3. 3. Julia (Opal) Allred 1911–2011 m. Charles (Ray) Johnston 1907–1979
        1. 1. Charolette (Opal) Johnston 1932–2006 m. Norman (Francis) Higgins 1931–2013 m. Donald (Scott) Currie 1930–2014
      4. 4. Dortha Allred 1913–1957
      5. 5. Lawrence (Albert) Allred 1917–1970 m. Della Johnson 1918–2009
      6. 6. Norman (Eugene) Allred 1919–1920
      7. 7. Venna Allred 1921–2003
      8. 8. Babe Allred 1930–1930
    2. 2. Heber (Nataniel) Higgins 1891–1974 m. Lilian Rogers 1893–1928 m. Adah (Alice) Long 1890–1959
      1. 1. Marvel (Maude) Higgins 1914–1988
      2. 2. Wilmirth Higgins 1917–2012 m. Elmer (Gordon) Stockton 1915–1994 m. Cecil (Edward) Burnett 1915–1978
        1. 1. Elmer (Gordon) Stockton 1935–1978 m. Opal (Virginia) Hamlin 1926–2005
      3. 3. Reginald (Heber) Higgins 1918–1972
      4. 4. Janice (Lilian) Higgins 1927–1991
    3. 3. Ammon (Alvrice) Higgins 1893–1912
    4. 4. Alice (Josephine) Higgins 1894–1969 m. Joseph (Myron) Allred 1881–1937
      1. 1. Delva Allred 1917–1975 m. Guy (Bates) Post 1917–1998 m. Dennis (Henry) Preston 1916–1999
      2. 2. Anita (Louise) Allred 1928–2003 m. Donald (Melvin) Saunders 1925–1997
      3. 3. Gilbert (Myron) Allred 1914–1995 m. Eunice Burk 1915–1982 m. Madeline (Miller) Robinson 1919–2011 m. Madeline (Delores) Miller 1919–2011
        1. 1. Rex (Woodruff) Allred 1944–1987
      4. 4. Vergil (Higgins) Allred 1918–1996 m. Lorraine (Sharon) Higgs 1920–1998 m. Evelyn (Emma) Jones 1922–2006 m. Inez (Marie) McEwen 1918–1980 m. Elenore (Ione) Nietert 1928–2010
      5. 5. Nelda (Loraine) Allred 1923–2002 m. Loren (Spencer) Tyler 1922–1980
    5. 5. Zetta (May) Higgins 1896–1980 m. James (Milton) Allred 1893–1969
      1. 1. Lorna Allred 1917–1918
      2. 2. Stanley (Milton) Allred 1919–1993 m. Callie (Vera Mae) Holland 1921–2005
        1. 1. Shirley Allred 1951–2012
      3. 3. Marvin (H) Allred 1925–2005 m. Zelma (Mable) Denton 1929–2023
      4. 4. Farrell (Damar) Allred 1932–1980 m. Mary (Virginia) Rodgers 1931–2017
        1. 1. Alan (Charles) Allred 1951–1951
      5. 5. Velma Allred 1916–1999 m. Ned Daley 1914–1997
        1. 1. Karen Daley 1943–1999 m. Gary (Reed) Morris 1941–2010
        2. 2. Willis (Kent) Daley 1936–2002
    6. 6. John (Carlos) Higgins 1898–1959 m. Myrtle (Dean) Foote 1908–2002
      1. 1. Jay (Carl Higgins) Sr 1930–2010 m. Edith (Laree) Higgins 1932–2014
      2. 2. Roberta (Beth) Higgins 1931–2012
        1. 1. Dale (Eugene) Lucas 1949–
      3. 3. Harold (Dan) Higgins 1940–2020
    7. 7. Ralph (Sims) Higgins 1900–1956
    8. 8. Susan (Delilah) Higgins 1901–1987 m. Parley (Elbridge) Barney 1895–1978
      1. 1. Armel (Elbridge) Barney 1922–1929
      2. 2. Orris (Anthon) Barney 1924–1995 m. Florence Williams 1927–1992
        1. 1. Brian (Alan Barney) Sr 1947–1987
        2. 2. Kenneth (Ervin) Barney 1949–2021
      3. 3. Wanda Barney 1925–2002 m. Leroy (Clarence) Starks 1920–2001
      4. 4. Elvin (Orin) Barney 1927–1991
      5. 5. La (Ver Heber) Barney 1927–2003
      6. 6. Len (Kay) Barney 1932–2008
      7. 7. Arlene Barney 1934–2018
    9. 9. Ore (Printiss) Higgins 1903–1914
    10. 10. Clella (Clorence) Higgins 1905–1983
    11. 11. Ernest (Walter) Higgins 1907–1976
    12. 12. Cressa Higgins 1909–1996 m. Edson (R) Nelson 1905–1990
      1. 1. Lloyd (Keith) Nelson 1929–2020 m. Edith Cluff 1930–2022
    13. 13. Pearl Higgins 1910–1986
    14. 14. Alverda Higgins 1912–1986
    15. 15. Ina (Grace) Higgins 1914–1989 m. Donald (Leroy) Johnston 1912–2002
      1. 1. Ronald (H) Johnston 1933–1999
      2. 2. Donetta (Belle) Johnston 1936–1938
      3. 3. Lavon (Max) Johnston 1939–2008
      4. 4. Laverna (Elizabeth) Johnston 1941–1942

Josephine Higgins's Timeline

6 Records

1850
7 February 1850
Birth of Josephine Meecham Higgins in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, USA
Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, USA
1850
7 Feb 1850
Birth of Josephine Meecham Higgins in Hancock, Hancock, Illinois, USA
Hancock, Hancock, Illinois, USA
1850
7 Feb 1850
Birth of Josephine Meecham Higgins in Hancock, Hancock, Illinois, USA
Hancock, Hancock, Illinois, USA
1917
11 January 1917
Age 67
Death of Josephine Meecham Higgins in Safford, Graham County, Arizona, USA
Safford, Graham County, Arizona, USA
1917
11 Jan 1917
Age 67
Death of Josephine Meecham Higgins in Safford, Graham, Arizona, USA
Safford, Graham, Arizona, USA
1917
11 Jan 1917
Age 67
Death of Josephine Meecham Higgins in Safford, Graham, Arizona, USA
Safford, Graham, Arizona, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 February 1850
    Event Place: Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Feb 1850
    Event Place: Hancock, Hancock, Illinois, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Feb 1850
    Event Place: Hancock, Hancock, Illinois, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 January 1917
    Event Place: Safford, Graham County, Arizona, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Jan 1917
    Event Place: Safford, Graham, Arizona, USA

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Jan 1917
    Event Place: Safford, Graham, Arizona, USA
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