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Nancy Lovadia Higgins 1862–1942 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 Apr 1862

Birth Location: Yancey County, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 9 Dec 1942

Death Location: Cane River, Yancey County, North Carolina, United States of America

Father: James Jr.

Mother:

Spouse(s): John Wheeler, John Wheeler

Children(s): Thurman Wheeler, Margaret Hensley, William Wheeler, John Wheeler, Maude Byrd, Clarence Wheeler, M. Wheeler

Nancy Lovadia Higgins was born in 1862 in Yancey County, North Carolina, USA, the child of James Henry Higgins Jr And Margaret Hampton. Nancy Lovadia Higgins married John Bomar Wheeler, and had children including Clarence J Wheeler, John Bowmar Wheeler, M A Wheeler, Margaret Hensley, Maude Byrd, Thurman Cleveland Wheeler, William Riley Wheeler. Nancy Lovadia Higgins passed away in 1942 in Cane River, Yancey County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Nancy Lovadia Higgins was born in 1862 in Yancey County, North Carolina, USA, the child of James Henry Higgins Jr And Margaret Hampton.
  • Nancy Lovadia Higgins married John Bomar Wheeler, and had children including Clarence J Wheeler, John Bowmar Wheeler, M A Wheeler, Margaret Hensley, Maude Byrd, Thurman Cleveland Wheeler, William Riley Wheeler.
  • Nancy Lovadia Higgins passed away in 1942 in Cane River, Yancey County, North Carolina, United States of America.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Nancy Higgins's Ancestors

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Nancy Higgins
1862–1942
Birth Place: Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
Parents
James Henry Higgins Jr.
1803–1892
Yancy County, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
John (Henry) Higgins
1770–1846
Loudoun, Virginia, United States
Fannie Bauguess
1773–1847
Loudon Co, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
James Higgins
1754–1825
Nancy Estes
1757–1798
Richard Bauguess
1735–
Nancy McCarty
1753–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Abraham III
1717–1782
Ann Clark
1717–1798
Henry III
1705–
Jane Cox
1713–

Nancy Higgins's Descendants

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Nancy (Lovadia) Higgins (9 Apr 1862–9 Dec 1942) m. John (Bomar) Wheeler (January 1852–21 September 1935) m. John (Bomar) Wheeler (abt 1855–)
  1. 1. Thurman (Cleveland) Wheeler 1887–1969 m. Lillian (Carr Wheeler) Welsh 1894–1940 m. Bertha (Elizabeth) Davis 1895–1986 m. Bertha (Elizabeth) Davis 1895–1986
    1. 1. John (Earl) Wheeler 1911–1995 m. Johnnie (R) Irwin 1915–2000
      1. 1. Radford (Lee) Vincent 1935–1998
    2. 2. Bingham Wheeler 1915–
    3. 3. Bruce Wheeler 1914–
    4. 4. Delores (Wheeler) Palacino 1924–1970
    5. 5. Margaret (Louise) Wheeler 1927–2013
  2. 2. Margaret Hensley 1892–1980
  3. 3. William (Riley) Wheeler 1878–1959
  4. 4. John (Bowmar) Wheeler 1898–1966
  5. 5. Maude Byrd 1906–1963
  6. 6. Clarence (J.) Wheeler 1904–1979
  7. 7. M. (A.) Wheeler 1881–1953

Nancy Higgins's Timeline

2 Records

1862
9 Apr 1862
Birth of Nancy Lovadia Higgins in Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
1942
9 Dec 1942
Age 80
Death of Nancy Lovadia Higgins in Jacks Creek, Yancey, North Carolina, USA
Jacks Creek, Yancey, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 Apr 1862
    Event Place: Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] North Carolina, Death Certificates
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] North Carolina, Marriage Records

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Day Book, Yancey, North Carolina
    Record Source: North Carolina, Death Certificates

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Dec 1942
    Event Place: Jacks Creek, Yancey, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] North Carolina, Death Certificates
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Cane River, Yancey County, North Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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