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William Oglesbury Higginbotham 1820–1861 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1820

Birth Location: Wayne, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: August 1861

Death Location: Wayne, Kentucky, USA

Father: Andrew Higginbotham

Mother: Nancy Moss

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The story of William Oglesbury Higginbotham began in 1820 in Wayne, Kentucky, USA. William Oglesbury Higginbotham passed away in 1861 in Wayne, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of William Oglesbury Higginbotham began in 1820 in Wayne, Kentucky, USA.
  • William Oglesbury Higginbotham passed away in 1861 in Wayne, Kentucky, USA.

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William Higginbotham's Ancestors

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William Higginbotham
1820–1861
Birth Place: Wayne, 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
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Higginbotham's Timeline

2 Records

1820
1820
Birth of William Oglesbury Higginbotham in Wayne, Kentucky, USA
Wayne, Kentucky, USA
1861
August 1861
Age 41
Death of William Oglesbury Higginbotham in Wayne, Kentucky, USA
Wayne, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1820
    Event Place: Wayne, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: August 1861
    Event Place: Wayne, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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