James HIGGINS

Birth:
9 Sep 1775
Bath, Virginia
Death:
21 Sep 1843
Lexington, Lafayette, Missouri
Burial:
Old Lexington Cem., Lafayette, Missouri
Marriage:
Abt 1800
Hampshire, Virginia
Mother:
Jane IONE
Sources:
Family Bible
NewFamilySearch.org, February 2011
1810 Census, Bath County, Virginia
1820 Census, Bath County, Virginia
1840 Census, Hampshire County, Virginia, Age 60-70
Notes:
                   DEATH:
    Will Date: 18 Sep 1843, filed in Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia; Will Probate: 19 Oct 1843; 

NOTES:
    1. Moved to Union County, Kentucky in 1820 from Bath County, Virginia where his wife died in 1826.
    2. Soon after her death he moved back to Hampshire County, Virginia until 1842.
    3. Died from TB exactly one month after his daughter, Elizabeth.
    
RESEARCH NOTE:
    Elizabeth is James' second marriage. No info on first except tht she died in 1826 in Kentucky. No evidence that this statement is true.
Elizabeth Adelade COPSEY
Birth:
8 Aug 1783
Hampshire, Virginia
Death:
26 Dec 1826
Union, Kentucky
Mother:
Sarah DODD
Notes:
                   BIRTH:
    Birthdate also listed as 8 Aug 1780.
Children
Marriage
1
Sarah Yates HIGGINS
Birth:
6 Mar 1801
Hampshire, Virginia
Death:
1876
Blackwater, Pettis, Missouri
Jesse MILLS 
Marr:
22 Jun 1822
Union, Kentucky 
Notes:
                   NOTE:
    Sarah and her husband settled in Lewis and Clark County, Montana.
2
John M. HIGGINS
Birth:
10 Sep 1803
Hampshire, Virginia
Death:
13 Jan 1833
3
James Manly HIGGINS
Birth:
28 Dec 1807
Hampshire, Virginia
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   OCCUPATION:
    Doctor
NOTE:
    Living with his brother, Joseph, in 1850.
4
Martha B. HIGGINS
Birth:
4 Apr 1810
Hampshire, Virginia
Death:
of Lolo, Montana
5
Bushrod Washington HIGGINS
Birth:
14 Feb 1812
Hampshire, Virginia
Death:
4 Aug 1862
Missouri
Henrietta L. CROMWELL 
Marr:
1 Aug 1833
of Missouri 
Notes:
                   OCCUPATION:
    Doctor
6
Elizabeth Adalade HIGGINS
Birth:
2 Aug 1815
Hampshire, Virginia
Death:
21 Aug 1843
Lexington, Lafayette, Missouri
William P. PARKER 
Marr:
17 Dec 1835
Allegany, Maryland 
Notes:
                   NAME:
    Elizabeth Adalade or Adaline HIGGINS
DEATH:
    Elizabeth died from TB as did her father. She died one month before him, 27y, 11m, 24d.
7
Montgomery Pike HIGGINS
Birth:
27 May 1817
Hampshire, Virginia
Death:
Mary Jane LEOPARD 
Marr:
19 Mar 1844
Allegany, Maryland 
8
Joseph Copsey HIGGINS
Birth:
27 Feb 1819
Hampshire, Virginia
Death:
23 Mar 1894
Pettis, Missouri
Ellen F. DELLINGER 
Marr:
19 Sep 1848
Pettis, Missouri 
Notes:
                   OCCUPATION:
    Owner of Pleasant Grove Stock & Mule Farm, Houstonia, Missouri.
NOTES:
    1. President of the Sedalia-Lexington Railroad.
    2. Owned abut 3,000 acres in Missouri
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James Higgins - Elizabeth Adelade Copsey

James Higgins was born at Bath, Virginia 9 Sep 1775. His parents were John Parker Higgins and Jane Ione.

He married Elizabeth Adelade Copsey Abt 1800 at Hampshire, Virginia . Elizabeth Adelade Copsey was born at Hampshire, Virginia 8 Aug 1783 daughter of John Copsey and Sarah Dodd .

They were the parents of 8 children:
Sarah Yates Higgins born 6 Mar 1801.
John M. Higgins born 10 Sep 1803.
James Manly Higgins born 28 Dec 1807.
Martha B. Higgins born 4 Apr 1810.
Bushrod Washington Higgins born 14 Feb 1812.
Elizabeth Adalade Higgins born 2 Aug 1815.
Montgomery Pike Higgins born 27 May 1817.
Joseph Copsey Higgins born 27 Feb 1819.

James Higgins died 21 Sep 1843 at Lexington, Lafayette, Missouri .

Elizabeth Adelade Copsey died 26 Dec 1826 at Union, Kentucky .