My husband's great-great-grandpa
Son of Jacob Highers (1828-1905) and Eleanor Wilson (1836-1903)

Husband of Ella Francis Miller (1879-1965)
Father of:
Francis Louise ("Fannie Lou") Highers
Banks Samuel ("Huck") Highers
James Miller ("Shack") Highers
Buford Nelson Highers
Ellen Wilson Highers
Simon C. ("Snooks") Highers,
an infant girl Highers,
Josephine Davis Highers ("Josie"),
Thomas Beasley Highers, and
an infant boy Highers.

Simon was an owner of the Highers Brothers Buggy Shop in Rome, Tennessee, which is on this web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/scenes/highersbrothers_buggy.htm
The owners of the Highers Brothers business in Rome were Banks Samuel Highers, Henry Foster Highers, and Simon Claiborne Highers. A granddaughter of Simon's found a reference in a the library showing that Simon C. and Banks Samuel Highers sold their share of 1/4 acre in Rome, TN to Henry Foster Highers in 1901. She thinks this may have been when S.C. and B.S. started another shop in Dixon Springs.

From the 'Carthage Times', Friday July 20, 1900:

WHEELS! ... We sell a set of four Wheels, full-bolted steel tires, yourboxing set in same by the latest improved Machinery for .....$8.50...We also build Buggies, Farm Wagons, Paint and Upholster Carriages,and do general Blacksmithing and Repair Work.
HIGHERS BROTHERS, ROME

SIMON C. HIGHERS OBITUARY
Simon C. Highers Dies of Long Illness
by J.M. Cox
Simon C. Highers passed away at his home at Dixon Springs Monday afternoon, Oct. 19, 1931. His friend of many years standing, Rev. J.L. Smotherman, conducted the funeral services from the Dixon Springs church Tuesday afternoon, assisted by J.M. Cox, in the presence of a congregation far beyond the seating capacity of the building. Internment took place in the family lot in Dixon Springs cemetery with Masonic honors, the Hartsville lodge being in charge, at which time Judge Webb Allen paid a tribute to the life and character of Mr. Highers, particularly stressing the devotion of the Highers family to each other and to his usefulness as a citizen. Mr. Highers was married to Miss Ella Miller more than thirty years ago, and to this union seven children survive, namely, Mrs. Jodie Beal [Fannie Lou] of Hartsville, Banks, Jr., James, Buford, Simon Jr., Josie, and Thomas of Dixon Springs. Mr. Highers and his brother, Banks, came to Dixon Springs from the Rock City neighborhood about the year 1907 and established a wood working shop and implement business and enjoyed a splendid patronage from the community. They were known as probably the best truck body makers in the south and received orders from great distances. They also manufactured felloes and other wagon material and shipped same to anumber of markets, furnishing a demand for much local timber. One of Mr. Highers' greatest achievements in connection with his trade was the invention of a truck body gate fastener which proved very practical. Mr. Highers was for many years a member of the county court. His services on some of the important committees were very valuable. He was probably the best informed man on bridge and other constructural work in this section of the state. He really liked to work. Finding time from his duties he studied scientific literature and applied the lessons gained from there in his work. He was well read on the topics of the day. He will be very much missed in that community. His work for the war activities will be long remembered and was always ready to lend a helping hand to a worthy endeavor. The young men who acted as pall bearers were selected from his near neighbors, namely J.D. Rollins, Jr., Louis Dias, Thomas Dillehay, Cyrus Herod, Raymond Taylor, and Thomas Cox. The unusually large attendance at the funeral and burial, a number being from a distance, some out of the state, bore a concrete testimony to the value of the life just ended. Many floral designs were contributed. We have known Mr. Highers for many years and join and offer condolence to the community and sympathy to the family in his passing away. Mr. Highers was about 60 years of age, and his death came after an illness of several weeks.
Death: 19 OCT 1931 in Smith County, Tennessee