EDGAR A. HIGBY, a progressive and prosperous farmer of Franklin township, is a member of a family connection long and favorably known in Ross county. They were represented in the pioneer settlement of the county and through all the stages of its history have been identified with its social, commercial and business development. Their talents and industry have been mostly felt in agriculture, nearly all of them being farmers and landowners. John W. and Sarah M. (Norton) Higby were the parents of Edgar A., whose birth occurred in Bourneville, Ohio, February 14, 1862. Unusual care was bestowed upon his early, education. Besides the ordinary course in the common schools, he was sent to a private and select school at Richmond Dale, which was followed by a term in the academy at Gambier, Knox county. In addition to all this, Mr. Higby entered the commercial college of A. D. Wilt at Dayton, O., where he was graduated in 1883. Since leaving school he has devoted his attention entirely to farming and has met with gratifying success in all of his operations. He has charge of 284 acres of land, which he cultivates by up-to-date methods, the general farming being supplemented by profitable stock-raising. Mr. Higby is well informed in agricultural matters and aims to keep thoroughly posted concerning the latest improvements and discoveries in that great industry. He is a Republican in politics but contents himself with voting and wastes no time running after office. January 23, 1895, he was married to Luella J. Davis, of Richmond Dale, daughter of Ambrose Davis, a well-to-do farmer of Jefferson township. They have one son, Earl Norton, born February 14, 1896.

Source #1 - The County of Ross: a history of Ross County, Ohio by Henry Holcomb Bennett - Published by S. A. Brant, Madison, Wis., 1902.

(courtesy of Bushong)