Source: History of Hamilton and Clay Counties, Nebraska published 1921
L.A. HIGGINS (Lewis A. Higgins)
Among Harvard's representative business men is numbered L.A. Higgins, proprietor of a Hardware Store, who owes his success and advancement in a business way to his close application and determined purpose. He comes from Illinois, his birth having occurred in Peoria County, July 23,1868, his parents being J W and Caroline (Hunt) Higgins, who are likewise natives of Illinois. In 1885 with their son L.A., was a youth of seventeen years, they came to Nebraska, settling in Buffalo County, and throughout his entire life the father followed the occupation of farming until his unfaltering industry and perseverance have brought him sufficient capitol to enable him to live retired, since which time he and his wife have made their home in Amherst, Nebraska. They have always been loyal to the teaching of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which they hold membership and Mr. Higgins has long given his political support to the Democratic party.. For a number of years he served as County Supervisor in Buffalo County and in many tangible ways has manifested his allegiance to all those interests which make for good citizenship and the welfare of the state.
L.A. Higgins is the eldest of a family of ten children. Liberal educational advantages were accorded him and he is today a well read man. He attended the district schools in Buffalo County, Nebraska, and throughout life has added much to his early knowledge gained in the schools by reading, by study and by observation. He started out to provide for his own support by farm work and later secured a clerkship in a store when twenty five years of age. There he was employed as a salesman until 1896 , when he moved to Kearney Nebraska and obtained a position as a clerk in a hardware store, continuing in that place for four years. In 1901 he removed to Harvard and formed a partnership with W.E. Jakway and E.E. Hinkle of Lincoln, for the purchase of a hardware business which has been continued under the name L.A. Higgins Hardware Company until the present time. Mr. Higgins started out in this business in a small way but now has an extensive stock of shelf and heavy hardware and his patronage is most gratifying. He has ever realized that satisfied patrons are the best advertisement and he puts forth every effort to please his customers, while his straightforward dealings and progressive methods insure him a continuance in the trade. In 1896, in Kearney, Nebraska, Mr. Higgins was married to Ella Eutsler, who was born in Iowa and whose father was one of the prominent early farmers of Dawson County, Nebraska. Mr and Mrs. Higgins have become the parents of five children: Marguerite, the wife of Ernest D. LeFevre , a farmer of Stockham, Nebraska: Howard, who operates an elevator at Harvard: L.A., who is in the employ of his father : Clyde and Blanche, who are attending school. Mr. and Mrs. Higgins have many warm friends and their social position is an enviable one, the best homes of the community being at all times open to them. Mrs. Higgins is a member of the Christian church. Mr. Higgins belongs to the Masonic fraternity and has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and is a member of the Mystic Shrine. He is likewise identified with the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Ancient Order of the United Workman. He is a past master of the Masonic lodge and a past chancellor commander of the Knights of Pythias. His political allegiance is given to the Republican Party, but he does not seek nor desire office, concentrating his entire time and attention upon his business affairs, and the thoroughness and energy which have characterized him have been the important features in the attainment of his present day success.
Moreover, the creditable methods which he has followed have established him high in the regard of his fellow townsmen.
L.A. HIGGINS (Lewis A. Higgins)
Among Harvard's representative business men is numbered L.A. Higgins, proprietor of a Hardware Store, who owes his success and advancement in a business way to his close application and determined purpose. He comes from Illinois, his birth having occurred in Peoria County, July 23,1868, his parents being J W and Caroline (Hunt) Higgins, who are likewise natives of Illinois. In 1885 with their son L.A., was a youth of seventeen years, they came to Nebraska, settling in Buffalo County, and throughout his entire life the father followed the occupation of farming until his unfaltering industry and perseverance have brought him sufficient capitol to enable him to live retired, since which time he and his wife have made their home in Amherst, Nebraska. They have always been loyal to the teaching of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which they hold membership and Mr. Higgins has long given his political support to the Democratic party.. For a number of years he served as County Supervisor in Buffalo County and in many tangible ways has manifested his allegiance to all those interests which make for good citizenship and the welfare of the state.
L.A. Higgins is the eldest of a family of ten children. Liberal educational advantages were accorded him and he is today a well read man. He attended the district schools in Buffalo County, Nebraska, and throughout life has added much to his early knowledge gained in the schools by reading, by study and by observation. He started out to provide for his own support by farm work and later secured a clerkship in a store when twenty five years of age. There he was employed as a salesman until 1896 , when he moved to Kearney Nebraska and obtained a position as a clerk in a hardware store, continuing in that place for four years. In 1901 he removed to Harvard and formed a partnership with W.E. Jakway and E.E. Hinkle of Lincoln, for the purchase of a hardware business which has been continued under the name L.A. Higgins Hardware Company until the present time. Mr. Higgins started out in this business in a small way but now has an extensive stock of shelf and heavy hardware and his patronage is most gratifying. He has ever realized that satisfied patrons are the best advertisement and he puts forth every effort to please his customers, while his straightforward dealings and progressive methods insure him a continuance in the trade. In 1896, in Kearney, Nebraska, Mr. Higgins was married to Ella Eutsler, who was born in Iowa and whose father was one of the prominent early farmers of Dawson County, Nebraska. Mr and Mrs. Higgins have become the parents of five children: Marguerite, the wife of Ernest D. LeFevre , a farmer of Stockham, Nebraska: Howard, who operates an elevator at Harvard: L.A., who is in the employ of his father : Clyde and Blanche, who are attending school. Mr. and Mrs. Higgins have many warm friends and their social position is an enviable one, the best homes of the community being at all times open to them. Mrs. Higgins is a member of the Christian church. Mr. Higgins belongs to the Masonic fraternity and has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and is a member of the Mystic Shrine. He is likewise identified with the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Ancient Order of the United Workman. He is a past master of the Masonic lodge and a past chancellor commander of the Knights of Pythias. His political allegiance is given to the Republican Party, but he does not seek nor desire office, concentrating his entire time and attention upon his business affairs, and the thoroughness and energy which have characterized him have been the important features in the attainment of his present day success.
Moreover, the creditable methods which he has followed have established him high in the regard of his fellow townsmen.
Source: History of Hamilton and Clay Counties, Nebraska published 1921
L.A. HIGGINS (Lewis A. Higgins)
Among Harvard's representative business men is numbered L.A. Higgins, proprietor of a Hardware Store, who owes his success and advancement in a business way to his close application and determined purpose. He comes from Illinois, his birth having occurred in Peoria County, July 23,1868, his parents being J W and Caroline (Hunt) Higgins, who are likewise natives of Illinois. In 1885 with their son L.A., was a youth of seventeen years, they came to Nebraska, settling in Buffalo County, and throughout his entire life the father followed the occupation of farming until his unfaltering industry and perseverance have brought him sufficient capitol to enable him to live retired, since which time he and his wife have made their home in Amherst, Nebraska. They have always been loyal to the teaching of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which they hold membership and Mr. Higgins has long given his political support to the Democratic party.. For a number of years he served as County Supervisor in Buffalo County and in many tangible ways has manifested his allegiance to all those interests which make for good citizenship and the welfare of the state.
L.A. Higgins is the eldest of a family of ten children. Liberal educational advantages were accorded him and he is today a well read man. He attended the district schools in Buffalo County, Nebraska, and throughout life has added much to his early knowledge gained in the schools by reading, by study and by observation. He started out to provide for his own support by farm work and later secured a clerkship in a store when twenty five years of age. There he was employed as a salesman until 1896 , when he moved to Kearney Nebraska and obtained a position as a clerk in a hardware store, continuing in that place for four years. In 1901 he removed to Harvard and formed a partnership with W.E. Jakway and E.E. Hinkle of Lincoln, for the purchase of a hardware business which has been continued under the name L.A. Higgins Hardware Company until the present time. Mr. Higgins started out in this business in a small way but now has an extensive stock of shelf and heavy hardware and his patronage is most gratifying. He has ever realized that satisfied patrons are the best advertisement and he puts forth every effort to please his customers, while his straightforward dealings and progressive methods insure him a continuance in the trade. In 1896, in Kearney, Nebraska, Mr. Higgins was married to Ella Eutsler, who was born in Iowa and whose father was one of the prominent early farmers of Dawson County, Nebraska. Mr and Mrs. Higgins have become the parents of five children: Marguerite, the wife of Ernest D. LeFevre , a farmer of Stockham, Nebraska: Howard, who operates an elevator at Harvard: L.A., who is in the employ of his father : Clyde and Blanche, who are attending school. Mr. and Mrs. Higgins have many warm friends and their social position is an enviable one, the best homes of the community being at all times open to them. Mrs. Higgins is a member of the Christian church. Mr. Higgins belongs to the Masonic fraternity and has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and is a member of the Mystic Shrine. He is likewise identified with the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Ancient Order of the United Workman. He is a past master of the Masonic lodge and a past chancellor commander of the Knights of Pythias. His political allegiance is given to the Republican Party, but he does not seek nor desire office, concentrating his entire time and attention upon his business affairs, and the thoroughness and energy which have characterized him have been the important features in the attainment of his present day success.
Moreover, the creditable methods which he has followed have established him high in the regard of his fellow townsmen.
L.A. HIGGINS (Lewis A. Higgins)
Among Harvard's representative business men is numbered L.A. Higgins, proprietor of a Hardware Store, who owes his success and advancement in a business way to his close application and determined purpose. He comes from Illinois, his birth having occurred in Peoria County, July 23,1868, his parents being J W and Caroline (Hunt) Higgins, who are likewise natives of Illinois. In 1885 with their son L.A., was a youth of seventeen years, they came to Nebraska, settling in Buffalo County, and throughout his entire life the father followed the occupation of farming until his unfaltering industry and perseverance have brought him sufficient capitol to enable him to live retired, since which time he and his wife have made their home in Amherst, Nebraska. They have always been loyal to the teaching of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which they hold membership and Mr. Higgins has long given his political support to the Democratic party.. For a number of years he served as County Supervisor in Buffalo County and in many tangible ways has manifested his allegiance to all those interests which make for good citizenship and the welfare of the state.
L.A. Higgins is the eldest of a family of ten children. Liberal educational advantages were accorded him and he is today a well read man. He attended the district schools in Buffalo County, Nebraska, and throughout life has added much to his early knowledge gained in the schools by reading, by study and by observation. He started out to provide for his own support by farm work and later secured a clerkship in a store when twenty five years of age. There he was employed as a salesman until 1896 , when he moved to Kearney Nebraska and obtained a position as a clerk in a hardware store, continuing in that place for four years. In 1901 he removed to Harvard and formed a partnership with W.E. Jakway and E.E. Hinkle of Lincoln, for the purchase of a hardware business which has been continued under the name L.A. Higgins Hardware Company until the present time. Mr. Higgins started out in this business in a small way but now has an extensive stock of shelf and heavy hardware and his patronage is most gratifying. He has ever realized that satisfied patrons are the best advertisement and he puts forth every effort to please his customers, while his straightforward dealings and progressive methods insure him a continuance in the trade. In 1896, in Kearney, Nebraska, Mr. Higgins was married to Ella Eutsler, who was born in Iowa and whose father was one of the prominent early farmers of Dawson County, Nebraska. Mr and Mrs. Higgins have become the parents of five children: Marguerite, the wife of Ernest D. LeFevre , a farmer of Stockham, Nebraska: Howard, who operates an elevator at Harvard: L.A., who is in the employ of his father : Clyde and Blanche, who are attending school. Mr. and Mrs. Higgins have many warm friends and their social position is an enviable one, the best homes of the community being at all times open to them. Mrs. Higgins is a member of the Christian church. Mr. Higgins belongs to the Masonic fraternity and has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and is a member of the Mystic Shrine. He is likewise identified with the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Ancient Order of the United Workman. He is a past master of the Masonic lodge and a past chancellor commander of the Knights of Pythias. His political allegiance is given to the Republican Party, but he does not seek nor desire office, concentrating his entire time and attention upon his business affairs, and the thoroughness and energy which have characterized him have been the important features in the attainment of his present day success.
Moreover, the creditable methods which he has followed have established him high in the regard of his fellow townsmen.
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