Source: Richard Higgins: A Resident and Pioneer Settler at Plymouth and Eastham ... By Mrs. Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins
475. NATHANIEL DYER7 HIGGINS (Eleazer3, Reuben3, Reuben*, Richard3, Benjamin2, Richard1), born Dec. 18, 1823, at Gray, Maine; died Jan. 12,1882, in New York City; married .
Nathaniel Dyer Higgins remained on his father's farm at Gray, Maine, until his twenty-first year, when he was taken into partnership with his two older brothers, Alvin and Elias Smith. He was successful from the first and proved his ability to master the details of the business. As their business increased and their interests multiplied, he was put in charge of the manufacturing as general manager. He was a man of much refinement of character and of a sensitive nature. He loved his relatives, took his nephews into their business and helped them on to success. He was in poor health the last twenty years of his life and was a great sufferer. He traveled the world over for relief and was operated on in Paris, but with little success. He lived at the Astor House for a number of years and later on Madison Avenue. He also had a magnificent country home at White Plains, extensive gardens and nurseries, fast horses and a private racing track.
He was a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church and a Republican in politics. He was unfortunate in marriage and lived with his wife but a short time. He left a fortune of six million dollars and in his will remembered his brothers and sisters, nephews and nieces and other relatives handsomely. He also left fifty thousand dollars to be divided among ten charitable and religious corporations of New York City. His daughter and her husband received the most of the estate.
475. NATHANIEL DYER7 HIGGINS (Eleazer3, Reuben3, Reuben*, Richard3, Benjamin2, Richard1), born Dec. 18, 1823, at Gray, Maine; died Jan. 12,1882, in New York City; married .
Nathaniel Dyer Higgins remained on his father's farm at Gray, Maine, until his twenty-first year, when he was taken into partnership with his two older brothers, Alvin and Elias Smith. He was successful from the first and proved his ability to master the details of the business. As their business increased and their interests multiplied, he was put in charge of the manufacturing as general manager. He was a man of much refinement of character and of a sensitive nature. He loved his relatives, took his nephews into their business and helped them on to success. He was in poor health the last twenty years of his life and was a great sufferer. He traveled the world over for relief and was operated on in Paris, but with little success. He lived at the Astor House for a number of years and later on Madison Avenue. He also had a magnificent country home at White Plains, extensive gardens and nurseries, fast horses and a private racing track.
He was a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church and a Republican in politics. He was unfortunate in marriage and lived with his wife but a short time. He left a fortune of six million dollars and in his will remembered his brothers and sisters, nephews and nieces and other relatives handsomely. He also left fifty thousand dollars to be divided among ten charitable and religious corporations of New York City. His daughter and her husband received the most of the estate.
Source: Richard Higgins: A Resident and Pioneer Settler at Plymouth and Eastham ... By Mrs. Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins
475. NATHANIEL DYER7 HIGGINS (Eleazer3, Reuben3, Reuben*, Richard3, Benjamin2, Richard1), born Dec. 18, 1823, at Gray, Maine; died Jan. 12,1882, in New York City; married .
Nathaniel Dyer Higgins remained on his father's farm at Gray, Maine, until his twenty-first year, when he was taken into partnership with his two older brothers, Alvin and Elias Smith. He was successful from the first and proved his ability to master the details of the business. As their business increased and their interests multiplied, he was put in charge of the manufacturing as general manager. He was a man of much refinement of character and of a sensitive nature. He loved his relatives, took his nephews into their business and helped them on to success. He was in poor health the last twenty years of his life and was a great sufferer. He traveled the world over for relief and was operated on in Paris, but with little success. He lived at the Astor House for a number of years and later on Madison Avenue. He also had a magnificent country home at White Plains, extensive gardens and nurseries, fast horses and a private racing track.
He was a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church and a Republican in politics. He was unfortunate in marriage and lived with his wife but a short time. He left a fortune of six million dollars and in his will remembered his brothers and sisters, nephews and nieces and other relatives handsomely. He also left fifty thousand dollars to be divided among ten charitable and religious corporations of New York City. His daughter and her husband received the most of the estate.
475. NATHANIEL DYER7 HIGGINS (Eleazer3, Reuben3, Reuben*, Richard3, Benjamin2, Richard1), born Dec. 18, 1823, at Gray, Maine; died Jan. 12,1882, in New York City; married .
Nathaniel Dyer Higgins remained on his father's farm at Gray, Maine, until his twenty-first year, when he was taken into partnership with his two older brothers, Alvin and Elias Smith. He was successful from the first and proved his ability to master the details of the business. As their business increased and their interests multiplied, he was put in charge of the manufacturing as general manager. He was a man of much refinement of character and of a sensitive nature. He loved his relatives, took his nephews into their business and helped them on to success. He was in poor health the last twenty years of his life and was a great sufferer. He traveled the world over for relief and was operated on in Paris, but with little success. He lived at the Astor House for a number of years and later on Madison Avenue. He also had a magnificent country home at White Plains, extensive gardens and nurseries, fast horses and a private racing track.
He was a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church and a Republican in politics. He was unfortunate in marriage and lived with his wife but a short time. He left a fortune of six million dollars and in his will remembered his brothers and sisters, nephews and nieces and other relatives handsomely. He also left fifty thousand dollars to be divided among ten charitable and religious corporations of New York City. His daughter and her husband received the most of the estate.
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