HIGGINS, DECATUR S.
Buried: 3 Jul 1980
Lot 13444 Section 61

Green-Wood Cemetery
Section 61, Lot 13444.
[NOTE: Some burials here are not memorialized by any currently visible or legible stone or inscription. A list of lot residents, with burial dates, appears after the inscriptions.]
STONES and INSCRIPTIONS
Four stones stand on this lot. They are inscribed, left to right:
1
In Loving Memory of
Mary Hartwell Crane
March 28, 1847 – August 6, 1895
The gift of God is eternal life
Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
2
James Crane, M.D.
Born March 6th 1818,
Died October 31st 1888.
Aletta De-Groot Hartwell
Wife of James Crane, M.D.
Born Oct. 31st 1820,
Died Feb. 4th 1882.
We know that when He shall appear,
We shall be like Him.
CRANE
3
Elizabeth Hartwell Crane
Wife of Thomas Higgins
Born July 3, 1849,
Died October 27, 1910.
4
Katharine M. Crowe
April 5. 1877
March 29. 1935
[NOTE: Burial list from online cemetery records, with burial dates, which may represent reburials after removal from previous graves. This list may be incomplete. Contact the cemetery for complete information about this lot at http://www.green-wood.com:
CRANE: Aletta H, 2/8/1882; Caroline, McD, 10/9/1862; James, 11/3/1888; Kate, 6/6/1913; and Mary Hartwell, 8/20/1895.
CROWE: Katharine M, 3/31/1935.
HIGGINS: Decatur, 7/3/1980; Elizabeth Hartwell, 10/29/1910; and Elsie Farley, 11/24/2012.]
Added by: Bob Collins
1/28/2014


U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current
Name: Decatur Higgins
Born: 3 Apr 1917
Last Benefit: 11560 Locust Valley, Nassau, New York, United States of America
Died: Jun 1980
State (Year) SSN issued: New Jersey (Before 1951

Note: Obit found on Ancestry.com - says he was of Locust Valley, Long Island, at the time of his death.

Father: James Crane Higgins b: 26 MAR 1881 in East Orange, New Jersey
Mother: Elinor Shapleigh Sawyer b: 11 Sep 1887
Death Sep 1973 in Montclair, New Jersey

Married: Elsie Farley b:

Children

Cynthia Higgins Roby b:
James c. Higgins b:
Decatur S Higgins, Jr. b:


Also in this lot:

HIGGINS, ELIZABETH HARTWELL
Buried: 29 Oct 1910
Lot 13444 Section 61 Grave 3 and 4


HIGGINS, ELSIE FARLEY - his wife.
Buried: 24 Nov 2012
Lot 13444 Section 61 Grave Plan

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1930 United States Federal Census 1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Elizabeth H Higgins
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1917
Birthplace: New York
Race: White
Home in 1930: Manhattan, New York, New York
Map of Home: View map
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's Name: James C Higgins
Father's Birthplace: New Jersey
Mother's Name: Elinor S Higgins
Mother's Birthplace: New Jersey
Household Members: Name Age
James C Higgins 49
Elinor S Higgins 41
Thomas Higgins 15
Decatur S Higgins 13
Elizabeth H Higgins 13
Thomas Higgins 87
Lawrence Higgins 8
Katherine Crowe 53
Laura Adams 60
Willie Graham 22
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