Extract from U.S. Army Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914:
Name: William Higdon
Age: 29
Estimated birth year: 1810
Birthplace: Frederick, Maryland
Enlistment date: 19 Nov
Enlistment place: Fort Wayne
Enlisted by: Lt Grier
Enlistment period: 5
Occupation: soldier
Eyes: grey
Hair: light
Complexion: fair
Height: 5 feet 10 inches
Regiment: 1st Dragoons
Company: F
Discharge: 22 Dec 1839
Remarks: 2nd enlistment
Extract from the 1850 Census:
Name: William Higdon
Age in 1850: 39
Estimated birth year: 1811
Birthplace: Maryland
Race: white
Gender: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1850: Cincinnati Ward 8, Hamilton, Ohio
Value of real estate: $7000
Occupation: paver
Census place: Cincinnati Ward 8, Hamilton, Ohio; Roll M432_690; Page: 475A; Image: 26
Date: 16 Jul 1850
Extract from the 1860 Census:
Name: William Higdon
Age in 1860: 50
Estimated birth year: 1810
Birthplace: Maryland
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1860: Trivoli, Peoria, Illinois
Post office: Farmington
Value of real estate: $6,000
Value of personal property: $13,500
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Trivoli, Peoria, Illinois; Roll M653_217; Page: 598; Image: 228; Family History Library Film: 803217
Date: 1 Aug 1860
Extract from the 1870 Census:
Name: William Higdon
Estimated birth year: 1810
Age in 1870: 60
Birthplace: Maryland
Race: white
Gender: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1870: Dix, Ford, Illinois
Post office: Paxton
Value of real estate: $9450
Value of personal property: not listed
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Dix, Ford, Illinois; Roll: M593_221; Page: 25; Image: 51
Date: 12 Jul 1870
He married Caroline Greenweal about 1829. She is buried in Britt, Iowa.
Name: William Higdon
Age: 29
Estimated birth year: 1810
Birthplace: Frederick, Maryland
Enlistment date: 19 Nov
Enlistment place: Fort Wayne
Enlisted by: Lt Grier
Enlistment period: 5
Occupation: soldier
Eyes: grey
Hair: light
Complexion: fair
Height: 5 feet 10 inches
Regiment: 1st Dragoons
Company: F
Discharge: 22 Dec 1839
Remarks: 2nd enlistment
Extract from the 1850 Census:
Name: William Higdon
Age in 1850: 39
Estimated birth year: 1811
Birthplace: Maryland
Race: white
Gender: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1850: Cincinnati Ward 8, Hamilton, Ohio
Value of real estate: $7000
Occupation: paver
Census place: Cincinnati Ward 8, Hamilton, Ohio; Roll M432_690; Page: 475A; Image: 26
Date: 16 Jul 1850
Extract from the 1860 Census:
Name: William Higdon
Age in 1860: 50
Estimated birth year: 1810
Birthplace: Maryland
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1860: Trivoli, Peoria, Illinois
Post office: Farmington
Value of real estate: $6,000
Value of personal property: $13,500
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Trivoli, Peoria, Illinois; Roll M653_217; Page: 598; Image: 228; Family History Library Film: 803217
Date: 1 Aug 1860
Extract from the 1870 Census:
Name: William Higdon
Estimated birth year: 1810
Age in 1870: 60
Birthplace: Maryland
Race: white
Gender: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1870: Dix, Ford, Illinois
Post office: Paxton
Value of real estate: $9450
Value of personal property: not listed
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Dix, Ford, Illinois; Roll: M593_221; Page: 25; Image: 51
Date: 12 Jul 1870
He married Caroline Greenweal about 1829. She is buried in Britt, Iowa.
Extract from U.S. Army Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914:
Name: William Higdon
Age: 29
Estimated birth year: 1810
Birthplace: Frederick, Maryland
Enlistment date: 19 Nov
Enlistment place: Fort Wayne
Enlisted by: Lt Grier
Enlistment period: 5
Occupation: soldier
Eyes: grey
Hair: light
Complexion: fair
Height: 5 feet 10 inches
Regiment: 1st Dragoons
Company: F
Discharge: 22 Dec 1839
Remarks: 2nd enlistment
Extract from the 1850 Census:
Name: William Higdon
Age in 1850: 39
Estimated birth year: 1811
Birthplace: Maryland
Race: white
Gender: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1850: Cincinnati Ward 8, Hamilton, Ohio
Value of real estate: $7000
Occupation: paver
Census place: Cincinnati Ward 8, Hamilton, Ohio; Roll M432_690; Page: 475A; Image: 26
Date: 16 Jul 1850
Extract from the 1860 Census:
Name: William Higdon
Age in 1860: 50
Estimated birth year: 1810
Birthplace: Maryland
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1860: Trivoli, Peoria, Illinois
Post office: Farmington
Value of real estate: $6,000
Value of personal property: $13,500
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Trivoli, Peoria, Illinois; Roll M653_217; Page: 598; Image: 228; Family History Library Film: 803217
Date: 1 Aug 1860
Extract from the 1870 Census:
Name: William Higdon
Estimated birth year: 1810
Age in 1870: 60
Birthplace: Maryland
Race: white
Gender: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1870: Dix, Ford, Illinois
Post office: Paxton
Value of real estate: $9450
Value of personal property: not listed
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Dix, Ford, Illinois; Roll: M593_221; Page: 25; Image: 51
Date: 12 Jul 1870
He married Caroline Greenweal about 1829. She is buried in Britt, Iowa.
Name: William Higdon
Age: 29
Estimated birth year: 1810
Birthplace: Frederick, Maryland
Enlistment date: 19 Nov
Enlistment place: Fort Wayne
Enlisted by: Lt Grier
Enlistment period: 5
Occupation: soldier
Eyes: grey
Hair: light
Complexion: fair
Height: 5 feet 10 inches
Regiment: 1st Dragoons
Company: F
Discharge: 22 Dec 1839
Remarks: 2nd enlistment
Extract from the 1850 Census:
Name: William Higdon
Age in 1850: 39
Estimated birth year: 1811
Birthplace: Maryland
Race: white
Gender: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1850: Cincinnati Ward 8, Hamilton, Ohio
Value of real estate: $7000
Occupation: paver
Census place: Cincinnati Ward 8, Hamilton, Ohio; Roll M432_690; Page: 475A; Image: 26
Date: 16 Jul 1850
Extract from the 1860 Census:
Name: William Higdon
Age in 1860: 50
Estimated birth year: 1810
Birthplace: Maryland
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1860: Trivoli, Peoria, Illinois
Post office: Farmington
Value of real estate: $6,000
Value of personal property: $13,500
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Trivoli, Peoria, Illinois; Roll M653_217; Page: 598; Image: 228; Family History Library Film: 803217
Date: 1 Aug 1860
Extract from the 1870 Census:
Name: William Higdon
Estimated birth year: 1810
Age in 1870: 60
Birthplace: Maryland
Race: white
Gender: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1870: Dix, Ford, Illinois
Post office: Paxton
Value of real estate: $9450
Value of personal property: not listed
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Dix, Ford, Illinois; Roll: M593_221; Page: 25; Image: 51
Date: 12 Jul 1870
He married Caroline Greenweal about 1829. She is buried in Britt, Iowa.
Inscription
William Higdon
Born in
Montgomery Co. Md
Died at Seward, Nebr.
Oct. 19, 1877
Aged
67 yrs & 26 ds
The Lord gave and the
Lord hath taken away, Bless-
ed be the name of the Lord.
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