Extract from the 1850 Census:
Name: Peter Higdon
Age in 1850: 62
Estimated birth year: 1788
Birthplace: New York
Race: white
Gender: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1850: Green, Hamilton, Ohio
Value of real estate: not listed
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Green, Hamilton, Ohio; Roll M432_686; Page: 480B; Image: 484
Date: 27 Aug 1850
Extract from the 1860 Census:
Name: Peter Higdon
Age in 1860: 71
Estimated birth year: 1789
Birthplace: Maryland [sic]
Race: white
Gender: male
Relation to head-of-house: father-in-law
Living with: John and Louise (Higdon) Gentle, ages 51 and 47
Home in 1860: Farmington, Fulton, Illinois
Post office: Farmington
Value of real estate: not listed
Value of personal property: $150
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Farmington, Fulton, Illinois; Roll M653_179; Page: 570; Image: 568; Family History Library Film: 803179
Date: 24 Jul 1860
Extract from "Portrait and Biographical Album of Fulton County, Illinois," Chicago, Biographical Publishing Company, 1890:
The Gentles were originally French, settlement being made in Maryland by members of the family in Colonial times. In that State the late John Gentle was born, accompanying his parents to Ohio when a child of about two years. He grew to manhood near the city of Cincinnati, marrying a native of the Buckeye State who bore the maiden name of Louisa Higdon. Her father, Peter Higdon, was a soldier in the War of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. Gentle reared a family of nine children, having had eleven born to them. They came to Illinois with their family in 1855, and selecting a location in Fulton County, established a home from which the husband and father was removed in the spring of 1884. The widowed mother is still living and has now reached the age of seventy seven years. she makes her home with her children.
He married (1) Elenore Collier 21 Dec 1808 in Montgomery County, Maryland.
He married (2) Ellen Suit about 1827.
Children:
(1) William Higdon
(2) Benjamin L Higdon
(3) Louise Ellen Higdon
(4) Jane Higdon
(5) Thomas Higdon
(6) Sarah Higdon
(7) Peter B Higdon.
Name: Peter Higdon
Age in 1850: 62
Estimated birth year: 1788
Birthplace: New York
Race: white
Gender: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1850: Green, Hamilton, Ohio
Value of real estate: not listed
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Green, Hamilton, Ohio; Roll M432_686; Page: 480B; Image: 484
Date: 27 Aug 1850
Extract from the 1860 Census:
Name: Peter Higdon
Age in 1860: 71
Estimated birth year: 1789
Birthplace: Maryland [sic]
Race: white
Gender: male
Relation to head-of-house: father-in-law
Living with: John and Louise (Higdon) Gentle, ages 51 and 47
Home in 1860: Farmington, Fulton, Illinois
Post office: Farmington
Value of real estate: not listed
Value of personal property: $150
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Farmington, Fulton, Illinois; Roll M653_179; Page: 570; Image: 568; Family History Library Film: 803179
Date: 24 Jul 1860
Extract from "Portrait and Biographical Album of Fulton County, Illinois," Chicago, Biographical Publishing Company, 1890:
The Gentles were originally French, settlement being made in Maryland by members of the family in Colonial times. In that State the late John Gentle was born, accompanying his parents to Ohio when a child of about two years. He grew to manhood near the city of Cincinnati, marrying a native of the Buckeye State who bore the maiden name of Louisa Higdon. Her father, Peter Higdon, was a soldier in the War of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. Gentle reared a family of nine children, having had eleven born to them. They came to Illinois with their family in 1855, and selecting a location in Fulton County, established a home from which the husband and father was removed in the spring of 1884. The widowed mother is still living and has now reached the age of seventy seven years. she makes her home with her children.
He married (1) Elenore Collier 21 Dec 1808 in Montgomery County, Maryland.
He married (2) Ellen Suit about 1827.
Children:
(1) William Higdon
(2) Benjamin L Higdon
(3) Louise Ellen Higdon
(4) Jane Higdon
(5) Thomas Higdon
(6) Sarah Higdon
(7) Peter B Higdon.
Extract from the 1850 Census:
Name: Peter Higdon
Age in 1850: 62
Estimated birth year: 1788
Birthplace: New York
Race: white
Gender: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1850: Green, Hamilton, Ohio
Value of real estate: not listed
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Green, Hamilton, Ohio; Roll M432_686; Page: 480B; Image: 484
Date: 27 Aug 1850
Extract from the 1860 Census:
Name: Peter Higdon
Age in 1860: 71
Estimated birth year: 1789
Birthplace: Maryland [sic]
Race: white
Gender: male
Relation to head-of-house: father-in-law
Living with: John and Louise (Higdon) Gentle, ages 51 and 47
Home in 1860: Farmington, Fulton, Illinois
Post office: Farmington
Value of real estate: not listed
Value of personal property: $150
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Farmington, Fulton, Illinois; Roll M653_179; Page: 570; Image: 568; Family History Library Film: 803179
Date: 24 Jul 1860
Extract from "Portrait and Biographical Album of Fulton County, Illinois," Chicago, Biographical Publishing Company, 1890:
The Gentles were originally French, settlement being made in Maryland by members of the family in Colonial times. In that State the late John Gentle was born, accompanying his parents to Ohio when a child of about two years. He grew to manhood near the city of Cincinnati, marrying a native of the Buckeye State who bore the maiden name of Louisa Higdon. Her father, Peter Higdon, was a soldier in the War of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. Gentle reared a family of nine children, having had eleven born to them. They came to Illinois with their family in 1855, and selecting a location in Fulton County, established a home from which the husband and father was removed in the spring of 1884. The widowed mother is still living and has now reached the age of seventy seven years. she makes her home with her children.
He married (1) Elenore Collier 21 Dec 1808 in Montgomery County, Maryland.
He married (2) Ellen Suit about 1827.
Children:
(1) William Higdon
(2) Benjamin L Higdon
(3) Louise Ellen Higdon
(4) Jane Higdon
(5) Thomas Higdon
(6) Sarah Higdon
(7) Peter B Higdon.
Name: Peter Higdon
Age in 1850: 62
Estimated birth year: 1788
Birthplace: New York
Race: white
Gender: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1850: Green, Hamilton, Ohio
Value of real estate: not listed
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Green, Hamilton, Ohio; Roll M432_686; Page: 480B; Image: 484
Date: 27 Aug 1850
Extract from the 1860 Census:
Name: Peter Higdon
Age in 1860: 71
Estimated birth year: 1789
Birthplace: Maryland [sic]
Race: white
Gender: male
Relation to head-of-house: father-in-law
Living with: John and Louise (Higdon) Gentle, ages 51 and 47
Home in 1860: Farmington, Fulton, Illinois
Post office: Farmington
Value of real estate: not listed
Value of personal property: $150
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Farmington, Fulton, Illinois; Roll M653_179; Page: 570; Image: 568; Family History Library Film: 803179
Date: 24 Jul 1860
Extract from "Portrait and Biographical Album of Fulton County, Illinois," Chicago, Biographical Publishing Company, 1890:
The Gentles were originally French, settlement being made in Maryland by members of the family in Colonial times. In that State the late John Gentle was born, accompanying his parents to Ohio when a child of about two years. He grew to manhood near the city of Cincinnati, marrying a native of the Buckeye State who bore the maiden name of Louisa Higdon. Her father, Peter Higdon, was a soldier in the War of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. Gentle reared a family of nine children, having had eleven born to them. They came to Illinois with their family in 1855, and selecting a location in Fulton County, established a home from which the husband and father was removed in the spring of 1884. The widowed mother is still living and has now reached the age of seventy seven years. she makes her home with her children.
He married (1) Elenore Collier 21 Dec 1808 in Montgomery County, Maryland.
He married (2) Ellen Suit about 1827.
Children:
(1) William Higdon
(2) Benjamin L Higdon
(3) Louise Ellen Higdon
(4) Jane Higdon
(5) Thomas Higdon
(6) Sarah Higdon
(7) Peter B Higdon.
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Peter Higdon
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? 21, 1868
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?
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