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Female Ada Belle Higginbotham Click to view Ada Belle Higginbotham in the family tree

Ada Belle was born on October 17th, 1880 in Putnam County, (West) Virginia.  Ada Belle's father was William Caleb Higginbotham and her mother is Anna Tillis.  Her paternal grandfather was Ellery Perry Higginbotham and her paternal grandmother is Delilah Withrow. She had three brothers and five sisters, named William Caleb, Charles Sheridan, Robert Franklin, Angeline, Mary Jane, Hannah E., Ann E. and Lillie May.  She was the third youngest of the nine children.  She died at the age of 89 in 1969 in Poca, Putnam County, West Virginia.


Ada Belle's family with Earnest Joshua Blake

‌Ada Belle and Earnest Joshua were married in a religious ceremony on December 24th, 1896 in Paradise, Putnam County, West Virginia.  They had a son and a daughter, named James William Franklin and Goldie.


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