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Male Joseph Higginbotham McDaniel Click to view Joseph Higginbotham McDaniel in the family tree

Joseph Higginbotham was born on April 1st, 1809 in Amherst County, Virgina.  Joseph Higginbotham's father was George McDaniel and his mother was Martha Frances Higginbotham.  His maternal grandparents were Joseph S. Higginbotham and Mary Reed. He had two brothers and a sister, named John James, Preston Green and Mary J..  He was the oldest of the four children.  He died at the age of 80 on August 19th, 1889 in Linn, O sage County, Missouri.  He was buried in Van Buren Cemetery, Osage County, Missouri.1 


Joseph Higginbotham's family with Paulina Anna Champion Napier

‌Joseph Higginbotham and Paulina Anna Champion were married in a religious ceremony on April 30th, 1828 in Amherst County, Virginia.2   They had eight sons and six daughters, named John Napier, George Edward, Preston, Lindsay Higginbotham, Frederic H., Joseph David, Robert, William M., Elizabeth, Francis Emily, Cornelia, Virginia, Pauline and Alice.

1 Cemeteries of Osage County, Missouri
2 Amherst County, Virginia, Courthouse Miniatures (marriages of Amherst County, Virginia 1801-1854
3 Photograph of Headstone from Linn Memorial Park, Osage County, Missouri
4 The Cemeteries of Osage County @ 95-96
5 Linn Public Cemetery, Osage County, Missouri Cemetery Transcription @ www.rootsweb.com/~mocemete/osage/linn/linn-M-Z.html
Further source/citation:
Letter from Pastor Bailey Fulton Davis


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