Benjamin Fletcher Biggs

Male 1861 - 1942  (80 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Fletcher Biggs  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Birth 8 Oct 1861  Hardeman, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Residence Jul 1870  Hardeman, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 7 Jun 1880  Hardeman, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 4 Jun 1900  Freestone, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Burial Feb 1942  Freestone, Freestone, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5
    Death 25 Feb 1942  Freestone, Freestone, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5
    Cause: myocardinal decomposition (broken heart) 
    Notes 
    • occupation: farming.
      occupation: farmer.
      Benjamin Fletcher Biggs married Willie Ann Kilborn on Dec 18 1884. Son of DR Reuben William Biggs and Martha M. Hullum. His father died in Tenn in 1879. He being the oldest child at home decided with his mother to occompany her brother to Texas. They arrived by train in Palestine Tx were he quickly found a job as a farm hand for 25 cents a day. He did this for a couple of years before buying his own farm in 1881 in Mills Tx just south of Teague. He countied this until selling and buying his father-in-laws farm that was just next to his in 1899. He died on that farm exaclty one week to the day after his beloved wife died. Family members say he greived himself to death. The doctor described his death on the death certificate as "Myocardial Decomposition (Death from the result of a broken heart)" He was laid to rest next to his wife 1 mile from their house in the cemetary that was once part of their farm.
      (Medical):Benjamin Fletcher Biggs married Willie Ann Kilborn on Dec 18 1884. Son of DR Reuben William Biggs and Martha M. Hullum. His father died in Tenn in 1879. He being the oldest child at home decided with his mother to accompany her brother to Texas. They arrived by train in Palestine Tx were he quickly found a job as a farm hand for 25 cents a day. He did this for a couple of years before buying his own farm in 1881 in Mills Tx just south of Teague. He countied this until selling and buying his father-in-laws farm that was just next to his in 1899. He died on that farm exaclty one week to the day after his beloved wife died. Family members say he greived himself to death. The doctor described his death on the death certificate as "Myocardial Decomposition (Death from the result of a broken heart)" He was laid to rest next to his wife 1 mile from their house in the cemetery that was once part of their farm.
    Person ID I21435  McKenzie Genealogy
    Last Modified 18 Jan 2012 

    Father Reuben William Biggs,   b. 11 Nov 1820, Fayette, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1879, Hardeman, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Martha M. Hullum,   b. 22 Apr 1828, Hardeman, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Aug 1888, Freestone, Freestone, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 24 Dec 1845  Hardeman, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7
    Family ID F09830  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Willie Ann Kilborn,   b. 8 Aug 1864, Claiborn, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Feb 1942, Teague, Freestone, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 18 Dec 1884  Freestone, Freestone, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Wilma Biggs,   b. 7 Jan 1887, Mills, Freestone, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1931, Mills, Freestone, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Joseph Howard Biggs,   b. 9 Aug 1890, Mills, Freestone, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jun 1949, Fairfield, Freestone, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Benjamin French Biggs,   b. 15 May 1892, Teague, Freestone, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1951, Mexia, Limestone, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. James Buckner Biggs,   b. 25 Dec 1896, Mills, Freestone, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1898, Mills, Freestone, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Headlee Zedok Biggs,   b. 27 Oct 1897, Mills, Freestone, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1996, Freestone, Freestone, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 98 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Virda Ruth Biggs,   b. 6 Feb 1900, Teague, Freestone, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1985, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Odessa Biggs,   b. 4 Jan 1902, Mills, Freestone, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1902, Mills, Freestone, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F09833  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2011 

  • Sources 
    1. [S004013] nicolebiggs_1, Biggsyoung, (May 2000, Ancestry.com).

    2. [S002566] 1870 United States Federal Census.

    3. [S002625] 1880 United States Federal Census.

    4. [S010656] Salem Baptist Cemetery Records, (http://www.cemeteries-of-tx.com/Etx/Freestone/cemetery/Salem%20Baptist.htm).

    5. [S006057] FindAGrave.com.

    6. [S002651] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Name: Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004;;;).

    7. [S011291] Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002.


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