 1892 - 1951 (59 years)
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| Name |
Benjamin French Biggs [1, 2, 3, 4] |
| Birth |
15 May 1892 |
Teague, Freestone, Texas  [1, 2, 3, 4] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
4 Jun 1900 |
Freestone, Texas [4] |
| Burial |
Nov 1951 |
Freestone, Freestone, Texas [1, 2, 3] |
| Death |
25 Nov 1951 |
Mexia, Limestone, Texas [1, 2, 3] |
| Notes |
- Son of Benjamin Fletcher Biggs and Willie Ann Kilborn. Father of Cecil Willard Biggs and Jimmie Bee Biggs (Cox)Married to Mary Ann Rife in 1911 and later divorced in the late 1930's then Married Jenny Biggs. Owned and operated a Gas Station and Night Club Called White Rock Gardens in White Rock Tx near Mexia. A Regular at his the club on Saturday nights was Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. After selling the club and marring Jenny they moved around a little bit. He moved to San Antonio for a brief period of time and went back to work for the railroad. After leaveing there they moved just north of Little Rock were he went back to his roots and took up farming again. About a year before his death they moved back to Mexia. There is still uncertainty amongst the family about his death. Most belive that Jenny was responsible.
(Medical):Son of Benjamin Fletcher Biggs and Willie Ann Kilborn. Father of Cecil Willard Biggs and Jimmie Bee Biggs (Cox)Married to Mary Ann Rife in 1911 and later divorced in the late 1930's then Married Jenny Biggs. Owned and operated a Gas Station and Night Club Called White Rock Gardens in White Rock Tx near Mexia. A Regular at his the club on Saturday nights was Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. After selling the club and marring Jenny they moved around a little bit. He moved to San Antonio for a brief period of time and went back to work for the railroad. After leaveing there they moved just north of Little Rock were he went back to his roots and took up farming again. About a year before his death they moved back to Mexia. There is still uncertainty amongst the family about his death. Most belive that Jenny was responsible.
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| Person ID |
I21444 |
McKenzie Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
18 Jan 2012 |
| Father |
Benjamin Fletcher Biggs, b. 8 Oct 1861, Hardeman, Tennessee d. 25 Feb 1942, Freestone, Freestone, Texas (Age 80 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Willie Ann Kilborn, b. 8 Aug 1864, Claiborn, Louisiana d. 18 Feb 1942, Teague, Freestone, Texas (Age 77 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
18 Dec 1884 |
Freestone, Freestone, Texas [1] |
| Family ID |
F09833 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Mary Ann Rife, b. 14 Aug 1891, Ellis, Ellis, Texas d. 12 Feb 1986, Freestone, Freestone, Texas (Age 94 years) |
| Marriage |
5 Nov 1911 |
Freestone, Texas [1, 3] |
| Children |
| | 1. Infant Daughter Biggs, b. 6 Aug 1915, Texas d. 10 Aug 1915, Texas (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. Cecil Willard Biggs, b. 13 Jun 1917, Freestone, Freestone, Texas d. 22 Sep 1945, Holland, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (Age 28 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 3. Infant Biggs, b. 22 Nov 1919, Pyburn, Freestone, Texas d. 22 Nov 1919, Pyburn, Freestone, Texas (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 4. Jimmie Bee Biggs, b. 31 Oct 1925, Freestone, Freestone, Texas d. 28 Jun 1990, Dallas, Dallas, Texas (Age 64 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F09838 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Aug 2011 |
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| Sources |
- [S004013] nicolebiggs_1, Biggsyoung, (May 2000, Ancestry.com).
- [S010656] Salem Baptist Cemetery Records, (http://www.cemeteries-of-tx.com/Etx/Freestone/cemetery/Salem%20Baptist.htm).
- [S006057] FindAGrave.com.
- [S002651] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Name: Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004;;;).
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