Basil Blake Biggs

Male 1884 - 1940  (55 years)


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  • Name Basil Blake Biggs  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Birth 23 Dec 1884  Cow Camp, Kimble, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Residence 12 Jun 1900  Farm laborer. Luling, Caldwell, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Civil 3 Nov 1920  [1
    ARVL 6 Aug 1925  [3
    Ancestral File Number 20GS-7S0 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Aug 1940  McNeil, Caldwell, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 10 Aug 1940  Luling, Caldwell, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6
    Notes 
    • Basil Blake Biggs
      Birth: Dec. 23, 1884
      Kimble County
      Texas
      Death: Aug. 10, 1940
      McNeil (Caldwell County)
      Caldwell County
      Texas

      Basil Blake was the youngest of seven sons born to Cicero Cincinnatti
      and Sarah Ann "Dood" (Gant) Biggs. Blake was born in a Cow Town in Kimble Co., Texas, and died at his home on the Old Biggs Place in McNeil Community. The seven sons are memorialized on the Texas-shaped Biggs Monument in the cemetery. Blake's brothers were: Van Winfred "Winter", Ernest Wiseman "Wisie", Miles Monroe "Dink", James Abner, Quintus Dabney "Q.D.", and Oscar Wilds. Blake was married to Edler Pearl West on December 7, 1907 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas. Their children were: Basil Edward Biggs, General Miles Biggs, Spohn Claire Biggs, Sarah Virginia (Biggs) Lewis, Alonzo West Biggs, and Oscar Lewynell Biggs.

      Family links:
      Parents:
      Cicero Cincinnatti Biggs (1849 - 1917)
      Sarah Ann Gant Biggs (1853 - 1892)

      Children:
      Alonzo West Biggs (1915 - 1982)*

      Spouse:
      Edler Pearl West Biggs (1888 - 1977)

      Burial:
      McNeil Cemetery
      McNeil (Caldwell County)
      Caldwell County
      Texas
      Plot: J-26

      Created by: Johnilee Biggs Osborn
      Record added: Apr 08, 2008
      Find A Grave Memorial# 25849747
    Person ID I28968  McKenzie Genealogy
    Last Modified 11 Jul 2012 

    Father Cicero Cincinatus Biggs,   b. 22 Oct 1849, Peterman, Monroe, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 1917, Hardin, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sarah Ann GANT,   b. 31 Jul 1853, , , Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Oct 1892, Luling, Caldwell, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1873  Luling, Caldwell, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F11806  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edler Pearl West,   b. 25 Jul 1888, Harwood, Gonzales, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1977, Luling, Caldwell, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Marriage 7 Dec 1907  San Antonio, Bexar, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
     1. Basil Edward Biggs,   b. 8 Jul 1909, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1981, Baldwin, St. Mary, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. General Miles Biggs,   b. 19 May 1911, Luling, Caldwell, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1996, Covington, St Tammany, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Spohn Claire Biggs,   b. 10 Sep 1912, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jan 1999, Dulac, Terrebonne, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Sarah Virginia Biggs,   b. 4 Nov 1914, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1991, Yoakum, Lavaca, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Alonzo West Biggs,   b. 15 Dec 1915, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1982, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Oscar Lewynell Biggs,   b. 15 Apr 1918, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 2007, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F06907  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2011 

  • Sources 
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