Age 62; b Wabash Co IL Where died: Mt Carmel IL Son of: Asa Higgins Jr (11 Oct 1875 IL-1 Mar 1964) & Sarah Nancy Ridgely (Oct 1877 IL-29 Nov 1957) both buried West Salem - Edwards Co IL Married 1st: ca 1923 Sylvia Miller; divorced Married 2nd: 21 April 1926 Wabash Mae Montgomery* Lived at: 1910-20 Lancaster 1930-40 Mt Carmel IL Children: - Lila June (m: ? Kessel res: of Maysville VA) -
Betty Norton* (1927 m: Quintin Goldman) -
Mary Lou* (ca 1929/30 IL m: Grant Beauchamp) -
Sarah Lee (ca 1928/9 IL-d m: ? Thetford res: Maybarck TX) -
Allene (5 Jun 1932-8 May 1984 buried Allendale Cem m: Robert G Potts) -
Pauline Joan* (1932 m: Jack Osmon) -
Charlotte Sue (10 Jan 1943 Princeton IN-18 Aug 2013 Indian Mounds TN buried Kentucky Veterans Cemetery-West - Hopkinsville KY m: Robert Lee Phares) -
Robert Earl* (1935) -
Ira Ray* (1937) -
Iris Faye (15 Feb 1937 Wabash-24 Apr 2012 Vincennes IN buried Calhoun IL m: 9 Oct 1954 Charles Yonaka) -
Dorothy Mae* (1944) Siblings: - Ellis (Oct 1897 IL) -
William M (Sep 1899 IL res: Calhoun IL) -
Ira (ca 1901 IL) -
Dow (ca 1903 IL res: Dayton OH) -
Jennie (ca 1908 IL m: ? Inyart res: Sumner) -
Edith (ca 1914 IL m: ? Fiscus res: Sumner) -
Earl (ca 1915/16 IL) -
Robert Carl. (obit of Iris and Charlotte)
* indicates buried with George Glen Higgins in Highland Memorial Cemetery.
About Highland Memorial Cemetery:
Highland Memorial Cemetery, founded in 1916, is the largest cemetery in Wabash County and receives more interments each year than all other cemeteries in the Mt Carmel area. Other cemeteries in Mt Carmel include Sand Hill Cemetery, Rose Hill Cemetery, St Mary's Cemetery and Simonds Cemetery. Burials: 8587 Location: 1827 College Drive, Mt Carmel, Illinois - Wabash County
