b: Lawrence Co; d: Vincennes IN; d/of Peter Fields Polk* & Mary Catherine Allee*; m: 4 Dec 1885 Lawrence Co John William Highsmith (1863 IL-1936 Knox Co IN); ch: Everett Logan (1887 IL-1951 OK) & Mary E (1889 IL-1973 IN m: Walter A Sutton) & George McKinley (1892 IL-1885 IN m: Gladys M Freudenberg) & Verna Lois (1893 IL-1989 IN m: Roy S Moon) & Chester Garfield (1995 IL-1966 IN m: Mabel Ann Pea ) & Hobart Fields (1896 IL-1977 IN m: Lillian M Brown) & Merle Elizabeth (1899 IL-1982 IN m: Archibald Dean Clapp)
HIGHSMITH, Rebecca May (Shreffler) May 3, 1858 - Apr 13, 1925 ()
b: Lawrence Co; d: Crawford Co; d/of Eli Shreffler (1821 PA-1895 IL) & Rebecca Sechrest (1825 VA-1903 IL) both buried Otterbein Cem; m: Samuel Warner Highsmith*
HIGHSMITH, Samuel Warner Aug 29, 1857 - Jun 11, 1935 ()
b: Crawford Co IL; d: Crawford Co IL; s/of William Voorheis Highsmith (1819-1868) & Mariah Jane Ford (1820 KY-1905 IL m2: Jetson Dennis Willet; m3: John B Strange) both buried Crawford Co; m1: Emma Rebecca McCarty*; m2: 1883 Rebecca May Shreffler*; m3: 1923 Loretta Lucinda Hull Rich; ch: William Shield (1878 IL-1967 IL buried Peoria Co) & Minnie Ethel (1879 IL-1949 MS m: Alvin Alexander Seaney) & India Belle* (1885 m1: Harvey B Seber; m2: Charles Courtney) & Thurman Roscoe (1891 IL-1950 IL buried Robinson IL; m: Lena Jane Cawood) & Alma Ruth (1897 IL-1979 IN m1: Claude McKinney; m2: Clarence L Highsmith)