This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Biggs Halkett Grant Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WCE.2ACIB/1042 Message Board Post: My family has traced its ancestry back through Francis Grant Biggs, the son of John Biggs and Rosannah Grant. Francis was born about 1841 in Inverness, Scotland, and married Elizabeth Robertson Halket (or Halkett) on 22 Dec 1871. Francis and Elizabeth had Charles Halkett, b. 27 Nov 1872 (my ancestor), John, Jessie, Charlotte and Francis (d. young). I'm looking for anyone with connections or research to share. Wes

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WCE.2ACIB/748.2 Message Board Post: Dear Jennifer: I am researching my family(s) Scott and Chrisman. My mom is an antique dealer in Lebanon, Oregon. I collect paper stuff. I have in my "paper stuff" a thin paper book entitled "A Short History of the Harrod and Biggs Family" by Eli Biggs. It was published in 1933 THE COLLEGE PRESS, Mt. Vernon, Ohio. I am not certain when I aquired the booklet. I was a teacher, interested in history, now retired. I know it was within the Williamette Valley in Oregon, as that is where my mother and father have their businesses. I would very much like to see you have this copy. My E-mail is: jaguar@olypen.com. And yes, William and Clorinda are listed in this book. A fellow researcher, Betty Lou

I have Malotha's wife as Margaret Gilbert b. 1815 d. 1880. I have no other info on her. belinda melton hughes www.bjhughes.org -----Original Message----- From: Anderson [mailto:oxdrover@mindspring.com] Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 7:44 AM To: BIGGS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BIGGS] Melothe/Malotha B. Biggs, MartinCoNC>BentonCoTN>PemiscotCoMO This is in response to the recent query re Richard Asa Biggs, b 1846 Weakley Co TN. According to Marilu Burch Smallwood's "Some Colonial and Revolutionary Families of North Carolina", Melothe/Malotha B. Biggs, b 13 Jan 1815, was the son of Daniel (b 2 Oct 1787), grandson of Joseph Biggs II (1766-1844), and great-grandson of Joseph Biggs and Margaret Eastwood of Martin Co NC. Malotha is mentioned in the will of Daniel Biggs at http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/martin/wills/biggsd1834w.txt . The name Malotha is probably taken from Mallothi in 1 Chr 25:4, spelled Melothy in the Wycliffe Bible. 1840 census of Martin Co NC lists the household of an M. B. BIGGS. 1850 CENSUS, BENTON CO TN (one county removed from Weakley Co) M. B. BIGGS 33 NC, Margarett 32 NC, Daniel 15 NC, James 11 NC, William 9 NC, Joseph 6 NC, ASA 3 TN, Lucinda 2 TN 1860 CENSUS, PEMISCOT CO MO, Caruthersville (Pemiscot borders Dunklin Co) MALOTHA BIGGS 45 NC, Margaret 42 NC, William 19 NC, Joseph 17 NC, ASIA 14 female! TN, Lucinda 12 TN, Sarah 10 TN, McC*** 7 male TN next door to DANIEL BIGGS 22, Sarah 25, Mary 1, James BUELL 7, Susan? BUELL 5 ***"McC" is listed as Mac G in 1880. Would appreciate learning what his full first name was. The LDS 1880 transcription at http://www.familysearch.org shows in Margaret Biggs' household her son Samuel b ca 1860 and a "nephew" Henry Biggs, age 12 by MO. [I suspect the listing for Samuel in 1880 is correct, and that the 1870 listing for female child "Sarah", age 10 in 1870, is incorrect, and that this child is Samuel. Notice Asa is listed as a female named "Asia" in 1870.] A couple households removed from Margaret in Little Prairie Township, Pemiscot Co 1880, page 584B, is the household of her son Asa and his wife Alma. "Mac G Biggs" on same page. Anyone have a listing for these Biggses in 1870? Presumably they would have been in Pemiscot County then, but I don't find them in Heritage Quest's index that year. What was Malotha's wife, Margaret's, maiden name? 1910 Senath census shows household of Albert Biggs 34 magistrate, with wife Sarah 28, and brother Thomas 28 single, salesman in dry goods store; two boarders. Albert and Thomas were listed as b MO, with father b US and mother b TN. Will Biggs farmer at Senath in 1910 [age probably 29; indexed as 24 by Heritage Quest, but the second digit does not compare to other 4's on page], born Mo, parents b TN, wife Rennie? 18, son Seaward? 10 months; one servant. No luck on Henry L. or James M. Folks were sometimes listed by middle name rather than first name on the census. Andy Anderson ----Original Message----- From: tbiggs@directlink.net <tbiggs@directlink.net> To: BIGGS-L@rootsweb.com <BIGGS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, October 04, 2003 1:14 PM Subject: [BIGGS] Richard Asa Biggs and Alma Buell >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WCE.2ACIB/1039 > >Message Board Post: > >I am looking for information on Richard Asa Biggs and Alma Buell and their descendants. I am a grandson of Daniel A. Biggs. I would love to find out more on Henry, James, Will and Thomas. I am willing to trade information on Daniel and Albert. > >Richard Asa Biggs was born February 08, 1846 in Weakley County, Tenn., and died April 13, 1913 in Senath, Dunklin County, Missouri. He married Alma Buell, daughter of Henry Buell and Mary. She was born 1848 in Clarendon, Monroe County, Arkansas, and died August 08, 1909 in Senath, Dunklin County, Missouri. > >Children of Richard Biggs and Alma Buell are: >1. Daniel A. Biggs, born October 27, 1872 in Dunklin City, Dunklin County, Missouri; died August 13, 1905 in Brushy, Hood County, Texas. >2. Henry L Biggs, born 1874 in Missouri. >3. Albert Morris Biggs, born March 11, 1876 in Caruthersville, Dunklin County, Missouri; died February 02, 1958 in Senath, Dunklin County, Missouri. >4. James M Biggs, born 1878. >5. Will Biggs, born Abt. 1881. >6. Thomas Biggs, born 1882. > >Thanks, Tommy ==== BIGGS Mailing List ==== What came before us, is like a path....we can follow it or make our own!! bev

I'm presently working on a family tree book and would like to receive notes, pictures, & Stories, etc from my distant, and direct relatives, There are still many surnames etc that i haven't discovered yet. Please contact me at cfreethy@shaw.ca, if you would like to assist me in the creation of my book, I will dedicate it to everyone, who generously sent me memento's that i can use in the book, eg Pictures, etc. below is my Alphabetical list of Family names that i would like to find out about, I have quite a bit of information on my Gedcom already, but still would like some help with the additions etc. A Agostino, Aird, Anderson, Andrewartha, Ashman, Audia, Atwood B Barbara, Bear, Biggs, Blood, Boden, Boone, Breuker, Bull, Busswood C Campbell, Crocker, Crump D Davis, Deakin, Drollinger E Edmonds, Edwards, Ellison, Eustace, Evans F Fackler, Fearne, Fernman, Ferrier, Freethy, Friggens, Forbes G Gagnon, Geach, Gibson, Goodwin, Gregory H Hedley, Heller, Hingston I J Jaques, Jent, John K Kaister, Kendrick, Kovacs L Leigh, Low M Manning, Martindale, Morgan, Murphy, N Nish, Norris O O'Bray P Pannell, Pemberton, Prince Q R Rice, Roberts, Rowe, Rowland, Rowzell S Sallenbach, Sampson, Sleeman, Spencer, Stretton, Smith, Strong, Scruggs, Sugdon T Taylor U Usher V Van Benthem, Van Bibber W Walton, White, Whiteman, Woolley X Y Young Z

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WCE.2ACIB/979.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I am related to the Biggs family in Caldwell Co.,TX. Where could I read the Biggs history prepared by Barbara Ann West Tsekouras? Is it in the files in Luling with the Caldwell County Genealogy Society? Carolyn

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BIGGS Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WCE.2ACIB/1041 Message Board Post: BIGGS_Dale_1929-2000_10_.JPG I photographed this gravestone in the Dallas Fort Worth National Cemetery, area 10, Dallas Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your records. This is one of the 55,582 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Biggs/Barlow Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WCE.2ACIB/1040 Message Board Post: I am looking for information regarding Sarah Biggs Barlow born in NC ca 1812. I don't know what county she was born in, what her parents name were or anything. If anyone can help me, please feel free to write me. I am also looking for information regarding her husband, James B. Barlow, born ca 1795 in NC. Once again, I don't know the county he was born in, nor do I know the name of his parents. Please write if you have any information. Kem Barlow kemdee12@yahoo.com

Hello Kem I may have found your James Barlow, except he was listed on the IGI as being born Abt 1791 in South Carolina, James mother & Father were Thomas Barlow, & Elizabeth, I think, I will do some more checking to see if i can find anything else. I hope this is the correct information.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WCE.2ACIB/257.264.350.352.406.408 Message Board Post: Mike-- Did you know that Sheila passed away in December, 2002? Her cousin, Loretta Rogers, and I tried to post the message on as many places as we could find her work, but we may have missed some. Loretta and I worked with Sheila and we may be able to help you, but obviously we could not replace Sheila. She was very special. I also have a book written on the Biggs' and related families. Let me know if I can help. Shirlee Whitney shirleelarry@earthlink.net

If there's anyone who would like a copy of my Gedcom, on my Biggs, Pannell, & Freethy line's, please contact me off list, I find it easier to send out instead of typing everything out, but if you prefer it typed please let me know, and i will use the copy and paste technique.

Is there anyone on this list who's related to the following family, I recently found out this information on the IGI, if you find that there's a connection, could you please contact me off list, because i have some information to share with you, on the following family. Walter Edwin Pannell (B) Abt 1845 in Tangmere, Sussex, England (Chr) January 18 1846 in Tangmere, Sussex, England Walter Edwin Pannell (M) Maria Biggs December 26, 1875 in Nanaimo, BC, Canada (D) April 26, 1912, Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Bur) April 28, 1912 Nanaimo BC, Canada

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WCE.2ACIB/249.344.1.1 Message Board Post: Corinne Biggs was my aunt, half-sister of my mother. She was christened Cora Biggs, and born at Buzzard's Roost (!)Texas, probably, as you say, in 1903. My grandmother, Lillie Anne Walton later married David Cromwell Oliver and my Mother, Hannah Towne Oliver was born in 1908. After leaving Texas, Cora (Corinne all her life), may have stayed with the Olivers in Iowa, but she never mentioned it. I believe that she was in New Orleans about 1917, and there met and married Robert Piozzi or Piozzo. It was then, when they joined lillie and Hannah in Los Angeles, that she and her husband changed their names to Robert and Corinne Cromwell. Robert developed Glo-Co hair tonic at the same time as Vitalis was introduced. He made an immense amount of money and built a mansion in BelAire, California. Corinne was a great beauty, and I have pictures of her from 1910 onwards. The Cromwells had a son, Robert H. Cromwell, Jr who lives on Lido Isle, in Newport Beach. Robert Cromwell, Sr was int! erned at the Santa Thomas prison camp in the Phillipines in WWII, and eventually came home to California, and he and Corinne were divorced about 1946. My aunt Corinne was loved by her friends and family fror her good humor, high style and remembered for her splendid dinner parties, crackerjack bridge and poker. Unfortunately, both my Grandmother Lillie Ann Woods and Corinne died slowly after long years of suffering from Alzheimers. Corinne died, I think, about 1985. Lillie did not drop from sight, as her parents corresponded with her until they left Runge, Texas to visit Clifornia, and then exchange visits were almost annual. David Cromwell Oliver either died in the 19-teens or they were divorced. Either David was a suicide about then, on not until 1928, data unreliable. Lillie married Hiram Simpson Walton in 1920. Hi called Lillie Anne 'Betty,' and the name stuck from then on. She became a Lifetime Grand Master in bridge as Betty Walton and lived until 198x. As I was born in 1928, I knew both Corinne and Lillie Anne very well. They both had sweet dispositions and I miss them.

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Please disregard this comment in my previous message: >[I suspect the listing for Samuel in 1880 is >correct, and that the 1870 listing for female child "Sarah", age 10 in 1870, >is incorrect, and that this child is Samuel. Notice Asa is listed as a >female named "Asia" in 1870.] Sarah was 10 in 1860 - not 1870 - and thus born around 1850 rather than 1860, when Samuel was born. There's no reason to assume either census listing is incorrect.

This is in response to the recent query re Richard Asa Biggs, b 1846 Weakley Co TN. According to Marilu Burch Smallwood's "Some Colonial and Revolutionary Families of North Carolina", Melothe/Malotha B. Biggs, b 13 Jan 1815, was the son of Daniel (b 2 Oct 1787), grandson of Joseph Biggs II (1766-1844), and great-grandson of Joseph Biggs and Margaret Eastwood of Martin Co NC. Malotha is mentioned in the will of Daniel Biggs at http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/martin/wills/biggsd1834w.txt . The name Malotha is probably taken from Mallothi in 1 Chr 25:4, spelled Melothy in the Wycliffe Bible. 1840 census of Martin Co NC lists the household of an M. B. BIGGS. 1850 CENSUS, BENTON CO TN (one county removed from Weakley Co) M. B. BIGGS 33 NC, Margarett 32 NC, Daniel 15 NC, James 11 NC, William 9 NC, Joseph 6 NC, ASA 3 TN, Lucinda 2 TN 1860 CENSUS, PEMISCOT CO MO, Caruthersville (Pemiscot borders Dunklin Co) MALOTHA BIGGS 45 NC, Margaret 42 NC, William 19 NC, Joseph 17 NC, ASIA 14 female! TN, Lucinda 12 TN, Sarah 10 TN, McC*** 7 male TN next door to DANIEL BIGGS 22, Sarah 25, Mary 1, James BUELL 7, Susan? BUELL 5 ***"McC" is listed as Mac G in 1880. Would appreciate learning what his full first name was. The LDS 1880 transcription at http://www.familysearch.org shows in Margaret Biggs' household her son Samuel b ca 1860 and a "nephew" Henry Biggs, age 12 by MO. [I suspect the listing for Samuel in 1880 is correct, and that the 1870 listing for female child "Sarah", age 10 in 1870, is incorrect, and that this child is Samuel. Notice Asa is listed as a female named "Asia" in 1870.] A couple households removed from Margaret in Little Prairie Township, Pemiscot Co 1880, page 584B, is the household of her son Asa and his wife Alma. "Mac G Biggs" on same page. Anyone have a listing for these Biggses in 1870? Presumably they would have been in Pemiscot County then, but I don't find them in Heritage Quest's index that year. What was Malotha's wife, Margaret's, maiden name? 1910 Senath census shows household of Albert Biggs 34 magistrate, with wife Sarah 28, and brother Thomas 28 single, salesman in dry goods store; two boarders. Albert and Thomas were listed as b MO, with father b US and mother b TN. Will Biggs farmer at Senath in 1910 [age probably 29; indexed as 24 by Heritage Quest, but the second digit does not compare to other 4's on page], born Mo, parents b TN, wife Rennie? 18, son Seaward? 10 months; one servant. No luck on Henry L. or James M. Folks were sometimes listed by middle name rather than first name on the census. Andy Anderson ----Original Message----- From: tbiggs@directlink.net <tbiggs@directlink.net> To: BIGGS-L@rootsweb.com <BIGGS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, October 04, 2003 1:14 PM Subject: [BIGGS] Richard Asa Biggs and Alma Buell >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WCE.2ACIB/1039 > >Message Board Post: > >I am looking for information on Richard Asa Biggs and Alma Buell and their descendants. I am a grandson of Daniel A. Biggs. I would love to find out more on Henry, James, Will and Thomas. I am willing to trade information on Daniel and Albert. > >Richard Asa Biggs was born February 08, 1846 in Weakley County, Tenn., and died April 13, 1913 in Senath, Dunklin County, Missouri. He married Alma Buell, daughter of Henry Buell and Mary. She was born 1848 in Clarendon, Monroe County, Arkansas, and died August 08, 1909 in Senath, Dunklin County, Missouri. > >Children of Richard Biggs and Alma Buell are: >1. Daniel A. Biggs, born October 27, 1872 in Dunklin City, Dunklin County, Missouri; died August 13, 1905 in Brushy, Hood County, Texas. >2. Henry L Biggs, born 1874 in Missouri. >3. Albert Morris Biggs, born March 11, 1876 in Caruthersville, Dunklin County, Missouri; died February 02, 1958 in Senath, Dunklin County, Missouri. >4. James M Biggs, born 1878. >5. Will Biggs, born Abt. 1881. >6. Thomas Biggs, born 1882. > >Thanks, Tommy

Do you know the first and third wives of Benjamin Franklin Biggs? It appears that I'm missing quite a few children for Benjamin Franklin and for his siblings also. I will add these to our database and web site. If you know any more info on any of these persons I'd love to add that also!!!! belinda melton hughes www.bjhughes.org -----Original Message----- From: Anderson [mailto:oxdrover@mindspring.com] Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 8:42 PM To: BIGGS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BIGGS] Rev. Kenneth Hagin Sr. (1917-2003), Biggs descendant Belinda: According to Mrs. Martin's book "Biggs...History and Lineage in America", Alsy Jane Starr was the second of B.F.Biggs' three wives. The book lists children for Asa Biggs and for his son B.F. in addition to those shown on the Biggs Lineage web page. http://www.bjhughes.org/biggs.html Asa and Winnie (Wilson) Biggs: 1. Dorsey W. Biggs 2. Susan (Biggs) Glover 3. Eliza (Biggs) Mauldin 4. Wilson H. Biggs 5. Benjamin Franklin Biggs 6. William L. Biggs 7. Henry H. Biggs (note different middle initial) 8. Amanda Jane (Biggs) Bird Benjamin F. Biggs' children: (Three known children by first marriage:) 1. Eliza Jane (Biggs) Prather 2. Martha Ann (Biggs) Spurgin 3. Benjamin Franklin Biggs, Jr. (By second marriage:) 4. Robert Alexander Biggs 5. Minnie E. Biggs 6. Thomas A. Biggs 7. Daniel Alexander Biggs 8. Margaret Catherine (Biggs) Stinson 9. Jefferson D. "Jeff" Biggs 10. James William "Jim" Biggs 11. Hugh Riley Biggs 12. Sarah Fannie (Biggs) Hagin 13. Mary E. (Biggs) Upchurch (By third marriage:) 14. Charlie H. Biggs 15. Willie F. Biggs 16. Annie (Biggs) Hines -----Original Message----- From: BJ Hughes <bjhughes@starpower.net> To: Anderson <oxdrover@mindspring.com>; BIGGS-L@rootsweb.com <BIGGS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, September 28, 2003 6:04 AM Subject: RE: [BIGGS] Rev. Kenneth Hagin Sr. (1917-2003), Biggs descendant >Your Benjamin Franklin Biggs 1829-1875 - is this the husband of Alsy Jane >Starr? > >belinda melton hughes >www.bjhughes.org > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Anderson [mailto:oxdrover@mindspring.com] >Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 9:28 PM >To: BIGGS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [BIGGS] Rev. Kenneth Hagin Sr. (1917-2003), Biggs descendant > > >Excerpt from http://www.rhema.org/press/ : > >"KENNETH E. HAGIN MEMORIAL SERVICE SET FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 > >Broken Arrow, OK – September 19, 2003 – Reverend Kenneth E. Hagin, founder >of Kenneth Hagin Ministries, went home to be with the Lord on September 19, >2003, at 7:00 a.m... > >...Rev. Hagin was born August 20, 1917 and was in the ministry for nearly 70 >years from the time God miraculously healed him of a deformed heart and an >incurable blood disease at the age of 17. He was raised from a deathbed in >1934 by the revelation of faith in God’s Word. > >Known as the 'father of the modern faith movement,' Rev. Hagin was a dynamic >preacher, teacher and prophet, known for ministering healing and for the >message of faith. His teachings and books are filled with vivid stories >that show God’s power and truth working in his life and the lives of >others..." >========================================================================= > >Brother Hagin had a nationwide radio and TV ministry. His teachings were >not appreciated in some religious circles, but after I had appreciated him >and his preaching style for several years, it came as a pleasant surprise to >learn we shared a common descent from Kedar Biggs of Martin County, North >Carolina. > >Judging from his writings and pages 223-224 of "Biggs...History and Lineage >in America", by Alta Louise (Biggs) Martin, Brother Hagin was the son of >Jesse Lee >Hagin and Lillie (Drake) Hagin, and the grandson of Sarah Frances "Fannie" >(Biggs) Hagin of McKinney, Collin Co TX. > >Kenneth E. Hagin (1917-2003) >Jesse Hagin (1892-1950) >Sarah "Fannie" (Biggs) Hagin (1870-1969) >Benjamin Franklin Biggs (1829-1875) >Asa Biggs (1788 NC-1861 TX) >Kedar Biggs (1749-1815) >Joseph Biggs (d ca 1798 Martin Co NC) > >Mrs. Martin states Benjamin F. Biggs was a deacon and clerk in the >"Regular Predestinarian Baptist" church known as "Orchard Gap Church" in >Collin Co TX. > >Asa Biggs and his uncle Joseph Biggs Jr. were ministers of the Primitive >Baptist Church. >http://www.parvinfamily.com/genealogy/d1226.htm#P1226 > >Kedar Biggs was deacon and clerk at the Skewarkey Baptist Church in Martin >Co NC. See the account of his spiritual journey at >http://www.parvinfamily.com/genealogy/d411.htm . > >Cushing Biggs Hassell, a cousin, was a Primitive Baptist Church historian in >North Carolina. >http://www.primitivebaptist.org/writers/hassell/history/default.asp > >Senator Asa Biggs, a cousin (son of Joseph Jr.), describes his "Religious >Experiences" at >http://docsouth.unc.edu/biggs/biggs.html . > >Amariah Biggs, most likely a cousin of unknown degree and possibly brother >of Rev. Davis Biggs of NC, VA, KY and MO, was an early Baptist evangelist in >eastern NC. >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncwashin/biggs.htm > >Andy Anderson > ==== BIGGS Mailing List ==== What came before us, is like a path....we can follow it or make our own!! bev

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WCE.2ACIB/1039 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on Richard Asa Biggs and Alma Buell and their descendants. I am a grandson of Daniel A. Biggs. I would love to find out more on Henry, James, Will and Thomas. I am willing to trade information on Daniel and Albert. Richard Asa Biggs was born February 08, 1846 in Weakley County, Tenn., and died April 13, 1913 in Senath, Dunklin County, Missouri. He married Alma Buell, daughter of Henry Buell and Mary. She was born 1848 in Clarendon, Monroe County, Arkansas, and died August 08, 1909 in Senath, Dunklin County, Missouri. Children of Richard Biggs and Alma Buell are: 1. Daniel A. Biggs, born October 27, 1872 in Dunklin City, Dunklin County, Missouri; died August 13, 1905 in Brushy, Hood County, Texas. 2. Henry L Biggs, born 1874 in Missouri. 3. Albert Morris Biggs, born March 11, 1876 in Caruthersville, Dunklin County, Missouri; died February 02, 1958 in Senath, Dunklin County, Missouri. 4. James M Biggs, born 1878. 5. Will Biggs, born Abt. 1881. 6. Thomas Biggs, born 1882. Thanks, Tommy

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Actually Benjamin Franklin Biggs (1818-1903) was the one married to Alsy Jane Starr. They were my great great grandparents. I found his obituary in a McKinney Texas newspaper and furnished a copy to Alta Martin, who printed a copy in her book. Rebecca Morris ----- Original Message ----- From: "BJ Hughes" <bjhughes@starpower.net> To: <BIGGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 8:04 AM Subject: RE: [BIGGS] Rev. Kenneth Hagin Sr. (1917-2003), Biggs descendant Your Benjamin Franklin Biggs 1829-1875 - is this the husband of Alsy Jane Starr? belinda melton hughes www.bjhughes.org -----Original Message----- From: Anderson [mailto:oxdrover@mindspring.com] Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 9:28 PM To: BIGGS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BIGGS] Rev. Kenneth Hagin Sr. (1917-2003), Biggs descendant Excerpt from http://www.rhema.org/press/ : "KENNETH E. HAGIN MEMORIAL SERVICE SET FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 Broken Arrow, OK - September 19, 2003 - Reverend Kenneth E. Hagin, founder of Kenneth Hagin Ministries, went home to be with the Lord on September 19, 2003, at 7:00 a.m... ...Rev. Hagin was born August 20, 1917 and was in the ministry for nearly 70 years from the time God miraculously healed him of a deformed heart and an incurable blood disease at the age of 17. He was raised from a deathbed in 1934 by the revelation of faith in God's Word. Known as the 'father of the modern faith movement,' Rev. Hagin was a dynamic preacher, teacher and prophet, known for ministering healing and for the message of faith. His teachings and books are filled with vivid stories that show God's power and truth working in his life and the lives of others..." ========================================================================= Brother Hagin had a nationwide radio and TV ministry. His teachings were not appreciated in some religious circles, but after I had appreciated him and his preaching style for several years, it came as a pleasant surprise to learn we shared a common descent from Kedar Biggs of Martin County, North Carolina. Judging from his writings and pages 223-224 of "Biggs...History and Lineage in America", by Alta Louise (Biggs) Martin, Brother Hagin was the son of Jesse Lee Hagin and Lillie (Drake) Hagin, and the grandson of Sarah Frances "Fannie" (Biggs) Hagin of McKinney, Collin Co TX. Kenneth E. Hagin (1917-2003) Jesse Hagin (1892-1950) Sarah "Fannie" (Biggs) Hagin (1870-1969) Benjamin Franklin Biggs (1829-1875) Asa Biggs (1788 NC-1861 TX) Kedar Biggs (1749-1815) Joseph Biggs (d ca 1798 Martin Co NC) Mrs. Martin states Benjamin F. Biggs was a deacon and clerk in the "Regular Predestinarian Baptist" church known as "Orchard Gap Church" in Collin Co TX. Asa Biggs and his uncle Joseph Biggs Jr. were ministers of the Primitive Baptist Church. http://www.parvinfamily.com/genealogy/d1226.htm#P1226 Kedar Biggs was deacon and clerk at the Skewarkey Baptist Church in Martin Co NC. See the account of his spiritual journey at http://www.parvinfamily.com/genealogy/d411.htm . Cushing Biggs Hassell, a cousin, was a Primitive Baptist Church historian in North Carolina. http://www.primitivebaptist.org/writers/hassell/history/default.asp Senator Asa Biggs, a cousin (son of Joseph Jr.), describes his "Religious Experiences" at http://docsouth.unc.edu/biggs/biggs.html . Amariah Biggs, most likely a cousin of unknown degree and possibly brother of Rev. Davis Biggs of NC, VA, KY and MO, was an early Baptist evangelist in eastern NC. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncwashin/biggs.htm Andy Anderson ==== BIGGS Mailing List ==== What came before us, is like a path....we can follow it or make our own!! bev ==== BIGGS Mailing List ==== What came before us, is like a path....we can follow it or make our own!! bev

"SALLY WATSON" BIGGS Various web sites show "Sally Watson" as the name of the first wife of Reuben Biggs (b 1775) of Martin & Beaufort Cos NC and Stewart & Gibson Cos TN. I claim this couple as my great-great-great-grandparents, and want again to alert all of their descendants to the likelihood that Sally was born a Williams and not a Watson. Documentation proves that "Sally" was her first name, but I have found no substantiation for the statement in Hale & Merritt's 1913 "History of Tennessee and Tennesseans" that "the maiden name of [Reuben's] first wife was Watson, who was the mother of all his children..." The name first appears as "Sally Watson" in "A Family History and List of Descendants of Cornelius Anderson and Mary (Scott) Anderson, with a genealogy of the Biggs Family". Reuben's wife has not been found as "Sally Watson" in any earlier record. This name is a "composite" - the first name coming from original records and the surname from the Hale & Merritt book. The informant for the articles on Reuben Biggs and his son Luke in the Hale & Merritt book appears to have been either Luke's son Dr. Zach Biggs or one of Zach's children. Apparently the writer of the articles was given the wrong maiden name for Mrs. Reuben Biggs or he applied it to the wrong branch of Zach's family. In his Civil War questionnaire Zach stated that Watson was the maiden name of his MATERNAL grandmother (mother of Luke's wife, Marina Bennett). Sally was Zach's PATERNAL grandmother. Sally is sometimes found in queries as "Sally/Matilda Watson" or "Sally Matilda Watson". This ostensibly comes from the Cornelius Anderson booklet mentioned above, which gives Sally's last name as Watson and Reuben's second wife's name on the 1850 census as Matilda. Hale & Merritt refer to Reuben's "first wife". The Matilda (b ca 1783 NC) who is listed with Reuben in the Gibson Co TN 1850 census is undoubtedly another wife. Sally, judging from the 1820 census, was born in 1775 or earlier. In his 1796 will in Beaufort Co NC, Thomas Williams mentions Reuben and Sally Biggs. Although the will does not specifically state Sally's relationship to Thomas, she is apparently his granddaughter, being bequeathed an equal share with the grandchildren he names. (See will below.) Sally being a nickname for Sarah, she was possibly the Sarah Williams named as a daughter in the 1792 Beaufort County will of James Williams, son of Thomas. Sally's first son was named James Biggs. He is probably the James W. Biggs listed next to Reuben in the 1820 census of Stewart Co TN. Drucilla (Biggs) Anderson, who circumstantial evidence indicates was one of three daughters born to Reuben and Sally, named her first son Cornelius Williams Anderson. Andy Anderson -------------- WILL OF THOMAS WILLIAMS, signed July 6, 1796. Surnames: Williams, Howell, Biggs, Wilson, Lenair (Lanier), Short, Deel Recorded Beaufort County, North Carolina, Old Wills, pages 324,325. In the name of God. Amen. I, THOMAS WILLIAMS, of Beaufort County, being weak in body, but of perfect mind and memory (thanks be to God for the same), therefore calling to mind the mortality of [the] body and knowing it is appointed once for all men to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, that is to say, principally and first of all, I give my soul to God that gave it, and my body I recommend to the earth, to be buried in a Christian-like manner, and, as touching of those worldly goods it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life, I give, dismiss and dispose of in the following manner and form: I lend to my loving wife, ANNA WILLIAMS, all my moveable property, both within and without, during her lifetime or widowhood, and at her death or marriage to be as hereafter mentioned. Item, I give to my grandson JAMES WILLIAMS that piece of land formerly called HOWELL land and one half of the land I now live on, being that part join[ing] the Howell land up to the road, as it now stands, as far as the bottom, where we caught the wolf*, thence a straight course to the middle of the back line; also one desk, one large chest, two feather beds, cooper's tools, shoemaker's tools, one half of my hand mill, one half of my grindstone, one case of bottles, one pair of firedogs, one pair stillards, plow and [horse?], one teakettle, one table, one gun, one pot, with one half of my other moveable property that I have not given out in legacies, upon his letting of REUBEN BIGGS have so much of the plantation to tend as he shall need, and paying legacies as one half of said legacies mentioned to the other grandchildren hereafter named, and in case said JAMES WILLIAMS dies without lawful heirs of his body, I desire all I have given him be equally divided between SALLEY BIGGS, LUKE WILLIAMS, CANADAY** WILLIAMS, BERTIMEUS** WILLIAMS, LENICE WILLIAMS, ELISABETH WILLIAMS, to him and his heirs forever. Item, I give to SALLEY and REUBEN BIGGS one half of three hundred acres of land, being the land and plantation whereon I now live, being the upper part of said land, the road as it now stands to be the line as far as to the bottom where we caught the wolf, thence a straight course to the middle of the back line, also the best feather bed and furniture, one great pot, one pair of hand bellows, one lining [linen?] wheel called Ditch Rim, one wooling wheel, one pair smoothing irons, one little table, one gun, one case of bottles, one half of my hand mill, one half of my grindstone, with one half of all my other property, within and without, with all the property they have already in possession, upon his paying one half of sums hereafter mentioned to my other grandchildren hereafter named, to him and his heirs forever. Item, I give to my grandson LUKE WILLIAMS forty shillings, to be paid out of my estate by JAMES WILLIAMS and REUBEN BIGGS when he, the [said] LUKE gets married and not before, to him and his heirs forever. Item, I give to my grandson BERTEMIAS WILLIAMS forty shillings when he gets married, to him and his heirs forever. Item, I give to my granddaughter CANSADAY WILLIAMS forty shillings when she gets married, to her and her heirs forever. Item, I give to my granddaughter LENICE WILLIAMS forty shillings when she marries, to her and her heirs forever. Item, I give to my granddaughter ELISABETH WILLIAMS forty shillings when she marries, to her and her heirs forever. Item, I give to my granddaughter WINEFRED WILLIAMS forty shillings when she marries, to her and her heirs forever. And I desire the few acres of land that lies joining WILSON, Esq., and LENAIR*** be sold and put to the use of paying off the legacies before mentioned to my grandchildren, and I choose and ordain that REUBEN BIGGS and JAMES WILLIAMS and KEDAR BIGGS be my executors of this, my last will and testament, and I do hereby revoke and disannul all and every other will, legacies, beque(sts) and executors by me willed or bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament, in confirmation of which I have hereunto set my hand and fixed my seal this, the sixth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six. THOMAS WILLIAMS (his mark) {seal} Signed, sealed and declared by Thomas Williams to be his last will and testament in presence of us: WILLIAM SHORT WINEFRED SHORT DIANAH DEEL (her mark) --------------------- *Original text reads "where we ketchd the woolf". **The various spellings of the names Cansaday and Bertimeus are copied as they appear in the original. ***"Lenair" probably should be spelled "Lanier".