You're right, Rebecca. My apologies. It's the same B.F.Biggs, but I mistakenly copied Alsy Jane's birth and death years after his name. Andy -----Original Message----- From: Rebecca Robinson Morris <rrm@airmail.net> To: BIGGS-L@rootsweb.com <BIGGS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, September 28, 2003 5:41 PM Subject: Re: [BIGGS] Rev. Kenneth Hagin Sr. (1917-2003), Biggs descendant >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 > > > >==== BIGGS Mailing List ==== >What came before us, is like a path....we can follow it or make our own!! bev >