Robertson Mills Biggs, farmer, merchant and iron manufacturer, was born Feb. 9, 1804 at Mt. Sterling KY. He was the son of Andrew and Judith (Robertson) Biggs and grandson of Rev. William Biggs, a Presbyterian clergyman, who emigrated from Ireland about the close of the Revolution. His father was an Indian fighter and a soldier of the war of 1812. The Robertsons were Scotch-Irish, and belonged to the same family as Judge George Robertson, of Lexington. The subject of this sketch rec'd his education at Mt. Sterling, but, when a young man, went to reside in Greenup County. Under the singular working of the old Constitution, he became sheriff of that county and held the office as much as sixteen years. He also carried on a farm, and engaged in merchandising in that county until 1847. He was of medium build, full of activity, never wearying of business or duty. He was one of the thirty or more who lost their lives, January 4, 1868, b the sudden explosion of steamer "Harry Dean" on the Ohio River near Gallipolia. Capt. Biggs was marr., Oct. 22, 1834 to Ann E. Culver, daughter of John Culver, of Greenup Co., one of the earliest iron men of that region. They had three children, two daughters and one son. Their dau., Virginia, is wife of Dr. M. H. Young, a prominent physician of Ashland; Elizabeth, wife of F. K. Ferrell, of Ashland, KY; and Robertson Mills Biggs, Jr. is a young business man of Ashland. It's Bev {: )