This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Karen_Jorgensen Surnames: Higgason, Sandidge, Russell, Cook, Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.green/17738/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Miss Mary Wood Higgason, 90 years of age, died at the Parkhurst Nursing Home in Glasgow, Tuesday, April 5. She was born in Green County, June 20, 1875, the daughter of Granville and Lucy Katherine Sandidge Higgason. Miss Higgason leaves two sisters, Mrs. Clyde Russell, Greensburg, and Mrs. Dollie Cook, Petersburg, Illinois and one brother, Wilder Higgason, Buffalo. Professing faith in Christ early in life she was a member of the Richland Baptist Church in Illinois at the time of her death. Funeral services were conducted in the Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home at 10 o'clock, Thursday, the 7th of April. Interment was in the Sandidge Cemetery. The Rev. V. A. Jones officiated. Pallbearers were Harry and John Higgason, David Matherly, Leon, Gene and Damon Russell. Obituaries of Green Co. Ky., Vol. 2, compiled by Eunice Montgomery Wright, p. 89 Marriages of Green Co., Ky., 1891 - 1900, compiled by Judy Froggett, p. 41: Gran A. Higgason and Mary W. Mitchum. Bond 5 Sept 1892. E. T Higgason on bond. Groom age 25, lst mg., farmer, born Green Co., parents born Green Co. Bride age 21, lst mg., born Green Co., parents born Green Co. Married 7 Sept 1892 at William Mitchum's by W.L. Pierce. Wit. J.W. Lain and W.E. Young. Cemeteries of Green Co., Ky., by Froggett and Houk, Vol. 1, p. 55: Thompson Cemetery off Hwy 218 in the Thompson School House vicinity Mollie W. Higgason, wife of G.A. - 10 Mar 1871 - 15 Aug 1940 Green Co. Review, Vol. XII, NO. 1, Fall 1988, p. 12: Higgason, not names, born 10 Oct 1904; make; born alive,; born in Bale, Ky; father: G.A. Higgason; Mother: M.W. Mitchum; white, father born in Bale, Ky; mother born in Crail Hope, Ky; reside in Bale, Ky. 1880 Green Co., Ky. Census Census Place: E.D. 56, Green, Kentucky Source: FHL Film 1254416 National Archives Film T9-0416 Page 650A Wm. P. MITCHUM Self M M W 38 KY; Occ: Farmer Fa: VA Mo: VA Margerett A. MITCHUM Wife F M W 38 KY; Occ: Keeps House Fa: VA Mo: SC Demarah A. MITCHUM Dau F S W 12 KY; Fa: KY Mo: KY Thomas H. MITCHUM Son M S W 10 KY; Fa: KY Mo: KY Mary W. MITCHUM Dau F S W 8 KY; Fa: KY Mo: KY Florah E. MITCHUM Dau F S W 4 KY; Fa: KY Mo: KY John W. MITCHUM Son M S W 2 KY; Fa: KY Mo: KY Joseph W. MITCHUM Son M S W 9M KY; Fa: KY Mo: KY 1900 Green Co. Ky. Census; Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Donansburg, Green, Kentucky; Roll: T623 523; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 39. Ancestry.com Census Images; 82 / 82 Granville Higgarson, Jan 1867, 33, [years married unreadable], KyKyKy; Woodie, wife, Mar 1871, 6 live births, 4 living children, KyKyKy; Ruby, dau, May 1894, 6, Ky; Jack, son, Oct 1895,4, Ky; Bonnie, dau, Nov 1897, 2, Ky; Holson, son, Aug 1899, 9/12, Ky; 1910 Green Co. Ky. Miracode census index Granvill Higgason; ED: 0046; W; 43; Ky; Visit: 0121; Green; Relation: Husband; Relatives: Wife Mary M 36, Ky Dau Ruby 15, Ky Son Jack 14, Ky Dau Bonnie 11, Ky Son Harlen 10, Ky Dau Emma 06, Ky Son Harry 05, Ky Son Johny 04, Ky Son Eugene NR, Ky 1920 Green Co. Census ED48 sh8 L43; 16 Jan, enumerated by Herbert Webb; Granville Higgason, m 54, b. Ky, f Ky, m Ky, farm laborer; Mollie W., w 44, b. Ky, f Ky, m Ky; Jackson C., s, 23, b Ky; Bonnie, d 21, Ky; Hardin, s 20, Ky; Emma, f, 16, Ky; Harry, s 14, Ky; Jonsy, s 12, Ky. Green Co. Ky. Death Records Vol. 3, 1931 - 1940, compiled by Mary Bishop, p. 36: Higgason, Mary Wood, female, white, married, (Gran Higgason) age not given, born March 10, 1871, died August 15, 1940, Green Co., father Billy Mitchum, born Ky., mother Mary Gooch, buried Macadonia Cemetery (myocarditis) 18972-1940. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.