Big Will’s descendants to the present, with what the records say each one did
Source. FamilySearch family tree; Find a Grave memorials; obituaries; Yancey Journal.
Method and data
Method. Each link rests on the record in the Record column: a census, a vital record, a memorial, a published obituary or a FamilySearch family tree; Esther’s line from James rests on the family tree. The tree stops at Max Theodore’s three sons.
| Generation below Big Will | Name | Dates | Note | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | William M. “Big Will” Higgins | 1866–1949 | m. c.1888 Arrah E. Shepherd; raised by John Jr. and Winnie | https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LLC8-4CR |
| 1 | Lowe (Anderson) | c.1889 – ? | with her father at Bee Log in 1940; died in California | https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LLC8-LX6 |
| 1 | Foy (Bailey) | 1891–1977 | https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LX9G-R2T | |
| 1 | Robert Wilson “Bob” | 1893–1990 | m. 1912 Martha Jane “Janey” Adkins | https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LLCG-6H8 |
| 2 | S/Sgt. Ned W. | 1922–1944 | killed in action, Sept. 9, 1944 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41836297/ned-w-higgins |
| 1 | Jessie (Randolph) | 1895–1983 | of Nebo; her obituary names her parents, Will and Ara | https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn95072283/1983-05-26/ed-1/seq-18/ |
| 1 | Ernest Jackson | 1896–1978 | https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LLCG-X9C | |
| 1 | Allie | 1898–1916 | https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LLCG-6LC | |
| 1 | Ralph | 1900–1983 | at home with his father in 1940 | https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LLC8-LVX |
| 1 | Herman Shepherd | 1902–1980 | https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LLC9-TZQ | |
| 1 | Max Theodore | 1904–1996 | m. 1934 Esther Higgins (1910–1998); storekeeper, postmaster | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54168389/max_t-higgins |
| 2 | Max “Sonny” Jr. | 1935–2017 | Navy machinist, USS New Jersey; school maintenance foreman; farmer | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181661312/max-theodore-higgins |
| 2 | Carlton Allen | 1938–2023 | D.D.S., Emory, 1964; Air Force captain; dentist in Fairbanks 36 years | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/newsminer/name/carlton-higgins-obituary?id=53227683 |
| 2 | Noel | living | named as Carlton’s surviving brother in the 2023 obituary | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/newsminer/name/carlton-higgins-obituary?id=53227683 |
| 1 | a daughter | c.1906 – ? | ||
| 1 | Noel Francis | 1911–1939 | https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LLC8-2LQ | |
| 1 | two infant sons | known from headstones | ||
| Esther line | James | c.1800–c.1892 | https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCF3-W4V | |
| Esther line | James Henry | 1847–1924 | https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHLP-DTH | |
| Esther line | Isaac Monroe | 1877–1925 | https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LJJF-TJZ | |
| Esther line | Esther | 1910–1998 | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54168535/esther_e-higgins |
