Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882. Cass County.

JOHN J. HIGGINSON, station agent, Philadelphia; was born in 
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 14, 1844, and is the next to the youngest 
child in a family of five; he received a common-school education, 
and came to Illinois when ten years of age, and located in Cass 
County. In 1878 he went to merchandising at Philadelphia, where he 
continued in business until 1882, when he accepted a position on 
the O. & M. Railroad, as station agent at Philadelphia. During the 
Rebellion he entered the service in Co. C, 3d Ill. Cav., with 
Capt. Schellenberger, under command of Col. McCrellis, and 
remained in the service three years. He was married in Cass 
County, Dec. 25, 1879, to Miss Ophelia Flinn, who was born in 
November, 1860, to John and Hannah Flinn. By her he has one child, 
Everett. Edward Higginson, the father of John, was born in 
Ireland; was a weaver by trade. He died in 1854, aged about sixty 
years. His wife, Mary Ellen Taggert, was also a native of Ireland; 
died in 1853, aged about fifty-seven years. Mr. Higginson has an 
unsullied reputation, and is considered a thorough business man. 
Politically, he is a Republican. His wife is a member of the 
Christian Church.

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