HERE
THEY
SLEEP Narrative
HIGGIN'S PLOT
We would like to make this addition to HERE THEY SLEEP, by Herbert A.
Dieter. In discussing the John Pugh Plot, he states: "Three other Buck
Creek burials were reported on the Thomas Higgins farm, with no names
available." Information by Dr. Keith Brewer and Pat Higgins
indicates that they were: Donald Brewer. A Brewer Girl. The
story is that she had Diphtheria or Typhoid Fever and that she was
buried at night. A Brewer woman. A search of the death certificates
reveals that Della M. Brewer **,
daughter of Charles and Elenor Hawks of
New York State, and wife of James Brewer died August 12, 1901of
miscarriage and was buried at Buckcreek. She was born April 3, 1864 in
New York. We assume that she was the woman referred to. The location is
a short distance east of Highway 80, a half mile south of Junction 80
and D, on the Thomas Higgins farm. The graves are unmarked.
** Note: Della M. (Hawks) Brewer
has a marker next to her husband James J. Brewer in the Richland Center
Cemetery.