Higginbotham Cemetery – Near Rock Camp The cemetery is located about a mile beyond Big Run, Wetzel Co., WV on the Willey Fork Road. It is across the stream from the Herbert Higginbotham home. Read by Debra King, Joyce Yowler & Carol Dulaney in May 2007. Family descriptions by Debra King. Photographed by Joyce Yowler |
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Anderson, Wilson Walter | 1919 | 1935 | Never married. s/o John Anderson & Sarah Utt | |
Dent, Duke | 18 Apr 1873 | 17 March 1958 | s/o Marmaduke "Duke" Dent (s/o Dudley Evans Dent & Mahala Berkshire) & Margaret Reed. NOTE: Sisters Annara Francis Dent m. Capt. Henry Minor Ice & Sarah Ann Dent m. Oliver Perry Ice.. | |
Dent, Molly (Mary Catherine) | 11 Jul 1873 | 18 Dec 1941 | d/o Joseph Jasper Higgins "J.J." (s/o Joseph Higgins & Elizabeth Long) & Elizabeth Willey (d/o William Willey & Clarinda Anderson). Sister to Rosa Lavena (Higgins) Higginbotham. | |
Higginbotham, Francis Laten | ------ | 19 Feb 1918 | Born 1 Sep 1859. s/o Isaac Newton Higginbotham & Matilda Jane "Millie" Poe. 3rd h/o Mary Dulaney Morris. (she m. 1. Martin "Bub" Bartrug & 2. Henry Watson. d/o of James Morgan Morris & Gillie Jane Moore. Note: Dulaney is middle name.) |
(No Headstone) |
Higginbotham, H.M. | 7 Feb 1866 | 24 Jul 1933 | Herbert Memnon "Mem" Higginbotham. s/o Isaac Newton Higginbotham & Matilda Jane "Millie" Poe. h/o Rosa Lavena Higgins (d/o Joseph Jasper Higgins "J.J." & Elizabeth Willey and sister to "Molly" Higgins Dent). | |
Higginbotham, Herbert | 22 Sep 1911 | 3 Nov 1993 | James Herbert. s/o Herbert Memnon "Mem" Higginbotham & Rosa Lavena Higgins. h/o Susie Haught (d/o James A. Haught & Mary Sole). | |
Higginbotham, Lil Ann | ---- | ---- | Lydia Ann "Lilly" (16 Dec 1860-23 Apr 1874). Never married. d/o Isaac Newton Higginbotham & Matilda Jane "Millie" Poe. NOTE: Headstone is hard to read. | |
Higginbotham, Lucretia | 22 Dec 1804 | 16 Mar 1885 | Lucretia White. w/o
Thomas H. Higginbotham. d/o Unknown. NOTE: Headstone is hard to read. |
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Higginbotham, Rachel Ellen | 26 Mar 1904 | 26 Mar 1904 | d/o FL & MD. Francis Laten Higginbotham & Mary Dulaney Morris. | |
Higginbotham, Rosa L. | 11 Nov 1875 | 18 Apr 1963 | Rosa Lavena Higgins. w/o Herbert Memnon "Mem" Higginbotham. d/o Joseph Jasper Higgins "J.J." (s/o Joseph Higgins & Elizabeth Long) & Elizabeth Willey (d/o William Willey & Clarinda Anderson). Sister to "Molly" (Higgins) Dent. | |
Higginbotham, Susie | 13 Jul 1909 | 29 Mar 1991 | Susie Haught. w/o James Herbert Higginbotham. d/o James A. Haught & Mary Sole. NOTE: Seen as: Susie Duskey Haught. She didn’t have a middle name & unknown where Duskey comes from, per daughter Jane Higginbotham. | |
Higginbotham, T.H. | ---- | ---- | Thomas H. Higginbotham (abt. 1798 PA-aft. 1880). h/o Lucretia White. s/o William Higginbotham (s/o Ralph Higginbotham I & Mary Henthorn?) & Sarah Watson (d/o George Watson & Elizabeth Henthorn). NOTE: Headstone has chipped & is now hard to read. | |
Higginbotham, Thomas Winfred | 6 Nov 1915 | 7 Aug 1949 | s/o Francis Laten Higginbotham & Mary Dulaney Morris |
(No Headstone) |
*Isaac Newton Higginbotham & Matilda Jane "Tillie" Poe had 12 children. Herbert Memnon "Mem" & Francis Layton were the only ones to raise families. It is supposed that seven of the children are buried here, there are several fieldstones marking them. Herbert "Mem" & Lidia Ann "Lil" being the only ones with headstones. SOURCE: Debra King | ||||
King, Alfred Wayne | 15 Apr 1937 | 11 Feb 1985 | h/o Jum Soon Pak. s/o Charles Herman King (s/o John Webster King & Francis Goodnight) & Elva Rosetta Higginbotham (d/o Herbert Memnon "Mem" Higginbotham & Rosa Lavena Higgins). NOTE: father of Debra King | |
King, Charles H. | 17 Dec 1908 | 16 Sep 1982 | Charles Herman King. s/o John Webster King & Francis Goodnight. f/o Alfred "Wayne" King. | |
King, Elva R. | 21 Jul 1914 | 11 Jun 1992 | Elva Rosetta Higginbotham. m/o Alfred Wayne King. d/o Herbert Memnon "Mem" Higginbotham & Rosa Lavena Higgins | |
Matthews, A.J. | 1830 | 1887 | Andrew Jackson Matthews (Unknown Parents. h/o Mary Elizabeth Anderson (Unknown Parents). f/o Amy Jane Matthews (m. Albert Glendower "Squire" Higginbotham). | |
Matthews, M.E. | 1831 | 1910 | Mary Elizabeth Anderson . w/o Andrew Jackson Matthews. mf/o Amy Jane Matthews (m. Albert Glendower "Squire"Higginbotham). |
(See Photo Above) |
Morris, Gillie Jane | 24 Mar 1852 | 15 Aug 1925 | w/o James Morgan Morris. d/o Huey Crawford Moore (s/o Anthony Moore & Elizabeth Steele) & Tabitha Eaton (d/o Henry Eaton & Lena Unknown). |
(No Headstone) |
Utt, Mary Pauline
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26 Jan 1923 | 19 Feb 1923 | d/o James Thomas Utt (s/o John Franklin Utt & Sarah Wright) & Gillie Jane Higginbotham (d/o Francis Laten Higginbotham & Mary Dulaney Morris). |
(No Headstone) |
Utt, George Francis
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27 Dec 1940 | 21 Oct 1941 | s/o James Thomas Utt (s/o John Franklin Utt & Sarah Wright) & Gillie Jane Higginbotham (d/o Francis Laten Higginbotham & Mary Dulaney Morris). |
(Initially buried here. later removed to Knights of Pythias Cem.) |
Utt, Bessie Loraine | 20 Dec 1931 | 26 Sept 1939 | s/o James Thomas "Tom" Utt & Gillie Higginbotham. |
(Initially buried here. later removed to Knights of Pythias Cem.) |
Stout, A.C. | 19 Oct 1872 | 11 Jul 1907 | Unknown – See Note below | |
Stout, Margaret | 10 Apr 1841 | 9 May 1914 | w/o W.M. | |
Stout, W.M. | 1847 | 1918 | Unknown – See Note below |
NOTE: I am not sure about the Stout family. Possibly this family on 1880 & 1900 census:
*1880 Census: Possible: Wm. STOUT 30, farmer, b. 1850 WV. Margaret 28, keeps house, b. 1852 WV. Their parents were b. in WV. Children: Clearence 7 b. 1873 WV. Asa 5, b. 1875 WV. SOURCE: 1880 Census. Grant Dist., Wetzel Co., WV. Roll: T9-415; Film: 1255415; Pg. 141.3000; Dist. 107. Transcribed by Joyce Yowler
*1900 Census: William Stout 52 b. abt.1848. Wife: Margaret Stout 59 b. abt. 1841. Children: Asa C. Stout 28 b. abt. 1872. Arthur C. Stout 27 b. abt. 1873. Wife of Arthur C. Stout: Indiana 17 b. abt. 1883. Nephew: Willie Liston 8 b. abt. 1892. Grandson: M. Watter 10 mos. b. abt. 1899-1900. SOURCE: Grant Dist., Wetzel Co., WV. Roll: T623-1775; Pg. 1A; Dist. 97. Transcribed by Joyce Yowler
NOTE: Asa Ostin Stout m. Oaty Belle Gump d/o George Gump & Emmaline Taylor.