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Lida Higgs

Lida Higgs[1]

Female 1898 - 1974  (75 years)

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  • Name Lida Higgs 
    Birth 30 Nov 1898  Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Census 25 Jun 1900  Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 5 May 1910  De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Residence 11 Sep 1913  Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    moved from DeQueen, Arkansas to Idabel, Oklahoma 
    Misc 20 Nov 1913  Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    was bit by a dog 
    • While playing with some companions and a dog, at the home of J.B. Isbell Sunday afternoon, Lida Higgs was bitten by the dog. The wound is not thought to be serious.
    Misc Jan 1914  Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    attended a party 
    • Monday evening, Mrs. W. H. Thompson, assisted by Miss Hattie Bell Isbell, entertained in honor of her son, Lewis, and a number of young people attended. The evening was spent in entertaining games. Harry Love, standing highest in the prize awarding contest, received a beautiful box of stationery. Elegant refreshments were served. Among those present were Misses Mary Lee Dewitt, Noreen Ellers, Mabel Smith, Augustine McCrary, Gladys Fulmer, Kate Isbell, and Lida Higgs and Masters Cecil Baxter, Sandlin Ball, Barton McClendon, Harry Love, and Edgar Freeman.
    Misc 25 Jun 1914  Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    leaving for Nashville, Arkansas to visit family and friends 
    Misc 11 Mar 1915  Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    participated in a school debate 
    • From "School Notes", The library society hosted a debate on the proposition "Resolved, that women should have suffrage in Oklahoma." Lida Higgs argued for the negative.
    Misc 29 Jul 1915  Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    visited family in Texarkana 
    • J.W. Higgs and daughter Miss Lyda Higgs are visiting at Texarkana.
    Misc 19 Aug 1915  Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    returned from a three week visit in Arkansas 
    • Miss Lida Higgs arrived home today from a three weeks visit to points in Arkansas.
    Misc 5 May 1918  Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    joined the American Girls Legion, University of Arkansas Battalion 
    Address:
    University of Arkansas 
    • The organization of the University of Arkansas battalion of the American Girls Legion has been fully completed. One hundred and fifty-nine university girls have enrolled and two companies have been formed from this number. Regular drill will be had every Saturday afternoon. Lida Higgs, Idabel, Okla.
    Misc 10 Jan 1919  Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    led the Y.W.C.A. post-holiday mid-week meeting 
    Misc 29 May 1919  Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    elected vice-president of the junior class 
    Address:
    University of Arkansas 
    Census 6 Jan 1920  Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    Occupation 6 Jan 1920  Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    teacher 
    Residence 1924  Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    Address:
    4808 Junius 
    Misc 27 Mar 1924  Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [18
    returns to Dallas after a visit to her mother 
    • Mrs. Griff Lee returns to Dallas after visiting her mother Mrs. J.W. Higgs.
    Census 8 Apr 1930  Clinton, Hinds, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [19
    Address:
    Leah St. 
    Residence 1 Apr 1935  Anguilla, Sharkey, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [20
    Census 30 Apr 1940  Anguilla, Sharkey, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [20
    _AMTID 162485317449:1030:191555462 
    _FSFTID L5NQ-2J6 
    _UID 99FA0C7805674A3293EBF093A1BCFC449DBD 
    Death 1 Sep 1974  Rolling Fork, Sharkey, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Burial Clinton, Hinds, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Address:
    Clinton Cemetery 
    Person ID I3535  Scott Dickson
    Last Modified 17 Jan 2022 

    Father John William Higgs,   b. 7 Apr 1859, Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Mar 1918, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Eliza Johnson (Lida) Cason,   b. 24 Jun 1868, Carrollton, Pickens, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Mar 1941, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 3 Mar 1889  Arkadelphia, Clark, Arkansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [21
    Family ID F258  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Griff Calicutt Lee,   b. 30 Jul 1896, Courtland, Panola, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1939, Gulfport, Harrison, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)  [22
    Marriage 24 Jun 1923  Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [19, 23, 24
    Children 
    +1. Griff Calicutt Lee, Jr.,   b. 17 Aug 1926, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Apr 2018, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
    Family ID F259  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 30 Nov 1898 - Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 25 Jun 1900 - Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 5 May 1910 - De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - moved from DeQueen, Arkansas to Idabel, Oklahoma - 11 Sep 1913 - Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMisc - was bit by a dog - 20 Nov 1913 - Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMisc - attended a party - Jan 1914 - Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMisc - leaving for Nashville, Arkansas to visit family and friends - 25 Jun 1914 - Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMisc - participated in a school debate - 11 Mar 1915 - Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMisc - visited family in Texarkana - 29 Jul 1915 - Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMisc - returned from a three week visit in Arkansas - 19 Aug 1915 - Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMisc - joined the American Girls Legion, University of Arkansas Battalion,Address:
    University of Arkansas - 5 May 1918 - Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States
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    Link to Google MapsMisc - led the Y.W.C.A. post-holiday mid-week meeting - 10 Jan 1919 - Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMisc - elected vice-president of the junior class,Address:
    University of Arkansas - 29 May 1919 - Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States
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    Link to Google MapsCensus - 6 Jan 1920 - Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - teacher - 6 Jan 1920 - Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 24 Jun 1923 - Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Address:
    4808 Junius - 1924 - Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
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    Link to Google MapsMisc - returns to Dallas after a visit to her mother - 27 Mar 1924 - Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Address:
    Leah St. - 8 Apr 1930 - Clinton, Hinds, Mississippi, United States
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    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1 Apr 1935 - Anguilla, Sharkey, Mississippi, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 30 Apr 1940 - Anguilla, Sharkey, Mississippi, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1 Sep 1974 - Rolling Fork, Sharkey, Mississippi, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Address:
    Clinton Cemetery - - Clinton, Hinds, Mississippi, United States
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  • Notes 
    • The 1900 census records Lida's name as Lida Cason Higgs.

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  • Sources 
    1. [S136] Griff C. Lee Jr Scott Dickson 29 March 1993 6353 C.

    2. [S641] Find A Grave, 25 November 2014; Lida Higgs Lee; Lida Higgs Lee; 70161393; helping hands 7.

    3. [S604] SSDI - Ancestry, 23 December 2014; Lida Lee; 428-50-8965; Mississippi (Before 1951).

    4. [S591] 1900 US Federal Census, Crawford Co, AR, Van Buren; ED 63; sheet 7A; dwelling 363, family 366; JW Higgs.

    5. [S573] 1910 US Federal Census, Sevier Co, AR, Bear Creek Twp, DeQueen; ED 171; sheet 17B; dwelling 291, family 301; John W. Higgs.

    6. [S981] McCurtain Democrat Record, Local and Personal; 11 September 1913; Held on Microfilm at the Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

    7. [S981] McCurtain Democrat Record, Local and Personal; 20 November 1913; Held on Microfilm at the Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

    8. [S981] McCurtain Democrat Record, Local and Personal; January 1914; Held on Microfilm at the Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

    9. [S981] McCurtain Democrat Record, Local and Personal; 25 June 1914; Held on Microfilm at the Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

    10. [S981] McCurtain Democrat Record, School Notes; 11 March 1915; Held on Microfilm at the Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

    11. [S981] McCurtain Democrat Record, Local and Personal; 29 July 1915; Held on Microfilm at the Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

    12. [S981] McCurtain Democrat Record, Local and Personal; 19 August 1915; Held on Microfilm at the Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

    13. [S1459] Newspapers.com The Daily Arkansas Gazette, Girls Legion Formed; 5 May 1918; 17 January 2022.

    14. [S1844] NewspaperArchive.com The Fayetteville Democrat, Y.W. Resumes; 10 January 1919; 17 January 2022.

    15. [S1844] NewspaperArchive.com The Fayetteville Democrat, U. of A. Student Body Election Returns; 29 May 1919; 17 January 2022.

    16. [S716] 1920 US Federal Census, McCurtain Co., OK, Idabel; ED 157; sheet 9 A; dwelling 164, family 180, ; Lida Higgs.

    17. [S688] Ancestry, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, 23 December 2014; Griff Lee, 1924 Dallas, Texas.

    18. [S981] McCurtain Democrat Record, Local and Personal; 27 March 1924; Held on Microfilm at the Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

    19. [S941] 1930 US Federal Census, Hinds Co., MS, Clinton; ED 25-41; Sheet 5-B; Dwelling 101, Family 117; Griff C Lee.

    20. [S944] 1940 US Federal Census, Sharkey Co., MS, Anguilla; ED 63-6; Sheet 1-B; Dwelling 21; Lida H. Higgs.

    21. [S606] Arkansas County Marriages Index - 1837-1957, 11 August 2012; Lida Cason to J. W. Higgs.

    22. [S1942] Ancestry, Mississippi, State Archives, Various Records, 1820-1951, 9 May 2023; Hinds County, Military grave registrations 1917-1941 (Box 11106), Griff C Lee.

    23. [S1069] Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995, 27 March 2017; Griff C Lee to Lida Higgs, 24 Jun 1923, Idabel, McCurtain Co.

    24. [S1929] Newspapers.com - McCurtain Democrat, Lee-Higgs; Wedding annoucnement; 28 June 1923; 24 November 2022.


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