Individual Details

One of the census enumerators made an error. In 1860, the child age three was a female named Ada M. In 1870, there was a thirteen year old male named Edward. When the article about sister Minnie was written for Goodspeed, it appears that Minnie's siblings could be listed males first and then the females. One of those in with other sisters is "Aid". It's my best guess this child born in 1857 WAS a female and was named Ada - the census enumerator may have heard "Ade" and thought he heard "Ed" and made two and two come out five.

Database online gave a marriage for Ada to William Simpson Biggs about 1876; he is said to have been b. 1855 in Chattanooga, d. 1906 in Paris, Logan Co AR.

The Maybury CD lists two children born to Ada and William Biggs - they are not listed in the Paint Rock Cemetery on FindAGrave along with their parents.
V. Biggs, b. 20 Jan 1878, d. 3 Sep 1878
W. F. A. Biggs, b. 11 Dec 1879, d. 31 Dec 1879
Some databases also list a son Artie, born 1896, the same year that Ada died - perhaps he was an infant and died with his mother during his birth - he does not appear in the 1900 census.

Extra children were also in a tree on Ancestry. - V. Biggs apparently Vesta. W. F. A. also listed, as was Artie.

1880 Census. Short Mountain Twp, Logan Co AR, Hh 328
W. M. S. Biggs, age 25, b. TN as were his parents
Ada age 23, wife, b. MO, parents b. NC
C. P., son, age 3.

Ada is said to have died 1896 and be buried Paint Rock Cemetery, Paris, Logan Co AR. The census of 1900 would seem to indicate that perhaps Biggs married again prior to that census except for the fact that it indicates he has been married to the present wife for 24 years - she has had 7 children, six living, and six are listed. This man is listed as "Sim" Biggs and he is the correct age to be William Simpson Biggs but not born in Tennessee. The children except for the youngest have been assigned by other researchers as Ada's. There is definitely a problem with this census - perhaps it lay with the census enumerator. Here is the data:
1900 Census. Short Mountain Twp, Logan Co AR, Hh 372
Sim Biggs, b. Jan 1856, age 44, married 24 years, b. AR, parent b. TN
Lucy A., wife, b. May 1861, age 39, married 24 years, 7 children, 6 living, b. AR, parents b. Alabama
Viola N., daughter, b. Feb 1881, age 19. Charlie M., son, b. Jan 1883, age 17 [I believe this is Charlie W. Sedwick - not a Biggs, a stepson]. Dee N., son [database shows her as a daughter, Decurah Virginia], b. Mar 1885. Bismarc, son, b. Feb 1887, age 13. John H., son, b. May 1890, age 10.
and Carl. W., son, b. Apr 1900, age 2 months.

Biggs married Lucy A. Ogg [widow Sedwick], 13 Nov 1898 in Logan Co. Their children were Carl Estes Biggs, b. Apr 1900 and Arlis Biggs, born 21 Sep 1903.

In 1910, Short Mountain Twp, I found Lucy A. Biggs, age 47, widowed. She had had 4 children, all living. She was born in Ohio, as were her parents. Living with her was Carl, son, age 10 and Arlis, son, age 6 [their father b. TN]. [Since she stated she had 4 children, I suspect two of the older children listed in 1900 were her children by a former marriage and were not Biggs children at all. FindAGrave does how she was first married to Franklin Sedwick by whom she had sons Charles William & Frank Sedwick - however, they don't seem to be with her in 1900. Frank Sedwick is reported to have married his stepsister, Decurah Virginia Biggs, but it was Charles William that married Decurah.]


FindAGrave has the first wife of William Simpson Biggs listed as Ada M. Driggs - a Post'Em note on WorldConnect suggests this may because of an article stating Biggs wife's father had founded the community of Paint Rock and that person was known to have been a Driggs. There's no doubt Ada's father Charles Mayberry was an early settler in the area as well.
Buried Paint Rock Cemetery:
William Simpson Biggs, b. 30 Jan 1855, Hamilton Co, TN, d. 17 Mar 1906, Paris, Logan Co AR. Parents were Preston Biggs and Priscilla Catherine Betts, also buried at Paint Rock.
His second wife was Lucille "Lucy" A. Ogg, b. 1864, d. 1927 in Stigler, Haskell Co, OK and is buried Antioch Cemetery there.

Birth	1857	Missouri
Marriage	Ca 1875	Logan County, Arkansas - William Simpson "Sims" Biggs
Death	1896	Logan County, Arkansas
Burial		Paint Rock Cemetery, Paris, Logan County, Arkansas

Spouse	William Simpson "Sims" Biggs (1855 - 1906)
Child	Charley P. Biggs (1876 - 1896)
Child	Vesta Biggs (1878 - 1878)
Child	W. F. A. Biggs (1879 - 1879)
Child	Letitia A. Biggs (1880 - 1938)
Child	Luvena N. Biggs (1881 - )
Child	Deeurah Virginia Biggs (1884 - 1947)
Child	Bismark Biggs (1887 - 1906)
Child	John B. Biggs (1890 - 1974)
Child	Artie Biggs (1896 - 1900)

Father	CHARLES MAYBERRY (1820 - 1883)
Mother	ELLEN THOMPSON (1822 - 1890)
Sibling	Mathew MAYBERRY (1844 - )
Sibling	LETITIA ANN MAYBERRY (1844 - 1926)
Sibling	Joshua Gage Lee MAYBERRY (1847 - 1910)
Sibling	Mary Jane MAYBERRY (1849 - 1920)
Sibling	Isabelle MAYBERRY (1851 - 1920)
Sibling	Emeline Frances MAYBERRY (1852 - 1948)
Sibling	Augustus O. MAYBERRY (1855 - 1901)
Sibling	Vianna Virginia "Annie" MAYBERRY (1860 - 1890)
Sibling	Lamina Bridget "Minnie" MAYBERRY (1864 - 1954)