Individual Details

Deeurah Virginia Biggs

(8 Dec 1884 - 27 Mar 1947)



The 1900 census had Dee as a son, born Mar 1885, both facts were apparently in error.

3 Mar 1902. C. W. Sedwick, age 19, took out license to marry Miss D. V. Biggs, age 17, both of Paris, Logan Co. B. R. Lovit, Minister of the Gospel married them on the same day.

They were step-siblings, married just about four years after their parents married.

1910 Census. Short Mountain Twp, Logan Co, AR, Hh 16
Charles W. Sedwick, age 27, married once for 8 years, b. AR, parents b. Ohio, farmer
Dee V., wife, age 25, 5 children, all living, b. AR, father b. TN, mother b. VA
Eva, dau, age 8. Evert, son, age 6. Elma, dau, age 5. Edna, dau, age 2. Ethel, dau. age 8 months.
Jake Davis, hired hand, age 20, b. Kansas

1920 Census, Center Twp, Haskell Co, OK, Hh 19
Charles "Shedric" age 36, b. AR, parents b. OH
Dee, wife, age 35
Enest, son 16. Elma, dau, 14. Edna, dau 12. Ethel, dau, 10. Estis, son 5. Earl, son, 3 (Note - this was actually Erlene, a daughter)
Warren Staught, hired hand, age 24.
Hh 17 was Lucie Biggs with her sons Artis and Carl, Dee's widowed stepmother and Charles Sedwick's mother.

Note: if the twins were born in February of 1920 - they should have been in the 1920 census.


I have been unable to find the family in 1930.

Her death certificate was in a FamilyTree on Ancesty. She died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Bakersfield, CA, enroute to Kern from the General Hospital from Lamont. She had been in California for 8 months and her residence was in Lamont, Kern Co, P. O. Box 66. Dee died 27 Mar 1947. The coroner had investigated and agreed with the cause of her death. Her husband listed as Charles Wm. Sedwick age 63. Her birthdate given as 8 Dec 1884. She was bon in Arkansas; her father Sim Biggs, her mother Ada Maybarry. Estes Sedwick was the informant. Her body was removed to Memorial Park, Muskogee, OK for burial.

Dates and additional information on her children found in family tree of autosomal match on Ancestry.

Events

Birth8 Dec 1884Logan County, Arkansas
Marriage3 Mar 1902Logan County, Arkansas - Charles William Sedwick
Death27 Mar 1947Bakersfield, Kern County, California

Families

SpouseCharles William Sedwick (1883 - 1956)
ChildInzie Evelyn "Eva" Sedwick (1902 - 1995)
ChildBonnie Everett Sedwick (1903 - 1978)
ChildElma Elilian Sedwick (1905 - 1992)
ChildEdna Lee Sedwick (1908 - 1985)
ChildEthel Mae Sedwick (1909 - 2004)
ChildElla Lorrane Sedwick (1912 - 1916)
ChildEstis Allen Sedwick (1914 - 1994)
ChildEdith Erlene Sedwick (1917 - 2004)
ChildEunice Hazel Sedwick (1920 - 2006)
ChildEzra Arlis Sedwick (1920 - 2008)
ChildWinfred Sedwick (1928 - 1928)
FatherWilliam Simpson "Sims" Biggs (1855 - 1906)
MotherAda M. MAYBERRY (1857 - 1896)
SiblingCharley P. Biggs (1876 - 1896)
SiblingVesta Biggs (1878 - 1878)
SiblingW. F. A. Biggs (1879 - 1879)
SiblingLetitia A. Biggs (1880 - 1938)
SiblingLuvena N. Biggs (1881 - )
SiblingBismark Biggs (1887 - 1906)
SiblingJohn B. Biggs (1890 - 1974)
SiblingArtie Biggs (1896 - 1900)