Individual Details

Luther Higley

(9 Nov 1794 - 31 Dec 1857)

Events

Birth9 Nov 1794Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut
Marriage8 Oct 1816Electa Woodford
OccupationAbt 1818was a travelling Yankee Clock salesman
Marriage14 Apr 1819Flora Bidwell
Miscellaneous1825was appointed Justice of the Peace - Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut
Marriage13 Nov 1826Sarah F Bidwell
Miscellaneous1850was appointed Judge of Probate for the district of Canton by Governor Thomas H. Seymour - Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut
Miscellaneous1850purchased with his brother Pomeroy several thousand acres of land in Illinois and Louisiana
MiscellaneousAug 1856sold his farm in Connecticut and bought property - Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York
Death31 Dec 1857Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York

Families

SpouseElecta Woodford (1794 - 1818)
SpouseFlora Bidwell (1796 - 1826)
ChildLuther Bidwell Higley (1821 - 1879)
ChildThomas Baxter Higley (1824 - 1849)
SpouseSarah F Bidwell (1801 - 1874)
ChildWalter Higley (1828 - )
ChildEdwin Higley (1831 - )
ChildRollin Higley (1835 - 1870)
ChildTruman Higley (1837 - )
FatherDeacon Obed Higley (1757 - 1841)
MotherRebecca Mills (1766 - 1827)
SiblingSally Higley (1787 - 1815)
SiblingTheda Higley (1789 - 1853)
SiblingHonorable Obed Higley Jr. (1791 - 1878)
SiblingAlson Higley (1793 - 1863)
SiblingCorrell Higley (1796 - )
SiblingPomeroy Higley Sr. (1798 - 1868)
SiblingAmelia Higley (1801 - )
SiblingAlmena Higley (1805 - 1884)
SiblingEmeline Higley (1808 - 1858)