Individual Details

Taylor was not listed in the 1850 census. But in 1860, he was already 16 years old - I believed they just forgot him.

He married Martha Thedford, probably about 1866 in Alabama

1870. Cleburne Co, AL, next door to his father. Hh 13
T. Higginbotham, age 25, b. GA [more likely Alabama]
Martha, age 22, b. GA
Henry M. age 3, Margaret, age 1, both born in AL
Amanda Higginbotham, age 12, black, b. VA.

Taylor moved to Smith Co, TX, about 1865, where he is found in 1880.
Taylor Higginbotham, age 35, b. AL, parents born GA
Martha, age 31, wife,, b. AL, parents born GA
Marcus, age 13, son., b. AL
Margaret, age 11, dau, b. AL
Owen, age 9, son, b. AL
Walter, age 6, b. AL
Mattie, age 3, son, b. TX
Infant, 2 weeks old, male, b. TX

Owen, in the above census, was actually Robert Owen. He died in Tyler, Smith Co, 20 May 1965. He was age 93, born 1 Sep 1871. He was married to Mrs. Dovia Higginbotham. His father's name was Taylor Higginbotham; his mother a Thedford. He fell, walking across his bedroom on 24 Apr, and fractured his right hip; however he also had intestinal obstruction probably due to malignancy. He was buried Tyler Memorial Park, Smith Co.

I found an online database that claimed Taylor died in Smith Co TX in 1906 but neither he nor Martha seem to be in the 1900 census there.

The 1900 Smith Co census does have an Annie Higginbotham, niece, b. Dec 1885, age 14, living with a James Thedford, b. 1871, age 29 and his wife Julia, b. Dec 1874. Since Taylor was married to a Thedford, perhaps this a daughter born ca 1886.

Birth

1844

Alabama

Father	Nelson Higginbotham Jr (1799 - 1872)
Mother	Lucretia Beard (1803 - 1868)
Sibling	Burrell Higginbotham (1824 - 1910)
Sibling	Perry Higginbotham (1826 - 1872)
Sibling	Harriet Higginbotham (1828 - )
Sibling	Tolbert Higginbotham (1829 - 1872)
Sibling	Walker Higginbotham (1832 - )
Sibling	Hulda Higginbotham ( - 1872)
Sibling	Amantha? Higginbotham (1838 - )
Sibling	Rhoda Higginbotham (1840 - )
Sibling	Hamilton C. Higginbotham (1842 - )