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Columbus Worth “Lum” Higgins

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Birth	:	19 Jun 1856 Page County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	11 Oct 1938 Villisca, Montgomery County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Villisca Cemetery, Villisca, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.9389000, -94.9747009
Description	:	Funeral services for Lum Higgins, 82, were held at the Villisca Methodist Church Thursday afternoon, October 13, with Dr. W. J. Fowler of Villisca and the Rev. W. F. Clayburg of Carroll, Iowa in charge. Burial was made in the Villisca Cemetery. Pall bearers were Ed Day, S. P, Moore, George J. Muller, Paul Fisher, Ed Wagaman, and Wirt Barnes, and the music was provided by H. C. Lindell, Roy B. Means, Mrs. H. H. Nordyke and Mrs. L. W. Scott accompanied at the organ by Mrs. J. L. Wheeler. Columbus Worth (Lum) Higgins was born January 19, 1856, on a farm... Read More	Funeral services for Lum Higgins, 82, were held at the Villisca Methodist Church Thursday afternoon, October 13, with Dr. W. J. Fowler of Villisca and the Rev. W. F. Clayburg of Carroll, Iowa in charge. Burial was made in the Villisca Cemetery. Pall bearers were Ed Day, S. P, Moore, George J. Muller, Paul Fisher, Ed Wagaman, and Wirt Barnes, and the music was provided by H. C. Lindell, Roy B. Means, Mrs. H. H. Nordyke and Mrs. L. W. Scott accompanied at the organ by Mrs. J. L. Wheeler. Columbus Worth (Lum) Higgins was born January 19, 1856, on a farm in Page County, Iowa and died here on Tuesday, October 11, 1938. His family lived in Otoe County, Nebraska, near Nebraska City for a few years when he was a chid and then returned to the home place in Page County. He was married to Libbie Higgins, January 30, 1878 and to this union two children were born, Leon C. Higgins and Nellie E., now Mrs. C. H. Pulver, both of whom survive. In 1886 the Higgins family moved to Villisca and Mr. Higgins established himself as a carpenter here. He went to the Klondike in 1898, moved to Omaha in 1915, and then returned to Villisca in 1920. Mrs. Higgins died November 19, 1924. On March 23, 1928, Mr. Higgins was married to Mrs. Frank Cooney, who survives. Mr. Higgins children, Mrs. C. H. Pulver of Chicago and Leon C. Higgins of Wheeler, Montana came for the funeral. Also surviving are a granddaughter, Chatherine Pulver of Chicago, a sister, Mrs. Perry Neal of Granger, Montana, and brother Charles Higgins, who lived north of Villisca. Attendiing the funeral from a distance was MRs. Lucy Lawrence, Clarence, Missouri, Mrs. George Hall, Leavenworth, Kansas; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Meyers, Creston; Mr. and Mrs. Burch Balentine, Oakland, Iowa; Mrs. May Poilic and son, Clifford and Mrs. Albert Ballentine all of Atlantic. Villisca Review, October 20, 1938, page 1

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Columbus Worth “Lum” Higgins death on 11 Oct 1938 in Villisca, Montgomery County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 40.9389000
Longitude: -94.9747009

Family Members:

Parent

Francis Wilson Higgins

(1828 - 1919)

Mary Jane Carlisle Higgins

(1826 - 1909)

Spouse

Alcinda “Cindy” Higgins Cooney

(1858 - 1954)

Libbie Higgins Higgins

(1854 - 1924)

Siblings

Alcinda Higgins Kelley

(1851 - 1912)

Minerva “Pidge” Higgins Higgins

(1853 - 1935)

Victoria Higgins Powers

(1853 - 1919)

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Higgins Roth

(1860 - 1935)

Charles Higgins

(1863 - 1941)

Maggie Higgins Neal

(1865 - 1957)

Evy Higgins

(1869 - 1869)

Children

Leon C. Higgins

(1879 - 1953)

Nellie Ermina Higgins Pulver

(1881 - 1972)

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