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Year:
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1860
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Meanwhile:
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President
Buchanan vetoes a Homestead Bill, providing federal land grants to
Western settlers, under pressure from the South. The veto divides Buchanan's
Democratic party, clearing the way for Abraham Lincoln's
election in a three-way race.
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Year:
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1860 Talbot Co.
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Daniel Higgins, Mary M. Higgins
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Daniel and Mary M. Higgins purchased house on corner of Washington Street
and Old Chapel Rd, Easton, MD
from James and Margaret A. Parrott for $600 on 14 Feb 1860. Daniel and Mary
M. Higgins sold the property to Alex A. Pascautt for $600 on 18 Oct 1862
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Source:
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Talbot Co 1860 Land Records Liber 68/612. 1862 Land Records
Liber 70/45
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Clues/Cross
Reference:
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The couple moved to Neavitt, MD also in Talbot
County.
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Year:
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1860 Dorchester Co.
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James Higgins, Samuel Higgins, Thomas Higgins
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13 Feb 1860/8 Jul 1864. James Higgins, exec. of estate of John H. Willoughby. Sureties: Samuel Higgins,
Thomas Higgins
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Source:
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Abstracts of Dorchester
County Distributions
1852-1885, Debra Smith Moxey
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Clues/Cross
Reference:
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21 Mar 1870/7 Sep 1971. James Higgins, exec. of estate of Ann Willoughby.
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Source: Abstracts of Dorchester County Distributions 1852-1885,
Debra Smith Moxey
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Year:
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1860 Talbot Co.
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Josiah Higgins
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24 Jan 1860. John W. Baker and Henrietta F. Baker his wife and
Josiah Higgins of Talbot
County... in
consideration of $365... grant unto William J. Bromwell of Washington City in
the District of Columbia... parcel of ground situated in Talbot County near
the village of Trappe being part of a lot or parcel of ground owned by John
Boyle, deceased, purchased by John W. Baker and conveyed to him by Alexander
Bowdle administrator of the said John Boyle deceased and afterwards sold by
the said John W. Baker to Josiah Higgins... containing fifteen acres more or
less.
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Source:
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Talbot County Land
Records 1860 Liber/Folio 68/584
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Year:
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1860 Queen Anne's Co.
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Thomas Higgins
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Married Elizabeth Butter. License 22 May 1860 Min: Rev. Miller
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Source:
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Upper Shore Genealogical Society - "Chesapeake Cousins", Vol. 18-1-22
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Year:
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1860 Dorchester Co.
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William H. Higgins
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Married Eliza Ann Ward 26 Dec 1860
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Source:
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USGenweb
Archives Marriage Records 1780-1867 Dorchester County Maryland,
contributed by Barbara & Steve Woolston
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Year:
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1861
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Meanwhile:
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Feb 9- The
Confederate States of America
is formed with Jefferson Davis as president.
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Mar
4- Abraham Lincoln sworn is as the 16th
U.S.
president. Maryland
representatives to the Electoral College had voted: John C. Breckenridge, 8.
On the Eastern Shore, the popular vote was divided between John Bell, the
moderate Southern pro-Union candidate, and John Breckinridge, the extreme
pro-southern candidate.
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Apr 12- Confederate
forces fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston,
South Carolina..
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Apr 17- Virginia secedes from the Union, followed within five
weeks by Arkansas, Tennessee,
and North Carolina.
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Jul 21- The
Union Army under Gen. Irvin McDowell suffers a defeat at Bull Run 25 miles
southwest of Washington.
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Jul
27- Lincoln
appoints George B. McClellan as Commander of the Department of the Potomac, replacing McDowell. In November McClellan
would become commander of all Union forces.
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Year:
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1861 Dorchester Co.
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James Higgins
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17 Apr 1861/17 Feb 1870. James Higgins surety for estate of
John F. H. Vincent
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Source:
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Abstracts of Dorchester
County Distributions
1852-1885, Debra Smith Moxey
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Year:
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1861 Dorchester Co.
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Mary Ann Higgins
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Married John W. Ward 30 Jan 1861
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Source:
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US
GenWeb Marriage Records 1780-1867 Dorchester County Maryland, contributed
by Barbara & Steve Woolston
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Year:
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1861 Dorchester Co.
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Samuel Higgins
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School commissioner for District #3
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Source:
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"The Cambridge
Herald", 20 Jul 1861. Eastern Shore Genealogical Abstracts from The Cambridge Herald, Cambridge,
MD, Robert Edward Nichols
Jr.
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Clues/Cross
Reference
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School commissioner for District #3
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Source:
"The Cambridge
Herald", 25 Jun 1862. Eastern Shore Genealogical Abstracts from The Cambridge Herald, Cambridge,
MD, Robert Edward Nichols
Jr.
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School commissioner for District #3
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Source:
"The Cambridge
Herald", 1 Jul 1863. Eastern Shore Genealogical Abstracts from The Cambridge Herald, Cambridge,
MD, Robert Edward Nichols
Jr.
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Year:
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1862
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Meanwhile:
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Apr
6/7- Confederate surprise attack on Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's unprepared troops
at Shiloh on the Tennessee River results in a bitter struggle with 13,000
Union killed and wounded and 10,000 Confederates, more men than in all
previous American wars combined.
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Aug
29/30- 75,000 Federals under Gen. John Pope are defeated by 55,000
Confederates under Gen. Stonewall Jackson and Gen. James Longstreet at the
second battle of Bull Run in northern Virginia. Once again the Union Army
retreats to Washington.
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Sep
17- The bloodiest day in U.S.
military history as Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Armies are stopped
at Antietam in Maryland
by McClellan and numerically superior Union forces. By nightfall 26,000 men
are dead, wounded, or missing. Lee then withdraws to Virginia.
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Dec
13- The Army of the Potomac under Gen. Burnside suffers a costly defeat at Fredericksburg in Virginia
with a loss of 12,653 men after 14 frontal assaults on well-entrenched Rebels
on Marye's Heights. "We might as well have tried to take hell," a
Union soldier remarks. Confederate losses are 5,309.
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Year:
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1862 Dorchester Co.
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Francis Higgins
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Listed in Vienna.
Retail dealer, retail liquor dealer
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Source:
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Internal Revenue Assessment List for Upper Shore
Tax Divisions 1862. - Upper Shore Genealogical Society - "Chesapeake Cousins"
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Year:
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1862 Talbot Co.
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Josiah Higgins
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14 Jul 1862/4 Oct 1862. Will of Thomas Robinson. Wit: Josiah
Higgins, Chas. E. Adams, Charles H. Ross
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Source:
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Talbot County Wills 1862 TNC 11 p.
68
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Year:
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1862 Talbot Co.
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Josiah Higgins
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11 Jun 1862/17 Jul 1866. Will of Henry Troy. Wit: Josiah
Higgins, Levin H. Delahay, William Mullikin
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Source:
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Talbot County Wills 1862 TNC 11 p.
201
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Year:
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1862 Talbot Co.
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Mary A. Higgins
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Married R.T. Mullikan, license 13 Feb 1862 Min: Skinner
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9 Feb 1862. "At the Trappe, Talbot Co., Md., by the Rev. Thos. E. Skinner, Robert
T. Mullikan and Miss M. Antoinette, daughter of Josiah Higgins, esq., all of
that county".
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Source:
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Talbot County Maryland
Marriage Licenses 1850-1875, R. Bernice Leonard
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"Cambridge Herald",
9 Feb 1862. Eastern Shore Genealogical Abstracts from The Cambridge
Herald, Cambridge, MD, Robert Edward Nichols Jr.
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Year:
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1862 Dorchester Co.
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Samuel Higgins
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Listed in Vienna.
1-horse carriage
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Source:
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Internal Revenue Assessment List for Upper Shore
Tax Divisions 1862. - Upper Shore Genealogical Society - "Chesapeake Cousins"
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Year:
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1862 Dorchester Co.
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Thomas Higgins
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Listed in Vienna.
Retail dealer, 1-horse carriage
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Source:
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Internal Revenue Assessment List for Upper Shore
Tax Divisions 1862. - Upper Shore Genealogical Society - "Chesapeake Cousins"
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Year:
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1863
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Meanwhile:
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May 1-4- The Union
Army under Gen. Hooker is decisively defeated by Lee's much smaller forces at
the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia.
Union losses are 17,000 killed, wounded and missing. The Confederates, 13,000
killed, wounded and missing.
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Jun 3- Gen. Lee with 75,000 Confederates launches
his second invasion of the North, heading into Pennsylvania. On July 1-3, the war turns
against the South as the Confederates are defeated at the Battle of
Gettysburg. Confederate causalities in dead, wounded and missing were 28,000
out of 75,000. Union casualties were 23,000 out of 88,000.
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Jul 4- Vicksburg,
the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River,
surrenders to Gen. Grant and the Army of the West after a six-week siege.
With the Union now in control of the Mississippi,
the Confederacy is effectively split in two, cut off from its western allies.
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Year:
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1863 Talbot Co.
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Josiah Higgins
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20 May 1863/8 Sep 1863. Will of Ralph Mackey. Wit: James
Bartlett, Josiah Higgins, Levin H. Delahay
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Source:
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Talbot County Wills 1863
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Year:
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1863 Talbot Co.
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Margaret J. Higgins
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Married John W. Jones, license 15 Sep 1863 Min: Colclazer
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Source:
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Talbot County Maryland
Marriage Licenses 1850-1875, R. Bernice Leonard
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Year:
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1863 Dorchester Co.
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Samuel Higgins
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27 Apr 1863/30 Oct 1865. Samuel Higgins, surety for estate of
William Jackson
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Source:
|
Abstracts of Dorchester
County Distributions
1852-1885, Debra Smith Moxey
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Year:
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1864
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|
Meanwhile:
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May 4- The beginning
of a massive, coordinated campaign involving all the
Union Armies. In Virginia, Grant with an Army of 120,000 begins advancing
toward Richmond to engage Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, now numbering
64,000, beginning a war of attrition that will include major battles at the
Wilderness (May 5-6), Spotsylvania (May 8-12), and Cold Harbor (June 1-3).
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Dec 21- Gen.
Sherman reaches Savannah in Georgia leaving behind a 300-mile long path of
destruction 60 miles wide all the way from Atlanta.
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Year:
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1864 Talbot Co.
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Charles Higgins
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Married Mary E. Henry, license 26 Dec 1864 Min: Colclazer
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Source:
|
Talbot County Maryland
Marriage Licenses 1850-1875, R. Bernice Leonard
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Year:
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1864 Queen Anne's Co.
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Thomas H. Higgins
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Married Martha J. Cole, license 17 Feb 1864 Min: Rev. Cook
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Source:
|
Upper Shore Genealogical Society - "Chesapeake Cousins", Vol. 18-1-22
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Year:
|
1865
|
|
Meanwhile:
|
Jan 31- The U.S.
Congress approves the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution,
to abolish slavery. The amendment is then submitted to the states for
ratification.
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Apr 3- Union
troops enter Richmond, VA.
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Apr 9- Gen. Robert
E. Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox
Court House in Virginia.
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Apr 14- Lincoln
and his wife Mary see the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's
Theater. At 10:13 p.m., during the third act of the play, John Wilkes Booth
shoots the president in the head. He never regains consciousness, and dies
the next morning. Vice President Andrew Johnson assumes the presidency.
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May - The
remaining Confederate forces surrender. Over 620,000 Americans died in the
war, with disease killing twice as many as those lost in battle. 50,000
survivors return home as amputees.
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Year:
|
1865 Dorchester Co.
|
|
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Francis Higgins, Thomas Higgins
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13 Mar 1865/18 Feb 1869. Francis Higgins exec. of estate of Aaron Hughes. Sureties: Thomas Higgins,
Josiah Kerr
|
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Source:
|
Abstracts of Dorchester
County Distributions
1852-1885, Debra Smith Moxey
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Year:
|
1865 Talbot Co.
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