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Higdon Family Association Newsletter

The Higdon Family Association Newsletter (ISSN 0739-3199) is published six times a year (January, March, May, July, September, and November.) The newsletter contains research information, notes on family happenings, and updates about the HFA Annual Meeting.

Membership in the association entitles you to a newsletter subscription.

Please send news about your family (births, deaths, marriages, special anniversaries, etc.) or questions about your family history to Barbara Tedford for publication in the The Higdon Family Association Newsletter.

About Our Newsletter Editors

  • Current editor:

    Barbara Tedford

    Barbara Tedford, from West Virginia, volunteered at the 2007 HFA meeting to serve as the Newsletter Editor. She is also our current 1st Vice President. Barbara is the daughter of Jessie Higdon Wilkie. She is a direct descendant of Joseph Huffman Higdon and Margaret Matilda Berry Higdon.

    Previous Newsletter Editors


  • Nancy Higdon (September 2006 - October 2007)
  • Elisa Walter (November 2005 - August 2006)
  • Lisa Atkins (October 2002 - September 2005)
  • Janice J. Higdon (October 1998 - September 2002)
  • Mary Ann Nickell (1997-1998)
  • Jeff & Wanda Jackson (1995-1996)
  • Bonnie Atkins (1994)
  • Frances Higdon Smith (1992-1993)
  • Sarah Peyton (Guest editor 1982)
  • Jo Ann Smith (1972-1991)
Looking back...August
  • 1972
    Mrs. Nolan Whipkey asks about Higdon, Missouri.
  • 1976
    Dr. Robert Higdon sends an addition to Colonial Higdons and Some of Their Descendants.
  • 1982
    Bettina Higdon writes that Higdon-Whitaker, Vol. I is at the printers.
  • 1986
    Doris Stevens shares information about her mother Mattie Louise Higdon.
  • 1994
    Rosemary Dawood writes about Juletta Higdon, daughter of Samuel C. Higdon.
  • 1992
    John D. and Iris Minifie celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary.




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