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Glen Higdon of Georgia sent this picture of Tyre Glenn Higdon and his wife
Sarah "Serry" Long Higdon and some of their children. They had eleven in all. Those in
the picture are: Joseph, James, Huel, Sally, Edd, May, Sam, and Carrie.
The girl in the background was a neighbor.
According to the August 1975 Higdon Family Newsletter Edd Higdon tells us
that Serry Long Higdon was born Oct. 19, 1859, at Robbinsville, North Carolina, and died
August 19, 1940, at Dalton, Georgia. She was the daughter of Riley Long. A couple of
different sources show that Tyre Glenn Higdon was born January 19, 1850, in Gilmer, North
Carolina, and died Oct. 24, 1924, in Fannin County, Georgia. His parents were
Samuel Higdon (born July 2, 1822, in Jackson, North Carolina) and Mary Polly Queen.
Tyre and Sarah were the parents of:
- John Baxter Higdon, born July 17, 1879; died at Vero Beach, Florida. He married
Lola McDonald (who died); he then married Ida Chastain.
- Mary Higdon, born about 1881; died at age three in Fannin County.
- Roenia Higdon, born July 19, 1883; died March 22, 1965, in California. She married
Zack Campbell.
- Joseph Higdon, born January 19, 1885; died August 8, 1961, at Acworth , Georgia. He
married Mollie Mathews.
- James Woods Higdon, born January 12, 1889; died July 01, 1952, at Calhoun, Georgia.
He married Ollie Harper.
- Huel Nelson Higdon, born March 29, 1891; died June 23, 1965, at Blue Ridge, Georgia.
He married Ida Pelfrey.
- Sally Higdon, born December 8, 1892; died December 03, 1912, at Higdon, Georgia.
- Edd Higdon, born November 30, 1895; died August 06, 1985, at Fannin County, Georgia.
He married Dollie Williamson.
- May Higdon, born February 08, 1898; died July 05, 1959, at Dalton, Georgia. She
married Andrew Phillips.
- William Samuel Higdon, born March 10, 1901. He married Roenia Garland (who died);
then he married Irene Glass.
- Carrie Higdon, born February 09, 1904. She married Morgon Pelfrey.
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