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116th Maj. William Huffman Higdon Reunion

116th Higdon Reunion will be held on Sept.11th in the fellowship hall of Higdonville Baptist Church. After the church services a covered dish lunch will be served between 12:30 and 1:00. All friends and family are encouraged to come. A family meeting will follow. For more info. Call (828) 524-5571 or cell # (828) 342-1187 Travis B. Higdon
Images from Jessie Mildred Higdon Wilkie book.

(Left background, the "Bragg House"; center background, Slave quarters; right background, Higdon homeplace.)
Front Row:
    (Children), left to right: Margaret Eloise Higdon, Pearl Margaret Higdon, Alexander William Higdon, John Wanamaker Higdon, Frank McKinley Higdon, Beulah Jollay, George Hamilton Higdon, Jeter Conley Higdon, Ferdie Higdon, Alfred Rich Higdon, Jimmy Higdon,Lloyd Maxwell Higdon, Mary Irene Higdon, Martha Ellen Higdon, Wade Hamilton Berry.

Second Row: (Seated):
    Harriett Berry Higdon, Margaret Berry Higdon, Lou Annie Coggins Higdon, Elizabeth Higdon Holbrook, Margaret Higdon Bryson, Elender (Sis) Higdon Gribble, Jim Gribble, Joseph Huffman Higdon, James Kennedy Bryson, William Washington Higdon, Joshua A__________ Higdon, Thomas Bragg Higdon I, John Jollay, Letitia Higdon Berry, Baby-Charlie Joshua Berry, Emma McDowell Higdon, Baby-Katherine Pauline Higdon, Nola Cabe Higdon, Baby-Lescar Higdon.

Third Row:
    Martha Cordelia Bryson, Lillie Jane Higdon, Maggie Adaline Bryson Jollay, Eleanor Louvian Bryson Shook, Baby-Jimmie Shook, Mary Eve Bryson, Baby-Ferman Corbin, Eve E. Higdon Corbin, Edgar Higdon, John Samuel Higdon, William Logan Higdon, Sam Ammons, Leonard Huffman Higdon, James Leonard Higdon, Lavada Strain Higdon, Baby-Joseph Wayne Higdon, Maude Higdon, Mamie Higdon.

Fourth Row:
    Baby-Lyle Higdon, Jane Mathis Higdon, Noah Jollay, Baby-Willie Jollay, John Jasper Corbin, Baby-Fred Corbin, Fredrick Huffman Higdon, Major Higdon, Joseph Parker Higdon, Nettie Ammons, Margaret A___________ Higdon, Ethel Higdon, Roberta Harriet Bryson, Lula Shepherd Higdon, Angie Higdon, Bertha M__________ Higdon, Fannie F_______ Holbrook,Ida Elmire Bryson, Mary Alice Higdon, Jane Mashburn (visitor)

Back Row:
    Caswell J. Higdon, Leonard Abraham Higdon, William Roland Higdon


Front Row:

    (children): Robert Joseph McKinley Fulton, Myrtle Cynthia Fulton, Mary Irene Higdon, Margaret Blanche Higdon, Marguerite Caroline Fulton, Mary Matilda Fulton, Martha Ellen Higdon, B.C.Wilson, Lescar Higdon, _____________, Beulah Jollay, Furman Corbin, Fred Corbin

Second Row:
    Matilda Harriett Berry Higdon, (Baby), Margaret Higdon Bryson, Thomas Bragg Higdon I, Lena Annie Coggins Higdon, Clementine Elender Higdon, Lydia Jane Moore Higdon, Samuel A. Higdon, Jimmie Shook, James Kennedy Bryson, Willie Jollay, William Washington Higdon, Joshua A. Higdon, James Gribble, William Logan Higdon

Third Row:
    Wilburn Shook, (Baby), Eleanor Louvian Bryson Shook, Ida Elmira Bryson, Eva E. Higdon Corbin, Meta Ammones, Mamie Higdon, Maude Higdon, Roberta Harriett Bryson, Ethel Higdon, Angie Higdon, Bertha M. Higdon, Jane Mashburn, Margaret Eloise Higdon, Pearl Margaret Higdon, Maggie Adaline Bryson Jollay, Noah Jollay, Baby Lyman Jollay

Fourth Row:
    William Roland Higdon, Leonard Abraham Higdon, Will Berry, James Leonard Higdon, Will Holbrook, Eve Angeline Higdon Holbrook, Columbus Govan Wilson, Americus Alexander Higdon, Mattie Elmira Franks Higdon, Eva Catherine Higdon Keener, Lillie Jane Higdon Crawford, Edgar Higdon, Laura Jane Higdon Fulton, _____________, Jane Mathis Higdon, John Jaspar Corbin, (Baby), Leonard Huffman Higdon, Jeter Conley Higdon, Joseph Harry Higdon

Back Row:
    Charles Foster Higdon (on Roof), Joseph Parker Higdon, Frederick Huffman Higdon, Vinnie Lee Higdon Wilson, Major Higdon, Caswell J. Higdon, Alexander William Higdon



Grady and Grandpa, 1942

116th Maj. William Huffman Higdon Reunion Request

    Jyana Higdon Smith was given the attached picture at the Maj. William Huffman Higdon Reunion yesterday. It is of her father, Grady Higdon, age 6 and Grandpa, age 91 taken in 1942. the delimma is of who Grandpa is. Grady's grandpa Higdon died in 1919, this gentleman looks like the Higdons and the picture belonged to a distant Higdon cousin. It is believed that it may be the grandfather of whoever the picture belonged. Susie Feigley gave Jyana the picture. Susie's mother was Ivy Higdon and her grandfather was Jim Higdon.

  • It is known that Grady Higdon was born in Marion Co, TN May 15, 1935
  • and died October 28, 1993.
  • The location of the picture is unknown,
  • but assumed to be in Tenneessee,
  • since Grady Higdon never traveled outside of Tennessee until his late teens.
  • Grady's dad was John Higdon 1906-1971
  • and his grandfather was Robert Higdon (1841-1919).

    • Jyana has tried looking for any relative who would have been 91 in 1942, but has been unsuccessful. She is looking for any information any one can provide.




The 116th Maj. William Huffman "Hoffman" Higdon Reunion of Sept. 11, 2011 has come and gone.

The crowds are getting smaller every year. We are on the average losing ten people a year in attendants "absentees". As my daddy would say, "They wasn't enough there to cuss a cat!". This year we had approximately 29 people sign the registry about half were from out of town.

During the family business meeting Denton Higdon brought up for discussion the poor attendance at this years reunion. The idea of ending the 116 year old gathering was suggested upon which most agreed too. It was also suggested we try one more year by boosting mailing list and media coverage.

So, in short, next years Reunion doesn't look promising at all.

The Oldest attending was Eva Higdon Wood from Andrews, NC. Eva would be the great granddaughter of the Majors.

The Youngest attending was twins girls Alexa and Alyssa Higdon daughters of Denver and Alicia Higdon from Higdonville, NC. The twins would be the great-great-great granddaughter's of the Majors.

The Furthest Traveled was Hillis and Shirley Sluder Cunliffe from Montgomery, Al. Shirley is the daughter of Richard and June Higdon Sluder of Asheville, NC. Shirley would be the great-great granddaughter of the Majors.

Eva Wood, Oldest at the Reunion

Alexa and Alyssa Higdon, Youngest at the Reunion

Hillis & Shirley Cunliffe, Furthest Traveled at the Reunion



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