Paul Buchanan Higdon
Paul Buchanan Higdon was born 01-19-1909 in Macon County, North Carolina. He died 11-14-2001 in Massachusetts at the age of 92. Paul married Callie Jones on 07-02-1933.Denton Higdon of North Carolina writes that Uncle Paul dipped snuff and loved to raise a garden. He left Franklin, North Carolina, in the early 1940s for North Brookfield, Massachusetts, where he retired as a mill worker. One of my highlights as a youngster was when Uncle Paul and Aunt Callie would come to visit.
Paul is from the Higdon/Hoffman family line, whose many descendants have lived into their 90s. His parents were Thomas Bragg Higdon and Lula Shepherd.
These were Paul's ancestors:
- Leonard Higdon born 1760 in Anson County, North Carolina, died 09-11-1837, married Susanna Harris 03-17-1791
- Leonard Higdon born 05-10-1795, died about 1860, married Eva Hoffman, 12-12-1815
- William Huffman Higdon born 09-14-1816, died 05-05-1903, married first wife Jane Buchanan 12-02-1837
- Thomas Bragg Higdon born 06-04-1855, died 02-03-1937, married third wife Lula Shepherd 03-26-1905