Samuel Beverly Higginbotham (11/23/1856 - 02/02/1907)
&
Olivia Valentine "Ollie" Cunningham (12/30/1861 - 02/16/1940)
They lived in Buena Vista, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
Samuel attended the University of Missouri 1875-1876 and was a land Assessor in Amherst Co., VA. in 1895.
He was a successful farmer and businessman and was a prominent member of El Bethel Methodist
Church, Mt. Pleasant Circuit, Amherst County, was a steward of Bethel Church, and recording steward of Mt. Pleasant Circuit.
Ollie's parents were John Reid "Jack" & Mary Frances Davies Cunningham.
She was a member of Buena Vista M. E. Church of Virginia.