Monroe Co., WV Deaths
Transcribed by William Morris Higginbotham
Misterhigg@aol.com
Charleston, WV 1999
03/1856
James A. Higginbotham
White male
Age: 4y/10d
Place of death: Laurel Creek
Cause: Consumption
Birthplace: Monroe Co.
Father: A. W. Higginbotham
Mother: S. A. Higginbotham
Book 1 Page 10 Line35
08/04/1859
Andrew J. Higginbotham
White male
Age: 3y/10m
Cause: Flux
Birthplace: Monroe Co.
Father: Andrew Higginbotham
Mother: Sarah A. Higginbotham
Book 1 Page 17 Line 13
03/31/1870
John C. Higginbotham
Married white male
Age: 44
Cause: Consumption
Father: Moses Higginbotham
Book 1 Page 26 Line 18
01/1884
Elijah Higginbotham
Age: 18
Place of death: Near Andrew Wylie’s, in the Cove
Cause: Scarlet fever
Source: The Border Watchman, Friday 02/01/1884
1897
Otis Higginbotham
Single white male
Age: 20
Place of death: Gap Mills
Cause: Shot accidentally by self
Occupation: Farmer
Father: Henry Higginbotham
Mother: Maggie Higginbotham
Informant: J. H. Pence, uncle
Book 1 Page 76 Line 5
09/07/1911
Upshur Higginbotham
Age: 36
Place of death: Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV
Cause: Appendicitis, peritonitis
Source: The Monroe Watchman, Thursday 09/14/1911
03/16/1912
I. T. Higginbotham (Reese Thompson Higginbotham)
Age: 71
Place of death: Frankford, Greenbrier Co., WV
Source: Monroe Monitor, Thursday 03/21/1912
04/16/1915
Mrs. Susan Higginbotham
Age: 70
Place of death: Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV
Source: Monroe Watchman, Thursday 04/22/1915
12/10/1920
Marshall Higginbotham
Age: 45
Place of death: Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV
Source: Monroe Watchman, Thursday 12/16/1920
08/13/1926
Margaret Higghambottom
Widowed white female
Age: 85y/5m/18d
Place of death: Second Creek, WV
Cause: Old age
Birthplace: Virginia
Father: Henry Holesapple
Father’s birthplace: Virginia
Mother: Nancy Hoke
Mother’s birthplace: Virginia
Place of burial or removal: Highland Park
Date of burial: 08/14/1926
Book 3 Page 79 Line 20
(Her death certificate lists her age as 89y/5m/21d and her birth date as: 02/22/1837)