Jackson County OR Archives Obituaries.....Higinbotham, Thomas Benton November 6, 1917 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ********************************************************************************* File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Elizabeth C jaxsearch@hotmail.com May 18, 2006, 3:46 am Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Wednesday, 14 Nov 1917, Eagle Point Eaglets, p. 5, c. 3 As I [Rev. A. C. Howlett, column writer] announced in my last I was called over the phone last Wednesday asking me to come up to the old Coster place now owned by Edward Higinbotham to attend the funeral of Ed. H’s father, and when I reached there on Thursday morning at 9:45 found that a very large crowd of his neighbors and friends had collected at Ed’s to honor Thomas Benton Higinbotham, who was born in Coss county, Mich., Nov. 6, 1849. He was married Nov. 8, 1871, to Susie Phillips at Peresell City, Neb. Came to Oregon in 1877 and shortly after his arrival settled in Eagle Point, where he lived for several years, working at his trade as a wagon-maker, but finally moved up to a point on Rogue river some six miles above trail, where he remained, working in partnership with his sons, in the stock business. A short time ago he sold his farm to Roy Stanley and moved to live with his son, Edward, where he died Nov. 6, being 68 years of age. His wife died but a short time previous, Aug. 25, 1917. He leaves two daughters and three sons, Mrs. A. B. Chartraw, John, Edward and W. A., and Mrs. Rosa Fallis Bradley. The latter has been a resident of Alberta, Canada, for a number of years. He also leaves a brother, Cass Higinbotham, and two sisters, Mrs. J. H. Wrisley of Medford and Mrs. Geo. Gray of Fort Klamath, besides a number of grandchildren and a number of friends to mourn his loss. His death was very sudden and unexpected, as he was in his usual health and simply ceased to breathe. He was a devoted husband and father and has raised a family that any parent may feel proud of. The remains were interred in the Butte Falls cemetery Thursday afternoon beside the grave of his wife. The religious services were conducted at the home of his son, Edward. Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Thursday, 8 Nov 1917, p. 2, c. 3: Thomas Benton Higinbotham, a widely known pioneer citizen of Jackson county, died Tuesday, Nov. 6, his birthday, at the home of his son, J. E. Higinbotham, Derby. He was born in Cass county, Michigan, in 1849. He leaves to mourn his loss five children, who are James E. Higinbotham and Mrs. A. E. Chartr[a]w of Derby, John S. Higinbotham of Butte Falls, William A. Higinbotham of Prospecct and Rosa B. Fell[i]s of Bentley, Canada. Funeral services were held over the deceased at Derby this afternoon. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/jackson/obits/h/higinbot1547gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb