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| Bible – Sanford and Jane Higginbotham |
This bible was burned during the War Between the States when a Union Soldier threw it into the fire on Sanford’s Plantation, in Fordyce Arkansas. Sanford’s Head Slave, pulled it out of the fire, to save it for the family.
For more information on Sanford Higginbotham – Click here.
For more information on Jane H. Holley Higginbotham – Click here.
Bible in the possession of Hugh O. Higginbotham, Jr. of Memphis, Tennessee.
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Thank you so much for the information you have collected. I am a descendant of Mary Jane Willis Bloodworth, daughter of Paul Willis and Matilda Higgenbotham. Mary Jane was married to James Bloodworth, father of my great grandfather, Pinkney Oliver Bloodworth.
I’m not sure how I missed your comment, and I apologize, I have sent you an email. Susie
I would love to find out more info on the merchantile store of Sanford Higginbotham , like old pictures of the store and what the area looked like and so on c u on facebook
Debra, I have not found anyone that has pictures of the old store. Would love to though! There are pictures of the area where the store used to be in this post: http://ourfamiliesuntoldstories.com/2012/06/07/walking-ancestral-land-with-cousins-2/