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ohn J. Higgins.
Below is an enlargement of John and Nancy Higgin from the photograph on the right. The other individual is unknown.
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| John Higgins Home |
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| John & Nancy Higgins & Unknown (close-up) |
The John Higgins farm was located 3.5 miles west of Forest, at the intersection of what is currently the east side of CR175, and the north side of CR20 about 1/4 north of the Pennsylvania (C.C.C.&St.L.) Railroad overpass.
John was born in Ohio in February, 1841; Nancy in Ohio in November, 1840. They were married sometime around 1862. They had four children; Ella (b. 1863), Emma (b. 1865), Willis (b. 1872), and Hattie (b. 1878).
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| Ella Higgins, Gwen Trissler1, Ella Higgins, Hattie Higgins |
lla, Emma, & Hattie Higgins.
In the photograph above Gwendoline Trissler is seen sitting with the three Higgins girls. The actual location is unknown. It was probably taken at the Higgins farm, but may have been taken in Forest. Gwen was born November 3, 1887 in Forest to Thomas Hueston and Viletta Varine (Moore) Trissler. She looks to be about 16 years old in this photograph so the approximate date of the photograph is 1903.
argaretta (Higgins) & Isaac Newton Wright.
Margaretta was born in March 16, 1839. She married Isaac Newton Wright, son of Nathan Wright Jr. and Elizabeth Ripley on February 2, 1862 in Ohio. She appeared on the census of June 5, 1900 in Delaware Twp., Ohio. Margaretta also appeared on the census of May 4, 1910 in the Village of Forest.
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| Isaac & Margaretta (Higgins) Wright c1910 |
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| Elm Grove School2 |
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| Mrs. J.R. Trissler Mrs. J.M. Higgins3 |
Margaretta died August 8, 1918 at the age of 79 in Forest and was buried in Hueston Cemetery. Written on the border of the photograph is:
Elm Grove School - "Mat" Higgins gave land for school
In the newspaper clipping on the right Mrs. J.R. Trissler and Mrs. J.M. Higgins were visiting friends together. Mrs. John Robinson Trissler was the mother of Gwendoline in the photograph above. If the initial as printed in the paper is incorrect, Mrs. John Higgins may have been the mother of the three Higgins girls.
illiams Higgins.
William Higgins barn stood on the south side of CR20 about 1/4 of a mile west of the Hueston Cemetery. The Higgins or Elm Grove School stood near this barn but on the north side of CR20.
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| William Higgins Barn |
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| William Higgins and Benjamin Franklin Briggs |
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| William Higgins Benjamine Franklin Briggs |
William Higgins is shown in the photograph with Benjamin Franklin "Pete" Briggs on his farm west of Forest. He raised hogs. The farm located on the north side of CR20 just east of CR175 in Hardin county. The other four individuals are unidentified.
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1Courtesy of Sandra (Trissler) Roberson.
2"Mat" Higgins donated the land on which the school stood. The school is no longer in existance. Was "Mat" a nickname for Margaretta or for Emma?
3The Forest Review (Forest, OH) Oct 1891.