HIGGINBOTHAM
(1) John Joseph Higginbotham, born 1694 in Ireland. He died 1741 in Amherst County, Virginia. He married Frances Riley and had son Moses.

(2) Moses Higginbotham, born 1715 in Ireland. He died 1790 in Amherst County, VA. Son of John and Frances. He married Frances Kyle (daughter of Robert Kyle and Elizabeth Ann Campbell) and had son Robert.

(3) Robert Higginbotham, born 1754 in Amherst County, VA. He died October of 1825 in Madison County, VA. Son of Moses and Frances. He married Nancy Blankenship and had son Benjamin. Robert served in the Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War.

(4) Benjamin Isaac Higginbotham, born 1790 in Tazewell County, Virginia. He died 1891 in Franklin County, TN. Son of Robert and Nancy. He married Catherine Van Zant and had son Isaac.

(5) Isaac Robert Higginbotham, died 1928 in Cherokee County, AL. Son of Benjamin and Catherine. He married Eliza Jane Talley and had son William.

(6) William Hince Higginbotham, died 1936 in Etowah County, Alabama. Married Mary Jane "Malley" Smith and had son Amos.

(7) Marshall Amos Higginbotham, born March 23rd, 1893. Died February 28th, 1978. Son of William and Malley. Married Myrtle Elizabeth
Watson and had daughter Thelma.

(8) Thelma Higginbotham, born June 3rd, 1919 in Collinsville, Alabama. Daughter of Amos and Myrtle. Married Clinton
Chisholm when she was only fourteen years old!