Biography of GEORGE W. BIGGS, Logan Co, AR

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Submitted by:  Delaine Edwards <delaine@ipa.net>
        Date:  29 Jun 1999
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SOURCE: Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago and Nashville, 1891.
Logan County

	GEORGE W. BIGGS, farmer, Paris, Ark. Located in the midst of
one of the finest agricultural portions of Logan County, the farm
that Mr. Biggs owns and occupies is conceded to be among the best in
this vicinity. This is saying not a little, for on every hand may be
seen superior places, whose ownership indicates thrift and prosperity.
Mr. Biggs inherits his natural ability for agricultural pursuits, for
his father before him followed that calling, and is prosperous and
progressive. The parents, Preston and Priscilla (Betts) Biggs, were
both born in Jefferson County, Tenn., and there they grew to mature
years. They were married, however, in Hamilton County, and the fruits
of this union were seven children - six sons and a daughter. The
parents removed from Tennessee to Logan County, Ark., in 1870, bought
land, and there the father tilled the soil. He is still living and
engaged in the same pursuit. The mother died on January 22, 1887.
George W. Biggs, the eldest of the family, was born in Hamilton County,
Tenn., in February, 1848, and when twenty years of age was married to
Miss Mary E. Barbee, daughter of Lewis Barbee, of Tennessee. She was
born in Jefferson County, Tenn., but reared in Hamilton County, where
she remained until 1870, when Mr. Biggs removed to Arkansas. He
located on land bought in Logan County, and is the owner of 160 acres
with 100 acres under cultivation. His union resulted in the birth of
eleven children: Sarah J., Louisa C., William S., Mary E., Calvin A.,
Tilden, Martha (died in November, 1887), George W., Ader M., James S.
and Benjamin. Sarah married John S. Storts, a farmer, and they have
two children, viz: Arla May and Delmer D. Louisa C. married Thomas
Wear, a farmer, and they have an infant son. Mr. Biggs is a member
of the Farmers' Alliance, and he and wife are both members of the
Baptist Church. He gives liberally of his means to schools, churches
and everything pertaining to the general welfare of the community,
and is one of Logan County's most highly respected and successful
farmers.