Elbert County GaArchives News.....Higginbotham Reunion 1917
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The following article appeared in the 7 Aug 1917 edition
of the Elberton Star newspaper: 

"THE HIGGINBOTHAM REUNION MOST ENJOYABLE OCCASION.
Two Hundred Relatives and Friends Gather at Famous Old 
Homestead and Spend the Day in Social Intercourse-Biggest
Dinner Ever Served in This Land of Plenty. 

"More than one hundred and seventy-five people registered 
their names in a book at the family reunion of Mr. R. C.
Higginbotham last Saturday. And in the free and easy
informality of the enjoyable occasion, many who were present
failed to register. And every age was represented, from the
pretty babies of a few months to Mrs. E. B. Higginbotham, 
80 years old, the mother of the son at whose home the reunion
was held. 

"There were many Higginbothams unavoidably absent. Mr. and Mrs.
T. B. Higginbotham, of Atlanta, failed to arrive at the 
parental home, and Mr. George Slaton of California, was absent,
but was splendidly represented by his wife and two little 
daughters. 

"Of the immediate family of the host there were present: Mr. 
and Mrs. R. C. Higginbotham, Lester Higginbotham, Mr. and Mrs.
Wood Cleveland, Embry and Fred Cleveland; Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Brown and Elizabeth Brown;Mr. and Mrs. Lovick P. Higginbotham
and Herbert Higginbotham; Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Higginbotham and
E. G. and Stanley Higginbotham; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Higginbotham
and Lou Jim and Cran Higginbotham; Mr. and Mrs. C. P. 
Higginbotham and Talmadge Higginbotham; Mrs. George Slaton and
Louise and Catherine Slaton. 

"Besides the following relatives and friends were there: 
G. F. Hunnicutt, Atlanta;Geo. C. Grogan, B. I. Thornton, 
B. I. Thornton, Jr., C. W. Morris, Arthur Morris, Lou Alma
Morris, Loretta Mann, Irene Mann, N. D. Taylor, D. J. Pitts, 
Fannie Stokes, Fannie Carter, B. F. Clark and wife, Vera 
Frances, Loura B., Jno. Frank, Sarah Omer and Chandler Clark;
Tom, Jim Mack and Riley Carter, Lorena Ray, S. F. Hulme, E. B.
Higginbotham, W. A. Stowers, James Earl Stowers, R. E. Eavenson,
W. O. Clark, Edna and Raymond Clark, S. E. Nash, Icie Eavenson, 
Kathryn Campbell, Mrs. Jessie M. Rice, Royston; Irene, Ruth, 
Lettie and Frank Rice; Miss Sarah Hansard, Juddye M. Teasley, 
Rev. J. C. West, H. M. Hulme, W. H. Wansley, Roy Cleveland, 
Robert Edwards, Lucille Edwards, Marion Stowers, M. F. 
Higginbotham, Thelma Rucker, Carl Attaway, Newnan; Clifton
Eavenson, Walter Teasley, Etta May, Howard, Hilda and Geneva
Wansley; Mrs. L. B. Higginbotham, Willena Higginbotham, Miss
Alice Higginbotham, Cade Wansley, Royston; William Dickerson, 
Jesse Hulme,Charlie Warren, B. A. Gulley, Melia and Amos 
Gulley, Mr. and Mrs. Mell Hulme, Lorene, Lucy, Hilda, Mell, Jr.,
Clay and Nettie Hulme, Mr. and Mrs. James I. Brown and Miss
Corinne Fandell, Miami, Fla; Carrie, Mal, Russell and Margaret
Brown, Miami, Fla.;Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Maxwell, Clarence, Berta,
Sam and Mary Maxwell, Mrs. Emma Maxwell, M. B. Daniel, Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Higginbotham, Mrs. E. A. Seymour, Mrs. J. W. Craft
and little son Jack, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Burdette, Mrs. W. M. 
Alexander, Louise, Mack, Nell and Coy Alexander, Mr. and Mrs. 
I. B. Clark, Iva and Jeannelle Clark, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. 
Edwards, Rosalie and Philip Burden, Mrs. Carl Smith, Harry 
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. James T. Carpenter, Sanford Turner, J. R. E.
Bond, C. H. Brewer, Ben Eavenson, Billie Eavenson, Fred
Wansley, Miss Estelle Craft, John Will Burden, Shannon Carpenter,
Albert Ward."

Others present whose names were contained in this long article
about the reunion were Judge Grogan, Mr. Hunnicutt, editor of
the Southern Cultivator of Atlanta, and Smith Norman, a former
slave who had nursed Mr. R. C. Higginbotham during the War 
Between the States and whom Mr. Higginbotham "called attention
to...with a pride and reverence that was commendable."

The 10 Aug 1917 edition of the same newspaper lited the 
following as also being in attendance but whose names were
omitted from the former article: 

"Mrs. C. W. Morris, Miss Leo Morris, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. 
Higginbotham, Mrs. W. A. Stowers, Mr. Jesse Rice of Royston, 
Mrs. H. H. Hulme, Mrs. W. H. Wansley, Mrs Roy Cleveland, 
F. M Clark, Mrs. M. T. Higginbotham, Misses Marie Edwards,
Callie Burden, Alma Rucker, Messrs. L. B. Higginbotham, J. W.
Craft, Joe Harper and Thomas Harper."

[Submitter's notes: The host was Reuben Carter Higginbotham
(1860-1942), son of Rev. Elijah Benson Higginbotham (1838-1912)
and wife Frances Elizabeth Carter (1837-1919). Rev. Elijah B.
Higginbotham was the son of Dr. John Green Higginbotham and
Sarah Thornton, daughter of Benjamin Thornton, Sr. Dr. John
Green Higginbotham was a son of John Satterwhite Higginbotham.]

Submitted by: Chandler Eavenson