Biographical Sketch of Cruise Higginbotham, Washington County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** Cruise Higginbotham, proprietor of the Higginbotham Mills, is the youngest of the family of George W. and Hellen (Turley) Higginbotham, and was born December 13, 1850. He was reared on a farm in his native county, Washington, and followed agricultural pursuits until 1875, when he engaged in his present business, doing both merchant and custom milling. He also has in connection with his mill a carding machine. The mill site is one of the first located in this section of the county. Mr. Higginbotham was married in 1869 to Miss Lavinia F. Blackwell, a native of St. Francois County, Mo. They are the parents of three child- ren named, respectively, George W., Horace J. and Hallie B. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================