Alfred F. Higgins Biography from History of Rockingham County, NH
From: Ranee Egee - raneeegee@hotmail.com

Surname: HIGGINS
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915 

Page 937

   ALFRED F. HIGGINS, proprietor of an ice cream factory at
Exeter, N. H., was born at Wellfleet, Mass., October 14, 1867, son of
John G. and Hattie E. (Cole) Higgins.  The business now carried on
by the subject of this sketch was started by his father about 1888, he
having for some years before that been in the fish business.  John G.
Higgins died April 21, 1912, and was buried in Exeter.  He was a
Republican in politics.  He and his wife were both natives of Massa-
chusetts.  Their children were: Charles B., Alfred F ., Frank C. and
George E.
   Alfred F. Higgins, after attending the common schools, went to the
high school for one year.  He then became his father's assistant and
was associated with him thereafter until his death, except for three
years, during which he was engaged in teaming.  On the death of his
father he bought out all the other heirs to the ice cream business and
has since carried it on successfully alone.  He supplies all the surround-
ing territory and has a yearly output of 13,000 gallons, employing two
men, besides himself and son.
   Mr. Higgins was married at Whitman, Mass., to Miss Abbie F.
Phillips, a native of Brocton, Mass., and daughter of Anthony and
Carrie A. (Whidden) Phillips, her father being a shoemaker of that
place.  The Phillips family numbered five children--George, Jennie,
Eva, Agnes and Carrie A.  Mr. and Mrs. Higgins have a family of
eleven children, as follows: Sadie B., wife of Joseph Hillis, who has
two children, Beatrice and Harold; Charles B., who graduated from the
Exeter high school and Phillips Exeter Academy, and is now a student
at Brown University; Daniel C., associated in business with his father;
Frances Willard, who married John Lary; Harriett H., Alfred H.,
Roger, George, Harold, Grace and Carrie E., dead.  Mr. Higgins and

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family are affiliated religiously with the Methodist church.  In politics
he is a Republican.

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