Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Higbie, William March 24, 1822 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Higbie, William, Little Falls, was born in Oppenheim, March 24, 1822.  His 
grandfather, George, lived with his parents on Long Island when the British 
Army occipied New York, and at the time of their evactuation in 1783, they 
took him prisoner to Nova Scotia.  After peace was declared, George returned 
to Long Island, and finding his family scattered, came to Montgomery county, 
where he married Margaret McCredy, then removed to Oppenheim, then an unbroken 
wilderness, filled with bears and wolves.  Robert, father of William Higbie, 
was the oldest son of George Higbie.  Robert married Catharine Powell, at 
Oppenheim, in 1816.  December 4, 1814, he went out with the militia from a 
place called East Creek, where the company rendesvoused, and went to Sackett's 
Harbor to defend this portion of the State from the British, through Canada.  
he stayed there until he received his honorable discharge, then returned to 
Oppenheim and settled down to keeping hotel and farming.  William was the 
oldest son of four children.  He worked upon the farm, and was educated at the 
common schools in Oppenheim and at Fairfield Academy.  March 9, 1844, he 
entered the law office of Lake & Capron.  October 19, 1847, after undergoing a 
severe examination, he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of New 
York State.  January 8, 1846, he married Harriet, only daughter of Dr. Peter 
Yost, of Oppenheim.  In the fall of 1847 he entered into partnership with 
Henry Link, which continued for a year, when he opened an office for himself, 
devoting his time to his profession and speculating in real estate in 
Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Michigan, and to some extent in Wisconsin. Mr. 
and Mrs. Higbie have two daughters, only one of whom survives, Hattie H., wife 
of Dr. H.M. Eddy Geneva, where Mr. Higbie removed in 1866 for the purpose of 
educating his daughter, Mrs. Eddy.  In 1886 he returned to Little Falls, where 
he is still practicing his profession and carrying on his real estate business.

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.


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