Marion Adell Higgins

Marion married William Henry Harrison Storey on 22 May 1867 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. William was born on 4 Sep 1842 in Boscawen, New Hampshire, USA; died on 14 May 1909 in Danville, Illinois, USA; was buried in Oakridge-Glen Oak Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William Albert Storey was born in Feb 1870 in Detroit, Michigan, USA; died on 19 Jan 1906 in Maywood, Illinois, USA; was buried in Oakridge-Glen Oak Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, United States.
2. Inda Adella Storey was born on 18 May 1872 in Detroit, Michigan, USA; died on 23 May 1958 in New Richmond, Wisconsin, USA; was buried in Willow River Cemetery, Hudson, St Croix County, Wisconsin, United States.
3. Marion Isabelle Storey was born on 1 Nov 1878 in Wisconsin, USA; died on 22 Apr 1954 in Alameda, California, USA.

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Died:
Killed in a hunting accident near Royal Oak, Michigan

Justin married Janet E. Johnston on 8 Apr 1847 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Janet was born on 2 May 1829 in Montréal, Québec, Canada; died on 11 Jun 1909 in Sacramento, California, USA; was buried in Fair Oaks Cemetery, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It is reported that Sylvester Higgins came to Detroit in 1835. Two years later he joined Douglass Houghton surveying the State of Michigan. In 1849 Sylvester left Detroit after it was discovered that he had submitted erroneous surveys of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He then left with a group of Detroiter's and set out in search of adventure. They left for New York City where they booked passage on the ship Loo Choo which set sail on its voyage around the Horn on march 8, 1849, and arrived in San Francisco 192 days later on September 16, 1949.
Sylvester did not spend his time searching for gold in California but settled on a ranch and began making surveys for the ranch owner Captain Sutter who was the owner of large tracks of land that he had purchased from the Mexican government through grants. Sylvester drew maps of properties that Sutter was going to sell to French and English entrepreneurs.
Sylvester returned to Detroit in 1854 for a visit. When he returned to California many of the land grants that Captain Sutter had him surveying were made null by the Supreme Court.
Sylvester returned to Detroit in 1858 to visit with his family much poorer than previous visits.
Higgins still wanted to make it rich, so he headed to Texas where he purchased a ranch and stocked it with sheep. An unexpected cold spell and blizzard killed off half of his flock. Sylvester still was not beaten and returned to surveying. He found a job surveying railroad routes in the state.
He was drafted into service on 18 Aug 1863 in Victoria Co., TX for 6 months. He appears on two muster rolls. One on 18 Aug 1863 and second on 29 Sep 1863. During his time in Military service in Texas Militia, Sylvester caught a cold and never fully recovered.
When the war ended Sylvester moved to St. Louis, Mo to live with his son Sylvester Higgins, Jr. In ill health with tuberculosis Higgins lingered on for a year dying March 4, 1866. His body was transported to Detroit where he was interred next to his wife.
--Notes from Findagrave.com Memorial ID #36803290

Sylvester married Lucinda Irene Beckwith. Lucinda (daughter of Francis Emmons Beckwith and Irene Banning) was born in 1798 in East Haddam, Connecticut, USA; died on 26 Apr 1857 in Detroit, Michigan, USA; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Francis married Irene Banning in 1788 in Utica, New York, USA. Irene (daughter of John Banning and Deborah Reed) was born in 1763 in Lyme, Connecticut, USA; died in in Utica, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]