
Jacob Chamberlain Higgins
Full Name: Jacob Chamberlain HigginsDate of birth: November 2, 1815
Date of death: October 30, 1895
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Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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H | 56 | Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859 | 7th (1) (2) (3) | Bastrop / Bastrop | Bastrop |
(1) Members of the Seventh Legislature, Biographical Notes - Members, April 1937 issue. Southern Historical Research Magazine, 1937.
(2) 7th Legislature - "Members of Legislature elect," The Southern Intelligencer (Austin, Texas), 8/12/1857, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) Democrat. Roster of 7th Legislature, "Texas Legislature Complete for 1857-8," Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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House District 56
Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859 Legislatures: 7th (1) (2) (3) Home City/County: Bastrop / Bastrop Counties in district: Bastrop |
(1) Members of the Seventh Legislature, Biographical Notes - Members, April 1937 issue. Southern Historical Research Magazine, 1937.
(2) 7th Legislature - "Members of Legislature elect," The Southern Intelligencer (Austin, Texas), 8/12/1857, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) Democrat. Roster of 7th Legislature, "Texas Legislature Complete for 1857-8," Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- HIGGINS, JACOB C. (1815-1895). Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biographical sketch and portrait, Jacob C. Higgins, pp. 323-324. "Upon returning to Texas in 1857, from a visit to the home of Mrs. Fairbanks, in Vermont, Mr. Higgins found that he had been elected to the House of Representatives of the Texas Legislature." Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, 1890.
- Biographical sketch, J.C. Higgins, born 11/2/1815 in Caledonia County, Vermont. "Mr. Higgins has been too much immersed in business to take an active part in politics, although in 1857, on returning from a visit to his benefactor's home in Vermont, he found he had been elected to the Legislature." Lewis Publishing Company. History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties, 1893, pp. 686-688. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Other Resources
- Jacob Chamberlain Higgins, known as Colonel J.C. Higgins; early Bastrop County pioneer, born 1814 in Vermont; settled near Bastrop during the Republic of Texas in 1841. "Historical Society Hosts Descendant of Pioneer," 10/26/2010, p. A2. Bastrop Advertiser and County News.
- Jacob C. Higgins, birth date 11/2/1815, death date 10/30/1895, burial in Fairview Cemetery, Bastrop, Bastrop County. Find a Grave.
- Articles about the nomination and election of Jacob C. Higgins to the Legislature from Bastrop County:
"Proceedings of the Democratic Meeting of Bastrop County," The Southern Intelligencer (Austin, Texas), 4/15/1857, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. "J.C. Higgins, Esq., was unanimously elected as the choice of the convention, as the most suitable person to represent this county in the next legislature, and he is declared the candidate of the Democracy of Bastrop county at the next August election."
"A Bit of History in Bastrop," State Gazette, 6/13/1857, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. From the "Democratic county convention in April last . . . Among others, the Capt. [Jesse Billingsley] was put in nomination before convention for representative. Majestically he arose, made a good electioneering speech, modestly suggested that although he was in favor of submitting the bank question to the people, yet if he were the representative of Bastrop County, he would obey instructions, and then withdrew his name. Jacob C. Higgins, a thorough anti-bank man was unanimously nominated."
"Members of Legislature elect," The Southern Intelligencer (Austin, Texas), 8/12/1857, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. J.C. Higgins, Bastrop. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). 4/15/1857 6/13/1857 8/12/1857 - Mortuary, Jacob C. Higgins, The Galveston Daily News, 11/9/1895, p. 3, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Born 11/2/1815 at St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Photographs
- Photograph. Jacob Higgins, Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas
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