RANSOM J. HIGGINS, farmer, P. O. Adrian, is a son of John and Joanna Higgins, and was born August 1, 1852, in Wyandot County, Ohio. His father, a native of Maryland, and his mother a native of New York, were united in marriage in Newark, Ohio, whore they first settled; thence moved to Wyandot County, Ohio, in the spring of 1852, from there to this county in 1864, and in 1884 returned to Wyandot County, where they reside at present. Our subject was married, March 23, 1875, to Olive R. Slaymaker, born in Seneca County, Ohio, July 13, 1851. Her parents, William H. and Mary M. Slaymaker, natives of Pennsylvania, were united in marriage in Seneca County, Ohio, where they have remained ever since. To Mr. and Mrs. Higgins were born two children: Arthur Jay, born November 23, 1877, died August 12, 1878, and Ernest J., born March 9, 1879. Our subject, after marriage, settled on the farm of eighty acres which he still owns, and where he and his family reside.


Trancribed by Bonnie Walsh.
WARNER, BEERS & CO., 1886
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part IV, p.721
BIG SPRING TOWNSHIP