The Political Graveyard: Higbee family of Lancaster and Kirksville, Missouri

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Higbee family of Lancaster and Kirksville, Missouri

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Edward Higbee (1847-1929) — of Kirksville, Adair County, Mo. Born in 1847. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1904; justice of Missouri state supreme court; elected 1920. Died in 1929 (age about 82 years). Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Father of Walter A. Higbee and Paul D. Higbee (1888-?).
		Political family: Higbee family of Lancaster and Kirksville, Missouri.

Walter A. Higbee (1881-1970) — of Lancaster, Schuyler County, Mo. Born in Lancaster, Schuyler County, Mo., September 4, 1881. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1910; Schuyler County Prosecuting Attorney, 1914-18; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention 12th District, 1922-23; circuit judge in Missouri 37th Circuit, 1927-49; defeated, 1956; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1928; candidate for justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1934. Died in 1970 (age about 88 years). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Lancaster, Mo.

		Relatives: Son of Edward Higbee and Mary Isabell (Birney) Higbee (1848-1935); brother of Paul D. Higbee (1888-?); married, May 26, 1907, to Edna Reeves (1882-1974).
		Political family: Higbee family of Lancaster and Kirksville, Missouri.
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Paul D. Higbee (b. 1888) — of Kirksville, Adair County, Mo. Born in Lancaster, Schuyler County, Mo., May 4, 1888. Republican. Lawyer; Adair County Prosecuting Attorney, 1918-19; circuit judge in Missouri 1st Circuit, 1929; appointed 1929. Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Son of Edward Higbee (1847-1929) and Mary Isabell (Birney) Higbee (1848-1935); brother of Walter A. Higbee; married, June 11, 1913, to Eileen McGinnis.
		Political family: Higbee family of Lancaster and Kirksville, Missouri.

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