Edward Young Higbee
Edward Young Higbee (1810 – December 10, 1871) was an
Early years
Higbee was born in 1810 in
Ministry
On July 9, 1829, he was ordained a deacon, and at once took charge of the parishes of St. John and St. George in Harford County, Maryland, his ministry being based in Havre de Grace. He was ordained a priest on June 27, 1833, in St. John's Church, Havre de Grace.[3]
In 1834 he accepted the rectorship of the recently organized Trinity Church in Washington, D.C.,
Personal life
Higbee married first Mary Sophia Thomas (1815–1836), the daughter of Abraham and Mary Thomas. Their only child, Edward, died at birth.[5] Higbee married secondly, Frances Henley in December 1837.[6] Their children were: John Henley Higbee, Fanny Lear Higbee, Beulah Alice Higbee, Eliza Henley Higbee and Daniel Higbee.
References
- ^ Bridgeman, Charles Thorley; and Morehouse, Clifford P. A History of the Parish of Trinity Church in the City of New York, p. 492. Putnam, 1906. Accessed March 1, 2011.
- ^ Higbee & Van Cleave Families, rootsweb.com
- ^ History of Harford County, Maryland: from 1608, by Walter Wilkes Preston, p. 157
- ^ A History of the Parish of Trinity Church in the City of New York, Volume 4, by Morgan Dix, John Adams Dix, Leicester Crosby Lewis, pp. 492-49
- ^ Historic Graves of Maryland and the District of Columbia, edited by Helen West Ridgely p. 101
- ^ The Letters Of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1814-1843, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Andrew R. Hilen, p. 67