Higgerson, Benjamin (b. UNKNOWN - d. 25 Dec 1862): Carl Wayne Gray Genealogies

UNKNOWN - 1862

Name	Higgerson, Benjamin
Birth	UNKNOWN	Virginia
Gender	Male
Reference Number	HIGG.B
_FGRAVE	28110917
Death	25 Dec 1862	Wilderness, Orange County, Virginia
Person ID	I56002	Carl Wayne Gray Research
Last Modified	29 Oct 2024

Family ID F20226 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Benjamin Higgerson (also Higgason) was born in Virginia about 1810 and died on Christmas Day, 1862, of smallpox. Family history states he contracted smallpox from a sick soldier taken into the home by his wife, Permelia (Chewning) Higgerson. Their farm was literally in the Battle of the Wilderness. There is only a stone marker to mark his grave, and some members of the Dempsey family may be buried there as well, according to H. Mercer Quann, who told that to various members of the Higgerson family when they visited him prior to his selling the farm to the National Park Service. According to family history, Benjamin was buried in a hollowed out log by slaves.