William H. Biggs

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1821-10-15

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"William H. Biggs" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00016411, (accessed January 6, 2025).

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Webster County, Kentucky, physician. Henderson County, Kentucky, native. Father of Alonzo C. Biggs and Lysander Biggs. Married to Susan R. Couch Biggs in Hopkins County, Kentucky, on October 14, 1852. Father of Lucian O. Biggs and Cyrus M. Boggs. Medical student in Daviess County in 1850. Physician and farmer in Webster County in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Webster County in 1860. Physician in Webster County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, District 2, p. 420A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 468.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 480A.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994039, Hopkins County Marriages, p. 2.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Webster County, KY, June 1863, p. 2.
"William H. Biggs (1821-1866)," Find A Grave, Memorial #127745295, accessed November 23, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127745295.

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