Dr. Silas Gardner Higgins

WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY     (Washington County, Utah)

DR. SILAS GARDNER HIGGINS

(second doctor in St. George)

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Silas G. Higgins was the second doctor in St. George.

Dr. Higgins was a polygamist, living the principles of his religion. As a result, in 1888 he was fined $300.00 and served six months in the Utah Territorial Penitentiary.


FAMILY

Parents and Siblings:
    George Higgins
    Lydia Young Higgins
        Silas Gardner Higgins  

(xx/xx/1780-xx/xx/1857)   (married xx/xx/xxxx)
(5/1/1782-xx/xx/xxxx)
(11/16/1822-8/18/1904)   (married Nancy Louisa Clark & Clara Jane Riding)

First Wife and Children:
    Nancy Louisa Clark Higgins
        Silas Alonzo Higgins
        Francis Enoch Higgins
        Harriet Louisa Higgins
        Edwin Higgins
        Emma Loretta Higgins
        George Washington Higgins  
        Bulah R Higgins
        Charles Greenleaf Higgins
        Jessie Gardner Higgins
        Emily Josephine Higgins
        William B. Higgins
        Sarah Evadeen Higgins
        May Higgins
        Erastus Snow Higgins
        Cyrus Higgins


(8/12/1841or1842-8/14/1907)   (married 6/19/1859)
(6/13/1860-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(7/29/1861-9/xx/1932)   (married Agnes Gray McMurtrie)
(6/12/1863-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(4/23/1865-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(11/1/1866-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(6or12/23/1868-4/30/1929)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(7/23/1870-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(7/4/1872-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(7/4/1874-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(2/23/1876-7/16/1963)   (married Oscar De Mille)
(5/9/1878-5/23/1935)   (married Sarah May Anderson)
(2/6/1880-5/16/1966)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(5/29/1882-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(4/6/1884-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Grace May Rindlisbacher)
(1/5/1886-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)

Second Wife and Children:
    Clara Jane Riding Higgins
        Edgar Higgins
        Maud Higgins
        John Higgins
        Celestia Higgins
        Nephi Higgins
        Anthony Higgins


(9/15/1860-9/27or30/1943)   (married 12/25/1883)
(9/18/1884-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(6/19/1886-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(6/27/1888-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(12/14/1891-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(12/30/1895-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(5/10/1899-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)


PHOTOS

Dr. Silas G. Higgins in carriage
WCHS-01927     Dr. Silas G. Higgins in his carriage

Dr. Silas Gardner Higgins and his two wives
WCHS-01379   Dr. Silas Gardner Higgins and his two wives

Photos of members of the Silas G. Higgins family

Other WCHS photos:
WCHS-01431     Photo of Clara Jane Riding Higgins and four of her children


REFERENCES

"Life sketch of Dr. Silas Gardner Higgins"
by Mary A. Miller and Albert E. Miller
Book prepared for the Daughters of Utah Pioneers - Foster Camp.
16 pages

Douglas D. Alder and Karl F. Brooks,
" A History of Washington County From Isolation to Destination".
Page 99.

Ancestry.com entry for Dr. Silas Gardner Gardner

Find-A-Grave entry for Dr. Silas Gardner Higgins

Find-A-Grave entry for Nancy Louisa Clark Higgins

Find-A-Grave entry for Clara Jane Riding Higgins

Transcription of a hand-written letter from Silas G. Higgins to his wife, Nancy Louisa Higgins
written from the Utah Territorial Penitentiary on May 12, 1888.

Transcription of a hand-written letter from Silas G. Higgins to Mrs. J. W. Crosby Junior
written from the Utah Territorial Penitentiary on July 21, 1888.