West Virginia Pioneers

Rachel Higgins

Female 1814 - 1897  (83 years)


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  • Name Rachel Higgins  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Born 11 Jun 1814  Pocahontas County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Gender Female 
    Died 2 Sep 1897  Wirt County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Wirt County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I40475  Conner Family

    Family John Houchin,   b. 13 Feb 1804, Bath County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1887, Wirt County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 17 Nov 1831  Pocahontas County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6
    Children 
    +1. Francis Marion Houchin,   b. 3 Apr 1837, Wood County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1918  (Age 81 years)  [natural]
     2. Mary Naomi Houchin,   b. 19 Feb 1835, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. Wirt County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     3. Margaret J. Houchin,   b. 1839, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1860, Wirt County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 21 years)  [natural]
     4. Nancy E. Houchin,   b. Nov 1841, Wirt County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1936, Sanoma, Wirt County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 94 years)  [natural]
    +5. James Henry Houchin,   b. 21 Apr 1843, Sanoma, Wirt County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Aug 1926, Wirt County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)  [natural]
     6. Rachel A. Houchin,   b. 1846, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     7. Ellen Comfort Houchin,   b. 16 Jan 1850, Wirt County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Sep 1889, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)  [natural]
    +8. John Ellis Houchin,   b. Jan 1856, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1924, Wirt County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years)  [natural]
     9. Rachel Elizabeth Houchin,   b. Abt 1859, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     10. Virginia E. Houchin,   b. Abt 1840, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1935, Marion County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 95 years)  [natural]
     11. William R. Houchin,   b. 1833, Pocahontas County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    +12. Ellis Houchin,   b. Abt 1816, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1882, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F23404  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Sep 1897 - Wirt County, West Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Wirt County, West Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Rachel (Higgins) Houchin - Headstone
    Rachel (Higgins) Houchin - Headstone

  • Sources 
    1. [S87] 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Spring Creek, Wirt, West Virginia; Roll: M593_1701; Page: 292A; Family History Library Film: 553200.
      1870 United States Federal Census
      1870 United States Federal Census


    2. [S40] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    3. [S989] Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;).

    4. [S781] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).

    5. [S581] U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, National Archives and Records Administration, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Se.
      U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
      U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934


    6. [S2892] West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).

    7. [S172] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Spring Creek, Wirt, West Virginia; Roll: 1415; Page: 175C; Enumeration District: 156.
      1880 United States Federal Census
      1880 United States Federal Census


    8. [S10190] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: District 70, Wirt, Virginia; Roll: M432_981; Page: 76B; Image: 156.
      1850 United States Federal Census
      1850 United States Federal Census


    9. [S10189] 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Wirt, Virginia; Roll: M653_1384; Page: 232; Family History Library Film: 805384.
      1860 United States Federal Census
      1860 United States Federal Census


    10. [S10375] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;).
      Record for John Houchin