
Erected by their son N. Higgins
At the top of the tombstone are the words Our Father & Mother, below which is a hand with a finger pointing upward to Heaven.
According to the book AMERICAN ANCESTRY, edited by Thomas Patrick Hughes,Sylvester Higgins and Comfort Lyman Higgins had a daughter named Minerva, who married William Clark. Minerva was born in Connecticut, on August 29, 1799, and died on September 10, 1875.
Sylvester (spelled Silvester in the Census) and Comfort Higgins are found in the 1850 U.S. Census for Margaretta Township, Erie County, but no children are found residing with them in that year.
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