ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE JOSEPH HIGBEE LINEAGE OF NJ-KY-MO MIGHT WISH TO CONTACT ME. I'VE RESEARCHED THE HIGBEE, MO AREA FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HAVE FOUND CONNECTIONS TO ITS NAME SAKE AND THE FAMILY IN CLARK CO., MO, ETC.

Interested in Higbee's from Clark County, MO, the family of C.W Higbee from the 1860 Census, wife Mary? from VA, in the home is a Janette Scott, she is the daughter of Dr John Scott and Sarah Ann Durbin, whom I believe both died between 1855 and 1860.
In 1869 Janette Scott married William D Henshaw, 40 yrs her senior.
Any info or insight is greatley apperciated.
Christopher Scott

The Higbee's that relate to the town in Randolph Co, MO are of the family headed by Joseph Higbee, said to have been a drummer boy in the Revolution, etc., and who supposedly died at his farm a mile west of the future townsite ca l839. I've researched both the town and family for years and feel that the Higbee's who migrated to Clark Co were kin of those who came to Randolph, and that some of Joseph's descendants, specifically the daughter who married J. D. Bourn, moved to Clark after Joseph's death. He had two other daughters, one marrying Christian Collins, and they still have descendants in and about the town. Randolph became a county in l829 and was originally part of Howard to the south. I believe I saw somewhere where an Anderson Higbee lived in Howard, and I believe Joseph's wife's maiden name was Anderson

I visited Higbee, MO in 1993 to try and trace my family roots. I always thought that perhaps my lineage would have been through Higbee since that is my surname and I do know that my grand parents are from Missouri, but found that the town was named by the Kansas City and Northern Railroad after a conductor who was never a resident there. He was just a good fellow that they used his name for the town.

I spent 3 days there talking with everyone from the mayor to the local ministers and even visited several old folks in nursing homes to hear stories and nobody knew of any Higbee that actually lived there. There are Higbee's listed as residing in Randolph county in several census records but none founded the town. If you go to the link below you'll find an article mentioning the founding of the town. Also, the town has a centennial history that they printed, which you can get by writing the town clerk. I got one for just the cost of copying.

Link is
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~towlescanote...

Is it possible that my Susannah Higbee, born 1792 in KY and married 1816 in Jessamine County KY to William Collier, is part of your Joseph's family? William and Susannah moved to Clinton County MO and many of their children names make me think there is a connection - first son named Joseph, first daughter named Sally, and one child named Robert Anderson Collier