Cumberland County, Maine - John D. Higgins
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Biography
John D. Higgins
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 639-640


John D. Higgins, a successful farmer of the town of Standish, Me., was born
January 23, 1826, on the homestead where he now resides. He is a representative
of the third generation of his family in Cumberland County, his father, Enoch F.
Higgins, having been a son of Joseph Higgins, who was born in Eastham, Mass.,
and from there removed to Maine, taking up land in the town of Gorham.

Grandfather Higgins cleared and improved a large farm, and also built many
houses. He was very influential in aiding the development of his adopted town,
but was never an officeholder. He was a Whig in politics. In his later years he
followed the sea as captain of a trading-vessel, running from Portland to the
West Indies. In 1804 he made his last trip, being lost on the voyage. He married
Mercy Cook, of Eastham, who long survived him, attaining the venerable age of
eighty-nine years. She was a sincere member of the Methodist church. Ten
children were born to them, Enoch F. being the fourth in order.

Enoch F. Higgins was born at the home of his parents in Gorham in September,
1790, and was there bred to manhood. On attaining his majority he removed to
Standish, and here opened a store for general merchandise. He likewise bought
one hundred acres of land, about two-thirds of which he placed under
cultivation, turning his attention during the latter part of his life to
agricultural pursuits. Like his father, a Whig in politics, he was an active and
influential member of his party. He was a man of keen intellect, possessing good
business ability, and served for many years as one of the Selectmen of Standish.
He was a member of the Congregational church, in which he held the office of
Deacon for three years. Deacon Higgins married Miriam Dean, a daughter of John
Dean; of this town; and they became the parents of four children, the following
being a brief record, of the three daughters, sisters of Mr. John D. Higgins,
the leading subject of the present sketch : Harriet M., who died in 1869,
married Horatio J. Swazey, by whom she had six children, four of whom are living
- Henry W., Charles F., John H., and George R.; Mary, who married Daniel Tyler,
died in 1888; Caroline is the wife of Professor Lucian M. Hunt, of whom a sketch
may be found elsewhere in this volume.

John D. Higgins completed his education at the Limerick Academy, and has since
given his attention to farming, making his home on the parental estate as above
noted. He has one hundred and twenty-five acres of choice land, which he manages
profitably, raising the crops common to this section of the country. Mr. Higgins
is held in high regard as a man of strict integrity and well-known ability, and
is numbered among the valued citizens of his native town, which he has served as
Treasurer and Selectman. Socially, he is prominent in several organizations,
being a member of Standish Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., of this town; of the
Standish Grange, Patrons of Husbandry; and of Highland Lodge, No. 355, Good
Templars. Religiously, he is a Congregationalist.

Mr. Higgins married Marcia A. Paine, daughter of William Paine, of Standish, and
six children have been born of their union, five of whom are living; namely,
Helen Maria, Miriam Dean, Margaret Paine, Carrie A., and . Ethel Louise