Joel Higgins was a native of Fayette County, and got his education at Transylvania College. He was a civic-minded person who always had the best of his community at heart. His and his wife’s home, which included five sons, still stands on High Street where it is said that their home was always the epitome of Southern Hospitality. Their sons lived with them in the mansion until their adulthood.
Joel was laid to rest in lovely Lexington Cemetery which he participated in incorporating in 1849. He chose the lot where he and his family would rest for eternity.
Joel’s wife was Ann Louisa Gibson (1804-1881), the daughter of Rev. Randal Gibson (1766-1836), and his wife, Harriet McKinley (1771-1837), daughter of John McKinley and his wife, Mary Connelly, who were married, 1763, in Cork, Ireland. They immigrated to Mount Royal Forge, Maryland, where most of their children were born. The McKinley family can be traced to the original MacDuff of Shakespeare's Macbeth, and belonged to a clan to which James II and many of the kings of Scotland and the earls of Fife belonged. John McKinley was a Captain in the Revolutionary War, and afterward joined Colonel Crawford's ill-fated expedition against the Indians, was captured and killed.
Joel was laid to rest in lovely Lexington Cemetery which he participated in incorporating in 1849. He chose the lot where he and his family would rest for eternity.
Joel’s wife was Ann Louisa Gibson (1804-1881), the daughter of Rev. Randal Gibson (1766-1836), and his wife, Harriet McKinley (1771-1837), daughter of John McKinley and his wife, Mary Connelly, who were married, 1763, in Cork, Ireland. They immigrated to Mount Royal Forge, Maryland, where most of their children were born. The McKinley family can be traced to the original MacDuff of Shakespeare's Macbeth, and belonged to a clan to which James II and many of the kings of Scotland and the earls of Fife belonged. John McKinley was a Captain in the Revolutionary War, and afterward joined Colonel Crawford's ill-fated expedition against the Indians, was captured and killed.
Joel Higgins was a native of Fayette County, and got his education at Transylvania College. He was a civic-minded person who always had the best of his community at heart. His and his wife’s home, which included five sons, still stands on High Street where it is said that their home was always the epitome of Southern Hospitality. Their sons lived with them in the mansion until their adulthood.
Joel was laid to rest in lovely Lexington Cemetery which he participated in incorporating in 1849. He chose the lot where he and his family would rest for eternity.
Joel’s wife was Ann Louisa Gibson (1804-1881), the daughter of Rev. Randal Gibson (1766-1836), and his wife, Harriet McKinley (1771-1837), daughter of John McKinley and his wife, Mary Connelly, who were married, 1763, in Cork, Ireland. They immigrated to Mount Royal Forge, Maryland, where most of their children were born. The McKinley family can be traced to the original MacDuff of Shakespeare's Macbeth, and belonged to a clan to which James II and many of the kings of Scotland and the earls of Fife belonged. John McKinley was a Captain in the Revolutionary War, and afterward joined Colonel Crawford's ill-fated expedition against the Indians, was captured and killed.
Joel was laid to rest in lovely Lexington Cemetery which he participated in incorporating in 1849. He chose the lot where he and his family would rest for eternity.
Joel’s wife was Ann Louisa Gibson (1804-1881), the daughter of Rev. Randal Gibson (1766-1836), and his wife, Harriet McKinley (1771-1837), daughter of John McKinley and his wife, Mary Connelly, who were married, 1763, in Cork, Ireland. They immigrated to Mount Royal Forge, Maryland, where most of their children were born. The McKinley family can be traced to the original MacDuff of Shakespeare's Macbeth, and belonged to a clan to which James II and many of the kings of Scotland and the earls of Fife belonged. John McKinley was a Captain in the Revolutionary War, and afterward joined Colonel Crawford's ill-fated expedition against the Indians, was captured and killed.
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