Joseph Higbee was possibly a drummer boy during the Revolution, and one night had the honor of standing guard outside General Washington's tent. Him and his family moved to Randolph County, Missouri, from Kentucky. A church was built on Joseph Higbee's farm, and later a railroad station was made from the church. This was the origin of what is now the city of Higbee, Missouri.
1765
| 1765 • The Pennsylvania Gazette reports that Dr. Huston, the recently instated Distributor of Stamps for the Royal Colony of North Carolina, has resigned his post in protest at the Stamp Act. |
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Age: 23y
1788
Age: 23y
marriageSarah Anderson Kentucky, USA ⇓ Near Lexington. 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1788 • The leading ship (armed tender HMS Supply) in Captain Arthur Phillip's First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay to colonise Australia. |
1797
Age: 32y
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birth of childNancy Higbee Fayette, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1797 • The Treaty of Tripoli (a peace treaty between the United States and Tripoli) is signed at Algiers (see also 1796). |
1810
Age: 45y
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residenceJessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ The household of Joseph Higbee was only one house away from the homes of Peter and Vincent Higbee. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1810 • Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates. |
1820
Age: 55y
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residenceJessamine County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ Joseph and his wife are two pages away from their daughter, the household of John D Bourn. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1820 • Slavery in the United States: The Missouri Compromise becomes law, allowing admission of Missouri and Maine, slave and free states respectively, as U.S. states. |
1830
Age: 65y
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residenceRandolph, Missouri, USA ⇓ The household of Joseph Higbee is directly next to the household of William B Tompkins, whose daughter Paulina married his grandson William Bourne. Tompkins and his wife are aged over 30 and under 40 years, which lines up with their given birth dates. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1830 • The General Assembly's Institution, now the Scottish Church College, one of the pioneering institutions that ushered the Bengal Renaissance, is founded by Alexander Duff and Raja Ram Mohan Roy, in Calcutta, India. |
1849
Sep 24
Age: 84y