Abigail Elizabeth "Abby Eliza" Higginbotham

1806 - 1854  (48 years)

• Name	Abigail Elizabeth "Abby Eliza" Higginbotham
  Birth	1806	Second Creek, Greenbrier, Kanawha Co., (West) VA
  Gender	Female
  Death	1 Apr 1854	Pocatalico River, Putnam Co., VA
  Person ID	I0251	forneyclark
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Joseph H. Higginbotham,   b. 1763, Augusta Co., VA d. AFT. 1840, Paradise, Red House Hill, Mason Co., VA (now Putnam Co., WV) (Age > 78 years)
  Mother	Mary Reed,   b. ABT. 1765, VA d. AFT. 1820, Kanawha Co., (West) VA (Age ~ 56 years)
  Marriage	7 Dec 1784	Greenbrier Co., VA
  Family ID	F0175	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Michael Shivertaker,   b. 1804, Second Creek, Greenbrier Co., Kanawha, (West) VA d. 1 Apr 1854, Putnam Co., (West) VA (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	7 Apr 1825	Kanawha Co., VA
  Children	1. Martha Shiverdecker,   b. 1826, Kanawha Co., (West) VA d. BEF. 1852, Kanawha Co., (West) VA (Age < 25 years)   2. Mary Ann Shiverdecker,   b. 1828, Kanawha Co., (West) VA d. 7 Aug 1853, Kanawha Co., (West) VA (Age 25 years)   3. Christopher "Columbus" Shiverdecker,   b. 13 Mar 1831, Kanawha Co., (West) VA; of Lorance Twp., Bollinger Co., MO d. 10 Feb 1875 (Age 43 years)   4. Sydney Jane Shiverdecker,   b. AFT. 9 Sep 1833, Kanawha Co., (West) VA d. 12 Mar 1881, Putnam Co., (West) VA (Age < 47 years)   5. Eliza Ann Shiverdecker,   b. 1834, Kanawha Co., (West) VA   6. Harriet Ellen Shiverdecker,   b. 1837, Kanawha Co., (West) VA   7. Frances G. Shiverdecker,   b. 1840, Putnam Co., (West) VA d. 1869, Putnam Co., WV (Age 29 years)   8. Almedia Samantha Virginia Shiverdecker,   b. 1842, Kanawha Co., (West) VA d. 1924 (Age 82 years)   9. James Reynolds Shivertaker,   b. 13 Aug 1843, Putnam Co., VA d. 21 Feb 1918, Sissonville, WV; burial: Fisher Cem., Shirkey Lane, DerricksCreek,Sissonville,WV (Age 74 years)   10. Perry O. Shiverdecker,   b. ABT. 1847, Kanawha Co., (West) VA d. 1876-1877 (Age ~ 30 years)   11. Henry A. Shiverdecker,   b. 1847
  Family ID	F0086	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2024

  
  

• Photos		Shivertaker, Michael (1804-1854) & Abigail Elizabeth "Abby" Higginbotham (1806-1854) Residence photo of the Shiverdecker Homestead in Poca, Putnam County, WV, was provided by Rennie Cartwright, who kindly showed us around his property in Putnam Co., WV, in August 2000. His property is the former Shiverdecker homestead owned by Michael Shivertaker & Abigail Elizabeth "Abby" Higginbotham Shivertaker. Mr. Cartwright later wrote us that he and his father painted the house in the mid-1940's. Mr. Cartwright's grandmother told him there used to be a breezeway that went right through the middle of the house with a room upstairs over top of the breezeway. In later years, it was enclosed and 3 rooms were built on the back. Mr. Cartwright's daughter had the home put on the Historical Registry in Putnam County, WV. The old house burned down sometime between 1991-1995 due to arson. The electricity had been turned off years before the fire destroyed it.
  		Shivertaker, Michael (1804-1854) & Abigail Elizabeth "Abby" Higginbotham (1806-1854) Residence photo of land in Shiverdecker Hollow (Holler) in Poca, Putnam County, WV, was taken in Poca, Putnam Co., WV, August 2000 by David R. Clark, M.D. This land was formerly owned by Michael Shivertaker & Abigail Elizabeth "Abby" Higginbotham Shivertaker and was shown to us in August 2000 by its current owner Rennie Cartwright.

  
  

  Histories

  Shiverdecker, Michael: Biography of Michael Shiverdecker (1804-1854) Michael Shiverdecker’s biography came from HISTORY OF PUTNAM COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA UPPER VANDALIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY VOLUME II, pages 216-217 Edited by William D. Wintz Family History by Kellis and Virginia Gillespie School History by Paul and Ruth Ellis Church History by Sheila Williamson and Wilma Hazlette PICTORIAL HISTORIES PUBLISHING CO., Charleston, WV Biography submitted to Vol. II by Nada Anderson Smith.

  
  

• Notes

  Source: Name: Abby Eliza Higginbotham Shiverdecker Marriage record is available online at WEST VIRGINIA ARCHIVES AND HISTORY at http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12566144&Type=Marriage WEST VIRGINIA ARCHIVES AND HISTORY: Records maintained by West Virginia Archives & History For Research Purposes Only West Virginia Division of Culture and History Copyright 2011. All Rights Reserved. Source: Marlena Hammonds-Ehlers: Name: Ann Eliza Higginbotham Source: http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch: Abigail was born in 1804 in Monroe, VA. She was married to Michael Shovertaker (sic). She died on April 1, 1854. Source: SEE JOSEF ERNEST HIGGINBOTHAM'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES: Most info about the Higginbotham family comes from: Josef Ernest Higginbotham: http://www.geocities.com/higginbothamjoe51/ http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/i/g/Josef-E-Higginbotham/index.html?Welcome=1036689803 Source: SEE DEBBIE HIGGINBOTHAM-MEADOWS' SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wvhiggie&id=I0110 WV Higginbothams: Debbie Higginbotham-Meadows: Death date and place Source: SEE WILLIAM MORRIS HIGGINBOTHAM'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=misterhigg&id=I3106 Higginbotham Family From Amherst Co., VA: William Morris Higginbotham: Nickname Source: SEE BARBARA HOBBS BOYCE'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES: http://www.angelfire.com/va/HOBBS/ HOBBS - McCALLISTER - BOYCE: Barbara Hobbs Boyce: *MICHAEL SHIVERDECKER (b) 1800 - ABIGAL HIGGINBOTHAM, (b) 1806 # Abigal Higginbotham is the daughter of- JOSEPH & MARY [REED] HIGGINBOTHAM *Children 1)* MARTHA SHIVERDECKER: (b) 1826, (d) 1850, (m) GEORGE HENRY FISHER, 1843 2) MARY ANN SHIVERDECKER: (b) 1828 (m) GEORGE HENRY FISHER, June 1852, {after her sister died}: Mary Ann died August 1853. 3) CHRISTOPHER SHIVERDECKER: (b) 1829 4) SYDNEY JANE SHIVERDECKER: (b) 1832 5) ELIZABETH SHIVERDECKER: (b) 1834, (m) SILAS PAINTER, Feb. 1854 6) HARRIET EVA SHIVERDECKER; (b) 1837 7) FRANCES G. SHIVERDECKER : (b) 1840 8) VIRGINIA SHIVERDECKER; (b) 1842 9) *JAMES REYNOLDS SHIVERDECKER: (b) 1843, (d) Feb 21 1918, Kanawha Co WV, (m) 1. Frances "Fanny" Sisler/Sesler, before 1870 : 2. Sara Wilkenson, Aug. 1885 10) HENRY A. SHIVERDECKER: (b) 1847 Source: (SEE HISTORIES AT FORNEYCLARK.GENEALOGY) HISTORY OF PUTNAM COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA UPPER VANDALIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY VOLUME II, 216-217 Edited by William D. Wintz Family History by Kellis and Virginia Gillespie School History by Paul and Ruth Ellis Church History by Sheila Williamson and Wilma Hazlette PICTORIAL HISTORIES PUBLISHING CO., Charleston, WV Biography submitted to Vol. II by Nada Anderson Smith