Harold Woodrow Higgins
PFC 2nd Infantry, 5th Div., U. S. Army
Killed In Action in France, 13 September 1944
Compiled by Linda Cunningham Fluharty.
Photo from WW2 Collection, Pleasants County WVGenWeb.
PFC 2nd Infantry, 5th Div., U. S. Army
Killed In Action in France, 13 September 1944
Compiled by Linda Cunningham Fluharty.
Photo from WW2 Collection, Pleasants County WVGenWeb.
HAROLD WOODROW HIGGINS, born 23 January 1919, in Cave Run, Pleasants County, W.Va., was the son of James Thurman Higgins and Artie L. J. Locke. The family is found in the 1930 and 1940 census records of Pleasants County, W.Va.
1930 Census, Lafayette District, Pleasants County, W.Va.
#77 - Shawnee
James T Higgins, Head, 40, Farmer, b. W.Va.
Jettie Higgins, Wife, 37, b. W.Va.
Opal I Higgins, Daughter, 18, b. W.Va.
Rosa E Higgins, Daughter, 16, b. W.Va.
James R Higgins, Son, 14, b. W.Va.
Harold W Higgins, Son, 11, b. W.Va.
Wilma K Higgins, Daughter, 5, b. W.Va.
Winnie M Higgins, Daughter, 3 months, b. W.Va.1940 Census, Lafayette District, Pleasants County, W.Va.
#85
James T Higgins, Head, 50, Farmer, b. W.Va.
Ardie L J Higgins, Wife, 46, Housewife, b. W.Va.
James R Higgins Jr, Son, 24, Farmer, b. W.Va.
Harold W Higgins, Son, 21, Farmer, b. W.Va.
Kathline W Higgins, Daughter, 15, b. W.Va.
Winnie K Higgins, Daughter, 10, b. W.Va.
Alin B Higgins, Son, 6, b. W.Va.
Lula B Higgins, Daughter, 4, b. W.Va.
Harold W. Higgins enlisted at Huntington, W.Va. 15 October 1941.
He had a grammar school education and worked on a farm.
Buried at I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Pleasants County, W.Va.
Despite the spelling as "Herold" on the gravstone,
he signed his name"Harold" on his Draft Registration.
Photo from Pleasants County WVGeWeb.
